"Jay Pique" wrote

What I'm planning to do is to excavate down around the perimeter of
the basement a few inches and put in a drain pipe ("tile"...why the
heck do they still call it that?) that leads to a sump pit I'm going
to dig. Then I'm going to put down a few inches of washed concrete
and tamp and level it. On top of that I'm going to put a double layer
of 6 mil poly with overlapping, taped seams. This I will run up the
wall 6" or so and temporarily tape it. Then I'm going to run a
perimeter of 4" expansion joint material against the wall. Not sure
how I'm going to hold that in place - maybe tape it to the poly in a
few spots? Ooops! - forgot about my new interior ground ring for my
electric system. That goes first. So now I think I'm ready to pour
my slab, right? Rather than mess with reinfocing steel mesh I'm
thinking of paying the extra 8 bucks a yard for the fiber
reinforcement material. I've got a couple guys to help that have done
a lot of concrete work, and I'm going to rent a power trowel. Am I
missing anything?

JP

2" of insulation under the slab if you are in a cold climate.