2 months later....
Rain. It does nothing but rain every week. We are 17" above normal for the year and it rained today.
I passed the plumbing inspection and I also passed the mono slab inspection.
I've put a shit load of steel in this sucker. I'm now at 7000 lbs of #4/grade 60 rebar in it. I ran another 2 sticks of rebar in the turndown and 3 sticks in each of the grade beams, 4 sticks in area that the wall sets on separating the shop/apartment. The flat part of the slab is a 1' grid.
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Check out the floor drains in the shop. 4' long, 12" wide and 6" deep.
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Crete-heat time....
Here in Georgia it is against code to put any type of insulation under the slab. I did find some type of insulation that may have passed but it was around $1500 and had an R value of 1....basically worthless.
I opted for 1/2" Viega oxygen barrier Pex to put in the concrete. I thought long and hard about putting the cheaper stuff in the concrete but I knew this was a 1 shot deal and chose the American made Viega.
I'm running the pex on top of or next to the rebar..I hope this isn't an issue down the road.
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I will have 2 zones that are made up of 6 loops in the shop and probably 3 in the MIL apartment.
I hope that it will dry up enough so that I can get the concrete poured before the end of the year.
Stay tuned for more pics....
