I’m going to build a garage 24’x40′ with 12′ walls. I poured the slab (my first one and what a mess!) and I have a small “seam” between concrete trucks. We placed the concrete from the first truck no problem. The second truck didn’t come for another hour and twenty minutes. With all the accelerant the first batch of cement was quite firm by the time the second truck showed up. The second truck came up short 1/4″ depth against the forms so what I have is half of a slab approximately 1/8″ shallower or lower then the first pour. Whats done is done so I have to work with what I have.
My question is when I begin framing ( I will be framing the walls directly off the slab) will I have to frame the side walls (40′ walls) stud by stud to accomodate the bad cement? I thought of creating a stick or story pole for each corner of the building and marking off 12′ and then framing from point to point to keep the top of the wall level and let the bottom of the wall contour to the imperfections in the floor.
Ideas?
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Shoot in all your corners with a builders level or laser.
Build the corners and nail them up plumb.
Run a chalk line top of corner to top of corner.
Lightly touch all studs over their layout to the chalkline.
Here is a photo album that shows this technique
Thanks for adding the pics....really helps clarify the advice...looks pretty straightforward...thanks again!!
Wish I had thought of that last year, took me forever tipping up a skeleton wall, stringing the top plate and then measuring each stud. Great idea
This is how I've doen it my whole life and think it's the best way for me anyway.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=65333.27