Finished pouring our mono footing/wall yesterday at about 5:00pm. It was a 6 sack pea-gravel mix with 16" walls, 6yds. total. How long before I can strip the forms off?
A couple of observations:
Using a line-pump hose over 100' can be a workout! Especially when the pump jockeys control box is either "off" or "fast". Made for some fun until he gave up and manually controlled it from the truck/pump.
Two inexperienced guy's are not enough for a job like this! I luckily brought in a experienced guy for the pour and am damn glad I did. Between the pump problems initially and the working knowledge of "time" concerning the cure rates and steps ie: juking the mud, tapping the forms for pockets, j-bolt install and the correct TOOLS!
We had some mud running over the footings neccesitating a "layer and wait slightly" tempo until the footing set slightly after juking. Was glad to have someone experienced around that made this all flow together, literally.
A couple of observations:
Using a line-pump hose over 100' can be a workout! Especially when the pump jockeys control box is either "off" or "fast". Made for some fun until he gave up and manually controlled it from the truck/pump.
Two inexperienced guy's are not enough for a job like this! I luckily brought in a experienced guy for the pour and am damn glad I did. Between the pump problems initially and the working knowledge of "time" concerning the cure rates and steps ie: juking the mud, tapping the forms for pockets, j-bolt install and the correct TOOLS!
We had some mud running over the footings neccesitating a "layer and wait slightly" tempo until the footing set slightly after juking. Was glad to have someone experienced around that made this all flow together, literally.