A New Freezer

As work continues in the kitchen, the workers are preparing the area that will be home to our new freezer.  To install a commercial grade below-zero freezer doesn't mean that you can just pour a concrete floor and then plop down the freezer.  Since the unit gets down to -20 degrees it would draw moisture from the ground and create a heap of problems.  In order to prevent this the workers prepare the flooring area.  

First, a 12" slab of concrete is poured and topped with a waterproof liner.  Then 6"of vertical containment barrier (the blue foam) is laid on top of the concrete.  To top it off, another 4" layer of concrete goes on the barrier.  When this has dried and set, they will be ready to place the bottom of the freezer on the entire area.  The freezer floor has its own layers of insulation. 



While the freezer area is being worked on, workers Justin and James prep the area around the new steel post for a concrete support.