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Pouring a 30"×40" concrete pad on top of concrete floor?

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Get some expanding anchors and use those with long bolts or all thread instead of just rebar stuck in holes... Secure those bolts/all thread to your wire or a simple square loop of rebar in your form with a tack weld or 3... that small pad will never be able to be pulled up without also destroying the original floor.

You will NEVER get new concrete to bond with old, especially really old concrete. Dont waste your time IMO. Mechanically secure it and be done.

Get you a couple 80 lbs bags of quick-crete, mix em up, pour em in and rough finish it with a cheap ass trowel.
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Pouring a 30"×40" concrete pad on top of concrete floor?

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ClangClang said:
Thanks, these are really helpful.

I'm estimating around 1.75-2PSI (it's a very heavy custom safe). But since all the mixes I look at are 3000-6000 PSI rated, I'm sure it will be fine (assuming proper mix and pour). I'll rent a magnesium float.

What's a sidewinder? Google wasn't helpful. I just see a bunch of concrete screws. I don't have a slab saw. My plan is just to score up the surface in a hatch pattern with my angle grinder. I'll keep it wet to keep the dust down and run my shop vac right next to the grind wheel. That's my best plan so far.

I should be able to give it 10-12 days cure time before the safe gets delivered. I can probably delay delivery by a couple extra days if necessary.
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Your grinder will be fine. Even after 12 days, as noted above, be careful of the edges. If its only 30x40 just a good steel hand trowel will do it, You'll never see the top so it doesnt have to be perfect.
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Pouring a 30"×40" concrete pad on top of concrete floor?

ClangClang
John? said:
In addition to your vertical tie rebar connecting to the existing slab you’re going to want some horizontal mesh to prevent tension fracture. 2”x4” welded wire will work fine for your application. Tie it to your verticals about half way between bottom and finished top.

Rough up the existing slab with sidewinder. If you have a slab saw available cut grooves about 1/4” deep spaced a foot apart. That will help adhesion.

You should calculate you load per square inch to determine the strength cement you need. My rough guess based on my safe is 1.5 psi. So any readi mix is plenty strong. Hell, most quickcrete is plenty strong if you mix it thick for low slump.

You’d be smart to rent a magnesium float to make sure there are no voids in your new slab. Trowel around the edges of forms to make it pretty.

Curing takes a while, depending on what mix you use. I would plan on at least a week to set up. It won’t be fully cured but strong enough to work on. Be careful around edges while it is still green because it is super easy to crack a corner loose.

Also, don’t skimp on your forms.

Hope this helps.
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Thanks, these are really helpful.

I'm estimating around 1.75-2PSI (it's a very heavy custom safe). But since all the mixes I look at are 3000-6000 PSI rated, I'm sure it will be fine (assuming proper mix and pour). I'll rent a magnesium float.

What's a sidewinder? Google wasn't helpful. I just see a bunch of concrete screws. I don't have a slab saw. My plan is just to score up the surface in a hatch pattern with my angle grinder. I'll keep it wet to keep the dust down and run my shop vac right next to the grind wheel. That's my best plan so far.

I should be able to give it 10-12 days cure time before the safe gets delivered. I can probably delay delivery by a couple extra days if necessary.
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Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

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Mike Casselton said:
Sounds USAFE.
I miss SAC and SOC units.
No bullshit chem gear playing.

When I was in the 67th our recalls were just a verification of caller and a number. The number told us what to do next.
There was never chem gear involved.
Life was good.
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I assume the chem gear remark is facetious.


313 AD 400 MMS(T) Kadena. Always chem gear in Phase II.
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Suppressors 338 Lapua

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While the competition has really stepped up the last couple years, I went with TBAC because it was such a known quantity. In the end, kind of hard to go wrong with most of the options as long as they meet your weight concerns and have reliable mounting systems.

I can't wait for the NFA to die so we can start trading suppressors like pokemon cards. I want to try almost all of the cans listed in this thread.
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We may finally know who’s been to the island

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I assume "The Unit" is some secret squirrel thing. I did have a clearance many moons ago, but even then didn't have the need to know anything meaningful or juicy, so no secrets to keep really.

I don't take issue with your belief (and it IS just a belief), that this coverup is 100% nefarious and there are no good people in government at all. Often I would amen to that, and it may well be. You shouldn't take issue that there may be a reason for it that can at least be articulated and debated. Maybe you work for The Unit and are fishing for enemies of the state...?

I'm not saying I would agree with the justification, just that the rules of conspiracy theories are completely broken in a coverup of this size. Only one person can keep a secret. It shouldn't offend you that it's a possibility, because I'm not offended you think they're all evil crooks (most of them are). And, we're back to Lot. There's always one good person in every sea of evil. There's always one person willing to go to the cross. As a conspiracy expands the odds it will remain secret plummet. When the people who had little or nothing to do with the original conspiracy decide it's in their/our/whatever interest to not let the truth get out it just seems to me that there is probably a compelling reason that we're not aware of...

I believe, like it seems almost everyone else, that Epstein was deep in the intelligence world and that he prayed on pedophiles (he was one) like he prayed on young girls. We agree on that for the reasons you've given and what's already out in the public sphere. What I'm not clear on is why this administration is either complicit or would participate in a cover up. Just cuz they're all evil doesn't track with me, nor does some continuity of government theory, because most of the Federal government could keel over this moment and the world would keep spinning, and the vast majority of us, who have nothing to do with them except on election day, would never even notice.

The whole thing is just so blatant, and such a 180 it makes me think there is a lot more going on that we are privy to.
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