{"id":18,"date":"2016-11-12T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=18"},"modified":"2020-07-31T22:10:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T02:10:11","slug":"pouring-concrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/pouring-concrete\/","title":{"rendered":"Pouring Concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week the slab was poured and finished. The crew built forms, poured and finished in a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It took over 16 cubic yards of fiber-reinforced concrete to fill the forms creating a 4 in. thick slab with 18 in. deep footings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Peter designed the monolithic slab, which isn’t as common in New England as slabs with a 4 ft frost wall, but certainly easier to construct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They used a gas-powered machine to level and smooth the concrete.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Because it was colder than expected, the concrete took longer to set up and finishing went more slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The far end of the slab which had the least amount of light on it ended up with the roughest finish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The final finish had to be done by hand, after sundown, by the headlights of their work trucks and a small LED work-light I rigged up on a ladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bolts for the columns were set into the concrete.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next day the forms were removed and insulation was added to the perimeter of the slab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The insulation is laid against the slab and extends outward about 18 in. below grade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The slab will be exposed all winter so a coat of sealant was applied to help prevent freeze damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week the slab was poured and finished. The crew built forms, poured and finished in a single day. Peter designed the monolithic slab, which isn’t as common in New England as slabs with a 4 ft frost wall, but certainly easier to construct. Because it was colder than expected, the concrete took longer to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1211,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/1211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}