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   plumbbill | Mar 11, 2006 10:31pm | #1

   2nd part of that is kinda loaded.

   I have been on several jobs that a mono-slab was 6' thick or more.

   I did one in downtown Seattle the mono-slab was 18' thick----------- 2 & 1/2 day continious pour woo hoo quite a site it was.

   ed:--- to your first part I'm guessing that you're using shiplap as a form------ so height of pour depends on how the boards are supported.

   
   

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   Edited 3/11/2006 2:33 pm ET by plumbbill

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   trout | Mar 11, 2006 10:53pm | #2

   Ditto what plumbbill said: it depends on how the works are supported and how the concrete is placed.

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   Piffin | Mar 12, 2006 12:04am | #3

   If you have to ask - keep it to two or three feet

    

    

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   luckyjeff | Mar 12, 2006 03:19am | #5

   Thank you for your sarcastic answer. I have poured 25' foundation walls with 3/4" form ply, and 9' heigh walls with shiplap, both walls being 8" on 16"x10" footings. Just was wondering what the maximum height or recommended height was...thanks again. Ps maybe if you have nothing intelligent to add to the discussion....dont

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   SamT | Mar 12, 2006 04:01am | #6

   99,500'

   A.O.

   SamT

   Edited 3/11/2006 8:03 pm by SamT

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   philarenewal | Mar 12, 2006 04:14am | #7

   >>99,500'

   Sam, I need some sort of prior warning before reading messages like that . . . you made me spit out my drink when I read that.   ;-)

   Now my keyboard is soggy and will likely stop wor 

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   SamT | Mar 12, 2006 04:46am | #8

   >>99,500'

   It's better than 42.

   Nobody gets 42.SamT

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   philarenewal | Mar 12, 2006 06:49am | #10

   Arghhhhh ...

   Now I've had a few and my better half wants to know what is so damn funny.

   42.  But what is the question?

   Dahahahahahah . . . ..  . . . 

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   Piffin | Mar 12, 2006 08:15pm | #11

   Hey there lucky, this is a discussion forum. The way it works is you get out what you put in. I gave a very intelligent answer compared to the way you asked the question, and there was not a drop of sarcasm in it. It was fully based on the way you rpresenteed. We get a lot of people in here who could hurt themselves badly trying to get in over their heads and you offered no information to indicate that you were anything different.So I still wonder whetrher in spite of the experience you claim whether you are capable of handling much crete. With the amt of experience you say you have, you should already know that the answer depends more on the whalers, bracing, etc...than it does on whether you use shiplap or plywood. You can change the bracing to 12" or 8" OC and you always want to break into four foot lifts and keep working forward and back, vibrating to avoid a cold joint...but then you knew all that already, right? 

    

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   plumbbill | Mar 12, 2006 09:31pm | #13

   ditto

   ditto

   DITTO

   DITTO

    

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   SamT | Mar 12, 2006 12:29am | #4

   Jeff,

   Max depth is equal to the length of the vibrator tail.

   Deepest mono? I'm with Plumbbill. I was a general laborer on a mono footing for a 3MW steam turbine that was 24' deep x 80' wide and 120' long.

   Piffin gave you the best answer.

    

   SamT
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   Notchman | Mar 12, 2006 05:11am | #9

   Using 1 X 8 shiplap, I guess the height is limited by the layout of your waylers, strongbacks and snapties.

   If you've successfully gone up 25' with 3/4" ply as you claim and 9' with S/L, you should be pretty familiar with the limitations of the form materials.

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   Piffin | Mar 12, 2006 08:18pm | #12

   "...you should be pretty..."that was my thought 

    

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