T-Brick Shed: Finishing the Foundation

The last load of gravel for a grand total of five cubic yards. There are 27 cubic feet in a cubic yard. The trench is averages around 22" wide X 12" deep X 48 linear feet. I calculate that at 88 cubic feet or 3.25 cubic yards. Maybe it's all that tamping
Tampity, tamp, tamp


Rakety, rake, rake
Shovelty, shovel, shovel

The gravel around the entire perimeter is now tamped down and level with the bottom of our guide forms.

I built up the low side a couple of inches. Note that the last batch of gravel (red) is smaller than the previous loads (white). This allowed the final layer to be tamped down more compactly. 

Here are the test blocks after nine days. No signs of cracking which means the clay is not expansive which is a good thing.

Comments

Colin said…
Wow. Hard work!

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