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OK, one job for this year
Feb. 17th, 2008 03:09 pmWhen we poured the concrete floor in our garage, I undershot by about 1/4 yard on my concrete order. That was just enough that the thing has almost no taper, so when it rains, the thing floods. We park in 1/2" deep lakes. It's really kind of miserable.
I've been putting up with it for years, but I've had enough. This spring I'm going to raise the floor by an average 2 inches; more in the back, probably 1 to 1.5 inches in the front so there's a decent lip at the front. Right now there's no lip at all. I want this sucker bone dry in a thunderstorm.
Partially I've had enough, but also since we've turned the basement into living area, the garage is the only place left to work on stuff, and it's not fun walking around in an inch of water and not being able to put anything down on the floor.
I've "decided" to do something about this every year for the last 5 or so, probably usually around this time of year when we keep having melts with ice dams in front of the garage, causing miserable cold high flooding. Hopefully this year I'll stick to my guns though.
The worst part is going to be clearing sections to work on. OTOH, that may be the best part too; actually taking everything out of the garage right back to the wall will probably be a good thing; there's a ton of junk in there that could be thrown out if only I could get to it, and I'd kind of like to rearrange things a bit; right now my workbench is in the only place I had for it, but there's no room around it for organizing tools due to the window on that wall; swapping it to the back and moving shelves to the side will probably result in a better use of space. I need to build better storage for sheet goods and lumber/pipes as well.
Hmm, that's 2.6 yards of concrete. I don't think it's reasonable to do this in one go, I'll do it in strips. That lets out having the stuff delivered mixed. Now the question is whether to go ready-mix bags or go buy sand and gravel in two separate loads and get bags of cement. The dump fees make it too expensive to have someone bring the sand and gravel here.
I guess I'd better get new tires on the trailer and a new floor and walls in it too; that needs doing before berzerker anyway - the tires are beyond toasted and would surely fail us, and the floor is not even safe to walk on at this point. I think it's getting a 5/4 deck this time.
I've been putting up with it for years, but I've had enough. This spring I'm going to raise the floor by an average 2 inches; more in the back, probably 1 to 1.5 inches in the front so there's a decent lip at the front. Right now there's no lip at all. I want this sucker bone dry in a thunderstorm.
Partially I've had enough, but also since we've turned the basement into living area, the garage is the only place left to work on stuff, and it's not fun walking around in an inch of water and not being able to put anything down on the floor.
I've "decided" to do something about this every year for the last 5 or so, probably usually around this time of year when we keep having melts with ice dams in front of the garage, causing miserable cold high flooding. Hopefully this year I'll stick to my guns though.
The worst part is going to be clearing sections to work on. OTOH, that may be the best part too; actually taking everything out of the garage right back to the wall will probably be a good thing; there's a ton of junk in there that could be thrown out if only I could get to it, and I'd kind of like to rearrange things a bit; right now my workbench is in the only place I had for it, but there's no room around it for organizing tools due to the window on that wall; swapping it to the back and moving shelves to the side will probably result in a better use of space. I need to build better storage for sheet goods and lumber/pipes as well.
Hmm, that's 2.6 yards of concrete. I don't think it's reasonable to do this in one go, I'll do it in strips. That lets out having the stuff delivered mixed. Now the question is whether to go ready-mix bags or go buy sand and gravel in two separate loads and get bags of cement. The dump fees make it too expensive to have someone bring the sand and gravel here.
I guess I'd better get new tires on the trailer and a new floor and walls in it too; that needs doing before berzerker anyway - the tires are beyond toasted and would surely fail us, and the floor is not even safe to walk on at this point. I think it's getting a 5/4 deck this time.
