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Any news Scott!!!!!!! I hope all is going well.

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Hi Stan,

Pictures to follow, but I thought I'd go ahead and post this tonight. Russ cut the floor, but the saw he used wasn't large enough to cut all the way through the foundation. He got 4.75" - leaving 1"-1.25".

I'm not really happy about that. I've gotten lots of great advice about my issues, but (and correct me if I'm wrong here) not one person has suggested cutting 5/6th of the way through the foundation to mitigate the vibration.

What Russ wanted to do next was drill through the remaining concrete at 1" intervals, and let the concrete naturally break apart over time.

I thought about this, and don't much like the idea. (If anyone thinks that might actually solve my problems, please chime in.)

I did clean out the dome - it really wasn't that messy. I considered reinstalling my equipment so that I could test whether or not this helped - but in the end, I just didn't feel like it was worth trying a half-measure.

So I've asked him to just get a saw that can cut through 6" or so of concrete, and let's just do it the right way before I setup all my equipment again. (Setting all this stuff up for a test is not trivial!)

The only reasons I can see not to use such a saw are:
1. Maybe there really isn't one anywhere reasonably near here. I find this hard to believe, but it's possible. The local construction standards here are poor.
2. Maybe the larger machines won't fit through the door of my dome. (The door is 3' wide.) That type of issue I could understand, and if that's the case, we'll try drilling it and letting nature take its course.

Russ is going to try to find a better saw, but honestly, at this point, I'm getting tempted to just search for one on my own. Either someplace to rent the saw, or a contractor who has one. (If anyone knows someone reliable who might have a concrete saw in NE Oklahoma, feel free to PM me.)

Just getting what I ask for is proving to be really difficult!

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