12 August 2019
Wore out my two ½″ concrete drill bits boring 4″
deep holes in the house foundation, so made a quick run to Goodro’s to buy a
new bit and some 2x4’s with which to make a form for the house front steps
concrete pad. Used 2 ton epoxy glue to
ensure that the five rebar pins inserted into those holes will never
pull out. Those pins will ensure that
the pad (and, thus, the front steps) won’t move again with respect to the house
foundation. Manufactured the 2x4 form
for the concrete pad down in the shop then carefully put it into position so
that the form was perfectly level side to side, exactly 16″ below the top of
the porch, and canted ½° away from the
house. Cobbled together Used my
last scraps leftover pieces of #4 rebar to reinforce the edges of the
pad. Just before starting to mix
concrete, took the time to read the information on the bags… (surely my male
union card will be revoked for such egregious behavior). According to that info, the concrete pad
would take somewhat over 12 bags of Sakrete®. Oh, dear!
The one thing you never want to have happen is to run out of concrete in
the middle of a pour. So made a second
(high-speed) run to Goodro’s and herniated myself wrestled 4 more bags
of Sakrete® into the Tacoma.
Once the form was filled up (taking, by the way, 12½ bags of the
concrete mix), Chree helped me screed off the form… which came out looking just
gorgeous… if you’re into wet concrete.
