pole barn concrete slab

[radman1]

I'm having trouble locating plastic 3" rebar chairs. the local concrete supplier / brickyard only has 3" in metal, and they are expensive, over $1 each compared to about $.12 for 2" plastic chairs.

Check with hardware store for the plastic chairs. My local Menards has them.

 

[dcyrilc]

I'm having trouble locating plastic 3" rebar chairs. the local concrete supplier / brickyard only has 3" in metal, and they are expensive, over $1 each compared to about $.12 for 2" plastic chairs.

Worst case, pick up some of the 1"x8"x16" concrete bricks. Break them into pieces and set the 2" chairs on top of them.

 

[Duffster]

I'm having trouble locating plastic 3" rebar chairs. the local concrete supplier / brickyard only has 3" in metal, and they are expensive, over $1 each compared to about $.12 for 2" plastic chairs.

The 2" ones would be perfect anyway, you don't really need 3".

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Worst case, pick up some of the 1"x8"x16" concrete bricks. Break them into pieces and set the 2" chairs on top of them.

pretty much what I was thinking about doing, put something under 2" ones.
don't have menards here, looked online, etc...
I did find one Lowes with a few 2" ones in stock.

thanks!

 

[jlbart]

I plan to line the pole barn interior with steel panels. So I'll have interior girts. Can I put use an interior skirt board and pour concrete floor up to that vs pouring concrete between posts up to exterior skirt board before installing interior steel panels.??

 

[deezler]

Go with 2" chairs. don't mess with em, just use them.

 

[dadster4]

I plan to line the pole barn interior with steel panels. So I'll have interior girts. Can I put use an interior skirt board and pour concrete floor up to that vs pouring concrete between posts up to exterior skirt board before installing interior steel panels.??

Watch a few You Tube videos from RR Builders. They install a skirt board both inside and outside the poles and install insulation in the cavity before installing interior metal walls. The slab is poured against the 2 x 8 interior skirt board halfway up thus insulating the slab perimeter.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Back from the dead.

 

[PJSprog]

Got several posts into this before I realized it was 11 years old. Zombie thread.

We're doing this same thing this summer in our pole barn. Finally.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Best thing I ever did was add the concrete. Now for electric.

 

[Hay Dude]

Did you do floor heat or electric conduit in floor?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Not me, I still don’t have electric in the barn except for an extension cord.

 

[gstrom99]

I'm putting a floor in my pole barn this year, also. I'll be putting PEX in for floor heat, but I'm not positive I'll be heating it that way. I can't add it later...