It’s a lot easier to get the water in and sewage out of the barn under the doorway than digging under wall. I have also added a red plastic cable protector so that the electric could enter below the door if necessary.
Mains services in concrete floor slab.
The steel grid is not really required because the floor is not load bearing, but the cost is minimal compared to the cost of the concrete, so we might as well chuck some in!
- Steel grid to strengthen the concrete floor, 4 euros a sheet from brico depot
The back of the barn is divided into 3 bays each bay about 2.5 metres wide, meaning that it can be tamped with a 3 metre aluminium tamping thingy.
Originally I was going for 100mm of concrete, but 80mm seems the norm in France. When in France ….
Shuttering for the barn floor concrete slab
6 cubic metres of concrete will cover the entire barn floor at 80mm coverage.
