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[bzarcher]

It turns out we did not need 800 lbs. of concrete for the mini-patio.

We needed 1300 lbs.

Uff da!

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[flying-landon.livejournal.com]

How were you calculating the concrete, anyways?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

http://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete/howmuch/calculator.htm

I think my main mistake was I planned for the depth (4") of the finished product, not counting the extra couple of inches below ground level due to removing the sod.

[flying-landon.livejournal.com]

Yea, that'll do it. Now heres a good question, and probably too late to ask.. Did you tamp down the ground below it, as to reduce future settlement?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Yes. We dug up the sod layer, cleared the edges, and tamped down the ground after we built and leveled the form.

[flying-landon.livejournal.com]

Good man, good man.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

This...well, it -was- my first rodeo, but it wasn't flaggerx's first rodeo. :D

[mithikall.livejournal.com]

uh, whooops? can you just add on, or do you have to start from scratch?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. We were mixing the bags 2 at a time, so when we got to about 4 bags, I ran to home depot and we just kept mixing and pouring - I managed to pull up with more bags right as the dumped out the last of the initial 10 bags. :D