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Bosch clean cut. I rounded the top edge with the router, so wasn't to concerned about the top edge, and had a clean cut out the bottom too. It's 1.5 thick. I used the tracksaw to plunge the straights.

 

Finished up my shop stool too while I was waiting for epoxy and in between waterlox coats

 

Are you pouring concrete? Trying to figure out what you got going on here.

 

Yes we're forming up for concrete walls , no footings , rebar and seismic anchors are going to be grouted into the rock

 

Do any of you guys have a particular brand of replacement windows you like better than others. Theres hundreds of them and would like to narrow it down, Thanks

 

Anderson,Pella,....or anything that offers a decent guarantee.

 

Marvin too

 

I think Marvin makes the best...too pricey for me though

 

So we're basically ready to start drilling and grouting our rebar uprights and seismic hold down redi rod into the rock , we'll likely start that on Monday

We also need to powerwash the stone where the concrete will be , I'm leaning towards doing that after we grout in the rebar and redi rod so the drill holes don't fill with mud and / or gravel , its kinda weather dependent too , the soil that is still present on the bedrock is frozen , supposed to warm up starting Sunday but thats bringing rain , out of the freezer and into the shower lol

 

How many yards will that pour be? Looks like 30 or better...which I have no clue how you do the math on something like that ...with the ups and downs.

 

whole lotta i think

 

Haven't even calculated it yet , its not too hard to allow for the extra volume , I just have to measure height per foot of run more frequently than on a consistent height or stepped wall

 

So your gonna order as if it's equal then subtract for boulders?

 

They aren't boulders its continuous rock , ie north america

I measure pour height inside the forms and make a list , like so many lineal feet at 4' , so many lineal feet at 3'6" , so many lineal feet at 3' etc , then just calculate the total volume , add a bit for the pumper hopper and usually add a 1/2 yard or yard for any underages depending on the size of the job , probably be able to get a pretty accurate measure on this job so I would likely add 1/2 yard to my final calculation which is peanuts compared to the build cost

 

Gotcha....how thick is the footer?

 

There is no footing , north america is the footing

 

Slab then?

 

Does it finish to the top of forms or is there grade nails?

 

The foundation will be a compacted infill and then a heated slab inside , the top of the foundation wall is the same height as the finished slab inside , the top of the foundation wall will get a cast in styrofoam edge band that acts to insulate the heated slab and that will act as our pour height strip

 

Ok ...I wanna play a game...I guess 35 yards then. Depending on thickness there.