Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 I have an 8' x 4', steel aviary here. I want to bolt it to a concrete slab, simply to stop anything digging under and into it. Only thing is, my ground slopes somewhat. And, it's effectively a council laid road surface too. So, f**k trying to dig a patch of it out for any reason! Just looking for confirmation really then; I take it it'll be fine to simply shutter in and pour a uniformly thick slab, just following the gradient? I mean; F**king birds won't care, will they? Hardly going to roll down it. That about right ....? Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Yep just mix it thick so it doesn't run down the slope and over the shuttering ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twelsh 313 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Best thing to do is shutter it up make sure its all level put hardcore in tamper it down aslong as you got 4" of concrete it be ok good luck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Cool. Cheers, lads. I'm a happy f**ker too. I own a cement mixer! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pip1968 2,490 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 (edited) just dont get a bird called a roller and you should be fine pete Edited May 17, 2014 by pip1968 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Roller canaries? That's alright. I'd just get some Borders to put round the edges. Stop them rolling off! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wilbur foxhound 480 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 you will have to level the floor or what you bolt to it wont be level or plumb,atb wf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,774 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 A slope will be easier to wash down and it will get shite all over it,but likes been said the aviary itself will be wonky but the birds won't care i'm sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clipo 871 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 A slope will be easier to wash down and it will get shite all over it,but likes been said the aviary itself will be wonky but the birds won't care i'm sure. when we did a mates kennels we dragged a drain pipe through the wet cement to make a channel for all the shit and water........could probably do the same here??? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 I had this aviary in much the same spot before. It was active. It never once struck me it was pissed. Probably because the entire landscape beyond it was just as pissed? I'm pretty nearly permanently pissed myself. So I meld with my surroundings Drainage? Fair do's. I should think I can cover that. Ye know these concrete gulleys they do, these days? Topped by a grill? I'd go for the metal grilled one. Rats would come through the plastic like lasers. Yes. Horribly expensive shit. But, f**k me; Four foot of it? If it costs me €50.00 So what? I won't have shit and disease building up against the bottom end of my flight. And I won't be for ever praying I get any passing rat, before it gets in to my birds. Seen what a rat can do in an aviary, overnight. Glad to say, I had the c**nt the next morning. Even more glad to say; It wasn't my f**king aviary! Right. Experts now ..... 8' x 4' x 4" slab. Allowing a, what, 4" extra border. To give the fixings something to hold into. 8' 8" x 4' 8"? 4" deep. How much 'crete mix and how many bags of cement? What mix, please? F**king useless, aren't I?! F**k sake. I'm Outlaw Pete. Not Bob the f**king Builder! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DeerhoundLurcherMan 997 Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 I had this aviary in much the same spot before. It was active. It never once struck me it was pissed. Probably because the entire landscape beyond it was just as pissed? I'm pretty nearly permanently pissed myself. So I meld with my surroundings Drainage? Fair do's. I should think I can cover that. Ye know these concrete gulleys they do, these days? Topped by a grill? I'd go for the metal grilled one. Rats would come through the plastic like lasers. Yes. Horribly expensive shit. But, f**k me; Four foot of it? If it costs me €50.00 So what? I won't have shit and disease building up against the bottom end of my flight. And I won't be for ever praying I get any passing rat, before it gets in to my birds. Seen what a rat can do in an aviary, overnight. Glad to say, I had the c**nt the next morning. Even more glad to say; It wasn't my f**king aviary! Right. Experts now ..... 8' x 4' x 4" slab. Allowing a, what, 4" extra border. To give the fixings something to hold into. 8' 8" x 4' 8"? 4" deep. How much 'crete mix and how many bags of cement? What mix, please? F**king useless, aren't I?! F**k sake. I'm Outlaw Pete. Not Bob the f**king Builder! A bulk bag of ballast and 8 bags of dust should do it, if it looks a bit tight, start chucking bricks in! Only a slab This is 8x4 and roughly 4 inches thick and because of the access I had to use the small bags of ballast, it took about 40 I think... Get an edging tool as well and run it round the edge when its half cured.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Must say; That Does look smart! And, yeah; We have a hell of a lot of natural stone, round here. It's like a given that we chuck a load of them into any concrete. They not only bulk shit up. But, harden it too. I'd sooner anchor into a stone than just 'crete. Have to get that aviary back over here ..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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