From: "Tom Eisenman" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Concrete Foundation wall - needs continuous pour?
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 06:36:52 -0500

My father and neighbors poured footings and floor for a garage using a hand
loaded cement mixer back in the 60's.  As I recall, it was many days of
continuous hard work for several men. There was one person who did nothing
but load the mixer and one or two others who rolled wheelbarrows of concrete
to dump then into the forms.  Nowadays, the cost of buying delivered
concrete would be trivial compared to that amount of labor. Check out the
cost per cubic yard.  If you want to save some money you could possibly
build the forms yourself but you probably shouldn't consider mixing the
concrete yourself.

"g"  wrote in message
news:4032c8e6.3801010@news.telus.net...
> Hello, I'm planning to build a garage/workshop and hope to do the work
> myself as much as possible (learn more, save money, etc.)  I have
> access to a cement mixer and I'm thinking about pouring the footing
> and low foundation wall (2 ft) myself, then hiring a contractor for
> the slab. Is it feasible to pour the wall in sections? I don't know if
> I can finish it in one day. Some references I've seen recommend a
> continuous pour for these types of projects. Thank you for your
> comments.
>
> Glenn