[TheForge] Re: Gazinta

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Mike;
While you are thinking about it....putting in some in-floor 
anchor loops is probably worth the effort. I put in several and 
wish i had more everytime i want to drag something heavy across 
the shop or anchor some device or other ..or for bending..or..you 
get the picture.
Welded 3/4" thick loops to a perpendicular spread of rebar that i 
wired underneath the rebar in the slab, then wired an upside down 
tin can over the loop with the top of the can 1/4" below the top 
of the slab.  Ran some triangulation measurements from the posts 
so i could find them again. ( lost some of the notes and there's 
one loop I still can't find).
When the floor was cured i cut through the top of the can to get 
to the loop.
Only disadvantage is that they collect crud and have to be 
cleaned out when you want to use them.....PF

Mike Spencer wrote:
> <SNIP Ralph's long and excellent  HOWTO on hole installation>
> 
>>Well mike, I just suggested an approved tried and true method for
>>successful gazinta insertion to a floor. I didn't realize you were
>>still "just thinking about it".
> 
> 
> Now, Ralph, that there is what you call your "pejorative 'just'".
> "Just thinking about it" is a chance to collect the wisdom of people
> -- people like you -- who know more than I do about the "it" in
> question.  I was, in fact, muttering to myself about how I could tie
> a socket into the existing floor and never thought of making a
> bigger hole.  Y'see?
> 
> I wish I'd been thinking for a few years about building a new shop
> instead of just suddenly going and doing it -- only thinking about it
> from, say, February to April or thereabouts.  Then I likely would have
> had your advice beforehand to put Gazintas(tm) into the floor from the
> start.
> 
> Drainage doesn't seem to be a problem where the shop is but failing to
> get the socket set real good and immoveable would be a big
> disappointment.
> 
> So thank you very much!
> 
> - Mike
>