Need a concrete base for kennel with drainage bulidng, reccomendations?

[Qbgrey 4,172]

To be honest qbgrey I'm only kennelling one dog as my other two are in the house and like you say I will be picking the shit up anyway so the amount of pee won't be a lot so I'm tempted just to make the slab on a slight gradient and flush away with hose onto grass as this seems like the easiest option. It's just the smell I'm concerned with but I will be keeling it clean and flushing daily so may not be a problem.

 

The 40kg bags of ballast and cement are these pre mixed?

 

The area will be 14.5ft x 6.5ft so not sure on quantitys. I will need

 

Appreciate the help lads, thanks

 

not to good with feet but if it was 5mtrsx2mtrs at 100mm thick thats about 1 cubic metre if mixing you self youd need 2 tons of ballast and 15 bag of cement aprox,and you mix it up yuorself piss of piss.

[paulus 26]

To be honest qbgrey I'm only kennelling one dog as my other two are in the house and like you say I will be picking the shit up anyway so the amount of pee won't be a lot so I'm tempted just to make the slab on a slight gradient and flush away with hose onto grass as this seems like the easiest option. It's just the smell I'm concerned with but I will be keeling it clean and flushing daily so may not be a problem.

 

The 40kg bags of ballast and cement are these pre mixed?

 

The area will be 14.5ft x 6.5ft so not sure on quantitys. I will need

 

Appreciate the help lads, thanks

 

not to good with feet but if it was 5mtrsx2mtrs at 100mm thick thats about 1 cubic metre if mixing you self youd need 2 tons of ballast and 15 bag of cement aprox,and you mix it up yuorself piss of piss.

correct on all accounts

[earth&hounds 94]

you can not run foul in to storm if u do and get reported water board will kick ya ass

[wezza 396]

15bags of cement what do they weigh seem some that are 10 15 and 25 kg?

 

Obviously I will need to hire a mixer? Once I have a load ready just tip it in to shuttering then start on next batch? Once full level it off then leave to set?

 

Thanks lads, big help

[Qbgrey 4,172]

25 kg bags,put water in mixer then add 6 full shovels of ballast then half the bag of cement then top it off with 6 more ballast,pour into barrow,lay base with dryish mix up to about 30 mm from top then finish with wetter mix and pull off with a piece of wood.diy ers guide but will do ya as a kennel mate.

[reddawn 2,173]

ideally ye want 1 guy on mixer an 1 tamping mix in pal, but thats a peice a piss a mate an me done mine in an afternoon

[stabba 10,745]

No drainage = garden stinking like a kacky nappy in the summer

[reddawn 2,173]

id run it onto

you can not run foul in to storm if u do and get reported water board will kick ya ass

 

fook em just pick shit up an wash water doon it

Edited September 8, 2012 by reddawn

[haymin 2,465]

Why don't you just buy 2x2 slabs and do it that way ?

[Rabbithunter 456]

If you hoseing the run down, piss & little bits of shit thats stuck, and its running into your garden, it will soon start smelling! Especially in hot summer.

 

Best tapping into foul, or digging soakaway

[Sherlock 42]

I think you are being a bit generous with 100 mil of concrete , I would lay it 50 mil thick more than ample for an eighty pound lurcher and a kennel. Also I would put some water proofing agent in the mix ,it stops the pee from soaking into the concrete. Also put a sheet of visquene (polythene) under the concrete, this will stop it drying out to quickly and you will also get a better smoother surface .

[socks 32,253]

Laid my new base last week it took 12 cubic meters had it pumped in as barrowing that much would have taken all day and the first lay would have gone off before the last barrow was in ... I laid aco drainage connected to the main sewer job done ......

 

Edited September 9, 2012 by socks

[Cleanspade 3,324]

crackin job that sacks. .

[socks 32,253]

Hopping to get it finished this week .............

[stabba 10,745]

No matter how well 2x2 slabs are laid..eventually moisture will get between the joints and it,ll start stinking..conny all the way ..i was lucky when my base was done as i had only 8 feet to drop into the drains..best thing i ever did