Pontoon rebuild / redesign

[sphelps]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

Is that going to be like a poured knee wall or is that outside form gunna be slab height ? Looks like a boat load of concrete ..

 

[archbuilder]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

The outside form is the height of the floor slab. I'm putting an overhead door on that side so I will have a "dock high" door (2' above grade). This pour will be about 3 yards. After that will be the slab, it has a turned down edge, anywhere from 18" to 6"....most of it is 12" or 6". There is only one small section of 18". I'm ready to get the slab poured and start framing!

 

[zool]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

You're just cranking along on that Arch, looks great!......Having a loading dock is really handy to have too...

 

[archbuilder]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

ready for mud......

 

[archbuilder]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

Beat the rain and poured today.

 

[sphelps]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

Nice ! Bout time for some fill dirt ..
You pouring over the existing slab ?

 

[archbuilder]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

There is an existing slab that I will tie into ( the truck is sitting on it). There are some lower slabs that will get covered up. At this point I almost wish I had taken out the slab the truck is on, but saving it sounded like a good idea at the time. Budget isn't going to allow removing it now, so it stays. Its actually not a bad slab at all, but I was just thinking it sure would be nice if all of the slab was new, lol! It is a huge improvement over what I had there...so I can't complain! I'm hoping to start slab prep this weekend. I need quite a bit of fill sand, and it is raining today. I may wait till next week to have them start hauling to let things dry out some. I have a lot of little things to keep us busy anyhow....cut a couple pieces of concrete out, set the last three post, strip the old forms.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

Beat the rain and poured today.

Poured!!! Here is an example of Architect Vs. Engineer....... Engineer's place concrete and pour tea and coffee

Looking good.

 

[Last Mohican]

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Barn is looking great Bobby. I can promise you one thing. Once it is done, you will wish it was bigger. LOL.

 

[archbuilder]

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lol you are right Matt....toys seem to grow to the space available to store them!

Bob, properly placed concrete should be in a fluid state, therefore can be poured.....I have seen some in the Oklahoma heat that came out more as ....chunks....."oh it will be fine....."......."RIGHT, punt!"

We made a lot of progress today, most of it was stripping the interior forms, cleaning up and getting ready to back-fill for the slab. We also set the last 3 columns!!

Here is the OK sunset from the barn

 

[Last Mohican]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

Killer pic. Just wish that sunset came a little later than 6:00. LOL. Nice work Bobby.

 

[archbuilder]

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By the way and back on the subject, I have some new thoughts on the pontoon......its going to be a while, but I think you guys will find this an interesting direction!

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

yeah

no more posts to set

 

[zool]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

By the way and back on the subject, I have some new thoughts on the pontoon......its going to be a while, but I think you guys will find this an interesting direction!

You mean like a wet bar......and some chicks?

http://southlandpontoonboats.com/wp-content/uploads/custom-pontoon-boat.jpg

 

[archbuilder]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

Zool those are standard features on my boats

I did get some work done in the barn, nothing to exciting, but we did get some fill hauled in.

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

Looks Good Arch. Are you feaful of settling with that deep of fill?

 

[archbuilder]

Re: Pontoon rebuild / redesign

No, its fill sand, which I will vibrate with a plate compactor for good measure. The slab will also have #3 rebar, both directions at 16" on center. It will be doweled into the existing slab and tied into footing w/ a turned down slab edge. I might get some movement, but I doubt it.

 

[Pmccraney]

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Nice progress.. Wish I had a barn!

 

[saginawbayboater]

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tagging along!! Nice work Archop2:

 

[Woodonglass]

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Well, I Hope so. I've done quite a bit of slab work in my former contractor life and anytime we had to go over 6"'s of fill we always packed @ every 6" integrals and Still had problems at times. We poured a 10,000 sf slab with 18" fill, and tried to pack it all at once by running D6 dozer and Loaders over it Had rain etc. We usd Hog Wire and Rebar on 8" centers and poured 6" concrete. Plumbers had a leak 2 months later and cut a hole to get to it and found the slab 3" above the fill. Go figure!!!!