That's how our garage slab floor base was built. They used fiber-reinforced concrete instead of rebar. I was a little skeptical, but It has stood up well.
I was speaking to the lack of gravel for drainage. Sand soaks up water like a sponge and holds it.
Yes, understood. Our garage floor had a compacted gravel bed, membrane, then sand if I recall correctly. With the large overhangs there is little chance of it getting wet. There has been no sign of dampness on the floor so far.
Vapor barrier,insulation
I'm not sure what type of sand you have but the sand here doesn't hold water, when they built our house they never put in a sump pump because the sand here doesn't hold water.
Some sand has a certain amount of clay in it, the stuff the contractor used had some but it's the same stuff that's on our property starting about two feet down.
From the edge of the form in 24 inches and 12 inches down (haunched foundation or slab on grade in the link. I think it's 4 or 5 inches thick once you get to 25 inches in from the edge of the form.
Its soda here also. But not to much further west it turns into pop. As far as sub vs hoagie either goes here. When i lived in philly there were some of each as well. And a couple places were really insistent about the terminology.
Grinders are toasted subs in many areas hereIn Maine it's a grind'a.
I'm thinking the roof trusses go up tomorrow, Wednesday we might get half an inch of rain. It sure will be nice to have the tractor inside instead of covering it when we have rain or snow. The fluid check will be easier to do, the tractor is parked on a small slope so when I want to check the fluids, I move it to some flat ground which means I have to wait about 35 - 40 minutes for the engine oil to settle before an accurate reading.
