Pouring Concrete For Our Front Porch

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I just poured this small front porch on the new house we’re building, and I decided to pour it myself.
As a general contractor I usually sub out all my concrete flat work- especially something big like a basement or a garage.
I have poured a few sidewalks and a couple of small slabs over the years, so I thought it would be fun to do this little porch by myself.
I used a hand float to get the concrete level with my chalk line around the edges, and then I got a straight 2x4 to screed off the middle.
This porch is actually going to have pavers on top of it, so the finish doesn’t have to be perfect.
I tapped the side of the form boards with a hammer to make sure there’d be no voids.
Then I used a bull float to smooth out the concrete.
Now this porch has over 8’ of crushed stone underneath the concrete and in our area anytime you have more than 2’ of fill it has to be engineered.
And when it’s engineered, it’s required to be inspected before you pour.
Basically, the inspector is just making sure we followed the engineering and used the right size and quantity of rebar.
I put a really heavy broom finish on this, the texture should help the pavers bond to the concrete slab.
And wouldn’t you know it, right as I was done the new guy showed up. He said he would have helped but he didn’t want to get his new work boots dirty. @hausplans

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