How to install a headstone marker

 You do not have to be a professional undertaker to install a headstone correctly. The installation of a headstone marker correctly is important to prevent the headstone to look or falling. A headstone marker correctly installed requires a foundation of concrete. Depending on the size, it may also require reinforcing. The dimensions of the Foundation are designed in proportion to the height and width of the headstone. With a few simple tools and materials, a headstone Foundation requires less than an hour to wear. Once the Foundation cement cures, setting the headstone marker is simple.Difficulty: moderately EasySpecifications of gravestoneTape tamperSand or gravelRebarRebar cutterWirePliersInstant measureShovelHand mixWheelbarrowTrowel1 self-leveling concrete

Measure the length and width of the headstone of base. Add 2 inches to each measure. Dig the hole of 18-inch deep for a headstone weighing 1,000 pounds or less. Dig a hole of 36 inches for a headstone that weighs between 1,000 and 2,500 pounds. A hole of 48 inches is required for a headstone between 2,500 and 6,000 pounds.

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Compact to the bottom of the hole with a tamper-evident hand. Compact until that gives substance is no longer. For a soil that is not compact, find 6 extra inches of material from the bottom and add 6 inches of sand or gravel at the bottom.

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Cut a piece of rebar for every foot of depth equal to the length of the hole, less than two inches. It's the "A" frames. Cut a piece of rebar for every foot of length. Cut these is equal to the depth of the hole, less than two inches - what are trusses "B". Round if the measure is not divisible by 12 inches. For example, a depth of 18 inches requires two bars of "A", even if it is not 2 feet deep. For each 2 feet in width, multiply the frames "A" and "B" by two. A hole is 18 inches in depth, 16 inches wide and 3 feet in length requires six "A" reinforcement and six bar "B".

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The frame of "B" to divide by the width in feet. For example, for hole of 16 inches wide, rebar "B" divide by two, don't forget to round up the dimensions to the nearest foot. This calculation determines the number of groups of "B". Lay groups, reinforcement of "B" on the ground. Place the reinforcement of each parallel to the other group. The width of the hole to divide by the number of reinforcing bars in each group. The example above, the sum of the division is equal to 8 inches. The armatures of space in each group of 8 separate inches.

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Divide the "A" frames evenly among the groups of rebar of "B". The depth of the hole to divide by the number of "A" bar of each group. This calculation determines the spacing between the frames of "A". Place the "A" rebar of each group through the frame of "B" of each group spaced perpendicular, according to the calculated amount. The "A" rebar to the frame of "B" at each intersection of wire. The effect is a grid of rebar for each group. Place the grids in the hole.

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Self-leveling instant concrete cast the wheelbarrow. Mix the correct ratio of water in cement as specified by the manufacturer. Stir the mixture with a shovel until the concrete is consistently saturated. Fill the hole at halfway of concrete. Adjust grids of reinforcing to plumb up / down. Not supporting against them the wall of the hole. Fill in the rest of the hole with concrete and allow it to settle, level and heal.

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The marker of gravestone on the foundation of the Centre. To do this, throw the marker behind the stone tablet and pushed it transfer until the corner bottom straddles the Foundation by 1 inch. Lift the top of the tombstone until the base rests on the Foundation. When the headstone is centered, 1 inch from the Foundation extends outside each side of the marker database.

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