little update. I sealed the wood frame on the concrete and water sides with 3 coats of permaflex. I love this stuff. I actually didn't believe the coverage claims, but let me tell you from experience that they are absolutely true! 16oz of permaflex covered the entire wood frame and most of one of the end walls. I wasn't going to start sealing the tank walls, but I didn't know what to do with all the leftover permaflex. Think about it. 16oz can of beer covering a 2x8 and a 2x4 and then about 20 or so square feet of concrete!!!!
The cores are filled and the bolts are embedded into the concrete. That was a little tougher than I expected. I used a screwdriver and reamed out holes in the wet concrete for the bolts/washer/nuts to sink into. Then I infilled the holes with concrete and sat the wood frame on top and weighted it down as shown.
Once the concrete cures, I'll remove the nuts, and washers and pull the wood piece up (oh yeah, I bonded the 2x4 to the 2x8 with liquid nails and tightened the nuts down) off of the sill. With the wood off, I'll smooth out the concrete work as needed, then prime the concrete with permaflex, then use a thick application of the LRB/TAV mixture and replace the wood. With the wood on the wet LRB, I'll tighten down the concrete/wood nuts to pull the wood down to the concrete and create a tight seal.
sanitred coating on side of 2x8 attached to concrete base.
Cores filled with concrete. The flooring is all coming up, and I've got 2000 square feet of vinyl wood planks to lay when the tank is done.
re-assembled and weighted down.
The cores are filled and the bolts are embedded into the concrete. That was a little tougher than I expected. I used a screwdriver and reamed out holes in the wet concrete for the bolts/washer/nuts to sink into. Then I infilled the holes with concrete and sat the wood frame on top and weighted it down as shown.
Once the concrete cures, I'll remove the nuts, and washers and pull the wood piece up (oh yeah, I bonded the 2x4 to the 2x8 with liquid nails and tightened the nuts down) off of the sill. With the wood off, I'll smooth out the concrete work as needed, then prime the concrete with permaflex, then use a thick application of the LRB/TAV mixture and replace the wood. With the wood on the wet LRB, I'll tighten down the concrete/wood nuts to pull the wood down to the concrete and create a tight seal.
sanitred coating on side of 2x8 attached to concrete base.
Cores filled with concrete. The flooring is all coming up, and I've got 2000 square feet of vinyl wood planks to lay when the tank is done.
re-assembled and weighted down.
. In contrast, those same drill bits drilled holes in the concrete block in a few seconds with no trouble. I don't know the load capacity of my slab, but from what I encountered in drilling it, I don't have a single worry about the slab failing.
