Pouring A "Black Land" Slab

Red cement trucks line up to pour their load. The slab is for a small log home. If you would like to find out more about building your own log home, check out our progress on our dream home at http://buildingyourdreamhome.us/current.htm

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• home
• construction
• slab
• foundation

[NKTSPORT]

What is a Black Land slab?, sorry I am not familiar with the terminology, but none the less still interested., Thanks.

[mayosdream]

In some southern areas of the US, the land consistency is referred to as blackland. Indicating extremely black color which when wet is like a bog and walking in it makes a person grow taller because it stacks on your soles. When it is dry it becomes almost as hard as cement. A flat slab would soon crack however by pouring footings/beams 2' deep by a foot wide spaced across the slab, it is able to withstand the give and take of the soil. Hope the above is helpful.

Ellen

[billylo2010]

@TexasHomeInspector yea its a shed alright there Buddy

[doodleduck]

load bearing walls ... in architectural terms i think a "log home" as mayosdream describes it is probably classified as a shed. just dont put any masonry on it!

[TexasHomeInspector]

There are only 2 grade beams visible, no perimeter beams. Load bearing walls should rest on foundation grade beams, hope thats a shed you're building.