A Garage Floor!

Prep work started last week, adding sand, tamping it down, placing a 2 x 4 barrier,  then spreading vapor barrier on top of the sand. Friday the first 3rd of the garage floor, a 12' x 36' section furthest in was poured.

This photo is from when it was just poured and smoothed out, it was cold outside (40s) so they added a 1/2% solution of chloride to speed up the process and they couldn't leave till 7:30 pm. They had started at 9.

While they waited for concrete to cure, they prepped the remaining section of the garage and poured the next day, yesterday. This time they added 1% chloride to the mix and they were done by 6 pm though the late afternoon rain and wind made them unable to do a final skim so there will be tiny fiberglass hairs sticking up which will eventually wear away. The fiberglass is the thing they do now instead of rebar and metal wire mesh in the bottom to help prevent cracking. Hopefully, this will last the rest of our lives, may they be long enough to enjoy this house!