Well it was worth a try.
Over the last week we’ve been moving gravel into the ground floor to form a sub-base for the concrete pour. I ordered about 13 cubic yards which equates to about 14 tons in weight. Weather conditions haven’t been ideal as the last weekend we had temperatures in the high nineties with 100% humidity. Now that heat wave has been broken it’s wet.
We’re aiming for about 5″ – 6″ of gravel which we’re leveling with a laser level. Once we get it pretty flat we’ll hire a compactor to settle the gravel and then start on the next layers which will be 2″ of foam insulation and a vapor barrier (plastic sheet). We’ll pay someone to do the actual pour but we’ll likely lay down the rebar mesh and the radiant heating pipework, subject to a bit of reading up.
We were a bit short on the gravel so we ordered 3 cubic yards more and now we have too much. To get rid of it I’ve dug a trench which will be used for a small supporting wall for a stone patio and I’ll use the gravel as a sub-base for that pour.
If you watched the video in it’s full you may have spotted a guest appearance from our cute little car. I’ll leave it up to you to guess which car it is. In case you’re wondering what we are doing at the end of the video we are washing the gravel over a sieve as it was mixed with dirt – like father, like son.
Well done, excellent job. The car looks like a Sunbeam Alpine and I should know as I’m sure you’ve told me about it but if it was more than a second ago 🤔
Jensen Healey but very close 🙂
Jensen Healey but very close 🙂
I was going to suggest you get some teenagers to help you move the gravel, then I realised they’re all in their 50s and 60s now.
Was it an MG?
If you ever have too much of something just dig a hole and bury it. You’re welcome.
Ha ha yes and funnily no one seemed interested in helping though we did get a lot of moral support from neighbours. Jensen Healey, silly!