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On 20 Apr 2007 16:15:55 -0700, sonofabitchsky@hotmail.com wrote:
>On Apr 20, 2:15 pm, Oren <O...@home.yes.us> wrote:
>> On 20 Apr 2007 12:30:41 -0700, Steve <swechs...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
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>> >I am looking to install a concrete walkway on the side of my house,
>> >about 40 feet by 3 feet, plus a slab to hold a hot tub.
>>
>> >Due to the expense in hiring people to do cement work around here, I would
>> >like to try to do it myself with a few other people. Can anyone
>> >recomment either a website or a book that I can refer to with a good
>> >set of instructions (I have only done minor cement repair work in the
>> >past)?
>>
>> >Thanks,
>>
>> >Steve
>>
>> A one day project?
>> --
>> Oren
>>
>> "The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!"
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>I'd grade and set the forms the day before you order the concrete.
>Depending on how large your hot tub slab will need to be you will be
>pouring aprox 2.5yards. With a couple buddies and a couple of wheel
>barrows you can have most of it finished by noon, weather permitting.
This will be wonderful, if he orders concrete. Thinking DIY; he might
use a flat nose shovel and other assorted instruments.
--
Oren
"The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!"
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Re: Recommendation needed for DIY concrete project
