Did some excavating

Geo-TH,In

Well-known Member
First poc is the front. It was in the
best shape.
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I removed so sod on the east side .
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The west side has the same slope as all
the other sides. That said also slopes
towards a dry well that was taken out os
service on 1991. I cracked open the lid
and it didn't take long for 4.6 inches of
rain to go away. Water sounded like a
water fall going in the dry well.
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This is the north side. I had to remove
the most dirt and cut in a swail. North
of the barn is higher than the floor. So
I cut in a trench. Most of the dirt in
front of terramite came from the north
side.



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40% chance of rain on Wednesday. That
should tell me how good this is.

If ground is dry enough my concrete
finisher might put down the floor. I'm
clocking out for the day
George

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Are you going to put poly down under the concrete? I recommend it, but it takes a lot longer to finish, especially inside a building. Looks like your having some freezing at night, but if you keep the doors shut it will be OK, will need some temporary lights.
 
My dad had an earthmoving construction business and we did a lot of site preparation for buildings. We also ended up fixing a lot of poorly-graded sites that others had levelled and the owners realized they had poor drainage AFTER the building was up. It was a lot easier to properly grade the site up front rather than to fix it later. When I built my shop, I spent several weekends preparing the site, time that was well-spent.
 
George; It looks like your sub grade before the building was erected should have been about 8-10" higher. Looks to me that you are trying to correct the problem with a swale around the high side to divert runoff from adjacent ground around the building. It's a good thing you don't get a lot of snow in the winter.--------------------Loren
 
Nobody must know about the well, if it is still open?? Not worried about contaminating other wells in the area??
 
My son is planning to build a barn soon. He had the high ground cleared of some trees and leveled. I have strongly urged him to get about 12" of sand and go UP from there. Buy the time it is all done he would have a nice slope away.
Son, sand is cheap compared to water running in the door. A good friend of mine is fighting that problem with a 5 year old barn built to grade. He has built a second barn that stays dry.
 
John,
North of the barn is a small hill, above 4 feet above grade. That's where I got some of the fill. No way could I hall in 4 feet of dirt. Everything else is downhill. My son wants some fill dirt in Plainfield. I may harvest some dirt from north of the barn.

Like my first pole barn I'll make the water flow away after, regardless of how much dirt I have to remove.

I had no stumps to remove. My dirt is like a dark sand, drains well. I can drive Jubilee lawn after rain and not leave ruts. Can't say that about my property west of Terre Haute, it clay. Stays wet for long time.

I'm winning. Blessings things were delayed to discover dirt around poles weren't packed in.
George
 
I guess it must just be me but all years I have poured concrete on the place one rule always stands no rebar no concrete period, I hate that wire stuff, make sure it gets in the concrete and not just dropped down, just got done with another major cement project 50x60 x 10ft tall by 10inchs thick basement for house that is lifted,have fun
 

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