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What to do to prepare for concrete?
Hello:
I'm David and from Michigan, US. And I've got a Meade LX200GPS on an eq wedge, but it's flemsily mounted on a Scopebuggy and I usually roll it out onto the grass front yard from the garage (where I keep it).
Well my parents, at least especially my mom (we live in the country), will let me have and build a kit observatory.
But for now I'm considering it and needing to save up money, because now we live from check to check from the government. I need a job.
Also the place where I'd like to put the building is going be on the land (we own) but part of a farm field that's been used to being tilled. And I wondered if there's any special considerations that you guys would have about pouring concrete there. I don't know if it will be a concrete pad or a pier or a roll-off roof or a dome, but I know that I'm excited, but know that I want to take it slow to do it right.
About the concrete: I guess, like the concrete men say is that it (the soil) needs to be level. But it also needs to be compacted so it won't give after the concrete is dried and make it crack. How wide (deep) should the 2X whatever's need to be that will confine the concrete?
My parent's say that we might be moving from this place in maybe 2-4, a couple of years.
So mom's wanting the structure (the part other than the concrete) to be movable and transportable by a truck.
If we get a dome, I'm considering Technical Innovations 10 foot dome.
It is a little expensive, but I believe (of course) that is better built than the "pod" from SkyShed.
PS: Do I need to use Reebar in the concrete?
Thank you for your advice.
David
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