Constructing a Concrete Building Uses Lots of Masonry Tools |
| 5/11/2008 8:11:59 AM |
Recently my brother started building a huge workshop for his garage hobbies, and poured the footings for it himself. On the advice of many, he had the foundation professionally poured. As a consequence, he has plenty of concrete tools for sale, and hopes to get a few bucks back from the investment he made in them about a year ago. Working with concrete takes some experience, and we were all really happy he decided to have the slab poured by a concrete professional because a bad slab can create lots of problems down the road with the fundamental integrity of the building.
Besides cracking all over the place, a deficient slab can create havoc with the walls and roof of the building. He is going to build the garage out of concrete block, which is less forgiving than using 2 x 4's, so having a solid foundation is very important. He'll lay the blocks himself, and has all the masonry tools to do it himself. After a few courses, he'll probably be an expert block layer, and might even keep the masonry tools after the job is done, just in case. |
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