Description
Continuing the barn conversion. Got first half of the temporary concrete slab space cleared. That one 31" diameter rock really bit my a$$ for a moment there. The 1 ton mini skid steer turned into a teeter-totter under the sheer weight of it. It seems to be an old inner wall foundation or something. I have another stone wall building (decaying) similar size that has two separating walls inside it. I presume this barn was similarly built at some point but was cleared out later.
Why "temporary" concrete slab? - The slab I'm about to pour in this cleared up space will be covered later with another slab that has radiant floor heating tubes inside it. This temporary slab will have none of it and serves a purpose of temporary garage, metal shop and storage once I get the real car garage built on the east end of the barn. Then I will tear the roof and ceiling off on this west end, remove all the ceiling support poles/posts, build walls taller and install truss roof. New floor with radiant heating will be poured straight on top of this temporary slab if possible (height-wise, since the height needs to match the current workshop floor eventually). If not possible I will have to, unfortunately, once again demolish this slab to make room for the final floor with radiant heating. I want the final floor to be wall-to-wall and the current ceiling support posts do not let me do that.