ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
The dry mix is not as strong as a wet mix
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`Smokey Starts getting worse with the colder weather
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ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
However the less water you use in a wet mix the stronger it is but harder to work with
Big T
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I’ve helped on driveway apron before, but that had to be 45+ years ago.
Big T
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That paving stone job they took it to the street. No concrete apron. Has me thinking.
Big T
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We have clay soil which expands and contracts. Concrete cracks on it no matter how much rebar in it. Thus paving stones are a better option. Plus I can install paving stones myself over time. Concrete is all at once and you need a crew.
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Yes concrete cracks, poor soil conditions make it worse but it's never going to not crack. Rebar makes it structurally stronger but unless you do something more exotic like prestressed concrete it can still have a crack
Will L.
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If you do pavers where there is a lot of ground movement like that- the pavers usually separate and get uneven. I’ve seen people after 2-3 times of redoing pavers end up removing the pavers to do high pressure concrete 3” thick then pavers back on top.
When you have driveway or walkway concrete you expect to break- don’t just trowel cracking seams, pour individual pads next to each other with the expansion joint material between them.
When you have driveway or walkway concrete you expect to break- don’t just trowel cracking seams, pour individual pads next to each other with the expansion joint material between them.
dbrannon79
I'm getting there!
I was thinking the same thing. small poured pads. seen folks make their own pavers with that small mixer you have there. around here the trick is to keep the ground from drying out during the summer. here with the black hard dirt I've seen 2-3" deep cracks in yards when the city forces water restrictions. some will store water from rain along with water from use of the clothes washer to keep their foundations and driveways from cracking.
dbrannon79
I'm getting there!
our back concrete driveway is badly broken up. when I was getting that 6.2 engine on the stand to run, I attached a garden hose to flow through the block and had a drain hose down sitting into the crack. I had let the water run for a long while, not sure where it all went but it never came out from under the driveway, seemed like a open cavern under there LOL.
Big T
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It’s getting 5” road base, compacted down. Then the sand.
Paveltolz
Доверяй, но проверяй
This thread...
Big T
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Yeah we started on glow plug wires
MrMarty51
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An old timer over here, he would never pour concrete on a gravel base.
He poured slabs to block trailer houses on.
He poured direct on bare dirt.
One time someone told Him he should be laying in a gravel bed then form and pour on top of that.
He did, it cracked, he went back to bare ground forms.
He poured slabs to block trailer houses on.
He poured direct on bare dirt.
One time someone told Him he should be laying in a gravel bed then form and pour on top of that.
He did, it cracked, he went back to bare ground forms.
Paveltolz
Доверяй, но проверяй
Started with only a wisp of smoke that stopped immediately. Drove from SLC to Kingman with no smoke on restarts. Calling this one solved.
Sunset overlooking Lake Mead’s surroundings.
Narrow road (Pabco). BLM Rangers stopped traffic so a stolen car could be recovered What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas?
Sunset overlooking Lake Mead’s surroundings.
Narrow road (Pabco). BLM Rangers stopped traffic so a stolen car could be recovered What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas?
Big T
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We could paint trucks under the lights of that sign
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Paveltolz
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Just about
Big T
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Paveltolz
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Maggie’s actually the ‘expert’ having a degree in Construction Management. The rest of have done this before but, really don’t KNOW what we’re doing.