| Well, this weekend I had a big hang up with the floor. I hired a concrete specialist to come grind down the peaks and level out the floor, as we grinded the floor began to break up rather than dust away. Further inspection revealed MANY areas that weren't solid so we tried just breaking out those specific areas and would patch those later, this is where my weekend went downhill. We found NO solid concrete and it was basically an inch of concrete here and there and as little as 1/4 inch in some places. The place was built in 1926 and someone had patched the slab over the years and made it LOOK solid but it was VERY unstable. There were some areas that had 1/4 inch of concrete over large river rock, other places had close to 12 inches of concrete. (mostly near the corners) We decided to demo the whole thing out and level and pour a new slab, we took special care to preserve the original footing as it is in perfect shape and is VERY deep. Needless to say I was very bummed, this basically cost me $1,000 more than originally expected. No matter, it has to be done or I would have larger issues in the future. I will be staining and sealing the floor when finished instead of using the laminate hardwood, I guess there was one good thing that came out of this. Anyways, here are some pics of the demo...I will post some of the new slab very soon, we will be pouring this Friday. |