Garage- It's begun!

[Plus4E]

More oipcs

Errrm, OK yeah, these are pics of the DPM. I ummed and ahhhed about how to tank the pit, but to be honest, after a massive thaw and then loads of rain the pit had nothing in it except surface water, and digging down a couple of inches it was dry, so I've just gone for a DPM. If it really has water table issues, I'll tank it internally.

I did go belt and braces though. I taped it, sikaflexed it, and then taped it, and made sure the joins were has high as possible

EDIT: being on first name terms with your vicar has "benefits" - like using the church hall to lay out sheets of DPM that are 4m wide

[zeppelin101]

touhc screene is great for smilies!

Not good for much else going by your last two posts

Looking alright so far that is

[Plus4E]

So, by the time I got the DPM in, it was dark....

[Plus4E]

Was going to add the pictures of bending rebar, but I'm too tired.......... tomorrow!

[Plus4E]

OK, rebar!!!

[Plus4E]

More rebar

[Plus4E]

Oh, and the thing I have to make!

[Plus4E]

Bender!!!

[Plus4E]

Not good for much else going by your last two posts

Looking alright so far that is

Blah bah blah..

Now.. where's the "big hug, I love you, you're my best mate" smiley.....?

[remo]

good job man! looks like your doing great in making this pool.......

whats with all the plastic sheet then?

[Plus4E]

whats with all the plastic sheet then?

dpm

[Plus4E]

Well, today has been an epicly long day. Staerted with a hangover and a drive to St Albans to returnthe bender, and then nipping to various places to get the pieces I needed for today. Didn't really start properly until gone 12, and finally finished about 11pm

So, today was the day I was to put the rebar in the pit. Building control want to see this before we can proceed, so I had to get it done today, or we'd be a week later with it all, as I can only do stuff at the weekends.

The first problem was the trench I'd dug across the pit to accomodate the sump. It had been squre up the sides, using some paving slabs for clean vertical sides and to retain the hardcore on the main level of the pit with compacted hardcore bottom between the paving slabs. Anyhow, they had started to lean in, meanign the it was 600mm wide at the bottom, but only 500mm wide at the top. Oh no!

A couple of old jacks to the rescue!

[Plus4E]

The it was a case of dropping all the rebar in and jiggling it all in to place. I had the brain wave of making up some timbers to hold the tops of the starter bars in place, and I'm glad I did. Made the whole job much easier by jigging it all up.

Couldn't get hold of any concrete shoes to sit the rebar on, but worked out that a engineering brick split in half was perfect.

[Plus4E]

Had a spare half hour this morning, so knocked up the shuttering for my sump

[Silane]

Great work so far.

[Plus4E]

I've had one thought though, the shuttering for the sump might be difficult to remove. I'm pretty confident I'll be able to get the sides out, but the bottom might be a different story.

[GAV200]

I've had one thought though, the shuttering for the sump might be difficult to remove. I'm pretty confident I'll be able to get the sides out, but the bottom might be a different story.

In the absense of shutter oil use a libral coat of WD40 or Derv on the face of the form work, it'll make the ply crack off alittle easier without bringing concrete with it

Strap it down also cos it will try to float.

As for the bottem not coming out, why not concrete the floor of the sump with a bucket or 2 of concrete, then just place "side" formwork on it when you do the floor of the pit?

[Plus4E]

Cheers

I'm going to attach it to the rebar, so it won't float. Of course, it'll have some release agent on (as you say, DERV, cooking oil, etc). Had more of a think now, and I think it'll be OK. The sides will smash in relatively easily - 2"x2"s - 4 vertical in each corner. Couple of skinny screws holding them in - sledge hammer from above should shear them, and then the sides will fold in with a cold chisel. The bottom of the box sits inside the four vertical faces, so once they are out, I have an edge I can pry.

[Plus4E]

Big shuttering going in today

[BBB]

The bottom of the box sits inside the four vertical faces, so once they are out, I have an edge I can pry.

Can you put a threaded eye bolt through the bottom into a small metal plate. Then when dry you can put a piece of rope through the eye bolt and pull it out?