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Membrane is placed over packed soil (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world
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Step by step :)

I now have one last water evacuation to place where the exterior faucet is and the. I can lay the metal wire mesh.

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[–] 6 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

have you checked if you have any insane in your membrane?

I hear it's crazy insane, got no brain.

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    • [–] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Do you need something between the home and the concrete to prevent water/dirt or anything else from potentially causing problems?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    So it's all sitting on a layer of small rock so water would drain well. And I'll be making a slope in the concrete so the water should get right at the end of the pad where I'll be making a franch drain / rock walkway to make sure nothing pools too much. Additionally my roof is overhanging quite a bit so the ~40cm are most of the time dry when it rains anyway unless rains gets sideways twice every 5 years or so.

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    • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    What cha making? Concrete patio?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    yup. Need to get the outdoors more practical as our weather is now all hot & dry...

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Are you sure you want a giant heat sink there instead of a garden? Concrete stores heat and emits it later... instead trees are helping to cool it

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 days ago

    Well, we'll keep all the surounding untouched. The concrete is just the surface to accomodate outdoor kitchen, a table & hopefully, a jacuzzi or, for the times being, the kids "pool". On top of the concret I'll run some creeper vines in the to-be wooden patio. Rest assured that all the trees and surrounding pastures won't move an inch. Before being concrete this was largelly gravel in any case. Heat behaviour has been a concern from the start but the balance tipped towards this outcome.

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