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Woke up this morning to the sound of a cement truck heading up my driveway. I eventually made it outside, spent some time walking all around, nosing & getting in the way. They are putting siding on the end that has my french doors and they had the ladder there to get up onto their way cool scaffolding type thing. (I have got to get me one of those!) The one door was open & the ladder was right there..... so of course, up I go. This is the picture out my dirty window And a couple from inside. [IMG] They hope to have the inside stairs done tomorrow or Thursday then I go measure & nose around some more. Oh, almost forgot, the ladder they had was kinda scary so when I went to come out, they brought over a much nicer ladder. How sweet.
One question: Why do they put up the building and then pour the floor? In this area the slab is poured and then the walls go up. Does it have something to do with the cold weather, which we don't have a lot of?
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Raymond - On a pole type building they will often do it last in Michigan....but for a regular garage with poured footings...they will often pour the floor like you suggest and then build up.
On houses in Michigan, they always pour the basement floor after the house is up and "wrapped". That way, they don't have to worry about crappy weather screwing up the finish of the floor while it's setting up. Imagine a hard rain, sleet, hail, or heavy snow hitting the cement before the frame crew gets a chance to get the building walls up and the basic framework sealed off to the elements.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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Where's the pictures of the sweaty, shirtless, construction guys?
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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Raymond, after the dirt work, they dug out the footers, poured those, put the gravel down on the floors then laid the block. Not sure why and couldn't care less. I think it might have something to do with getting the footers under the frost level.
Kelly, it's winter here girl! No sweaty construction workers. But there was a hot cement guy on his knees with a smooth touch who was good with his hands.
-------------------- Chris Welker Wildfire Signs Indiana, Pa Posts: 4254 | From: Indiana, PA | Registered: Mar 2001
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The reason the dont pour a slab first is that they have to have a "frost wall" than goes in the ground to prevent frost from getting under the floor and heaving it up. In Mass. the code calls for a 4 ft frost wall.
-------------------- Jake Lyman Lyman Signs 45 State Road Phillipston, MA 01331 Posts: 635 | From: Phillipston, MA | Registered: Sep 2002
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And a couple from inside. [IMG] 
They hope to have the inside stairs done tomorrow or Thursday then I go measure & nose around some more. Oh, almost forgot, the ladder they had was kinda scary so when I went to come out, they brought over a much nicer ladder. How sweet.
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But there was a hot cement guy on his knees with a smooth touch who was good with his hands. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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