Sunday, A Day Of Rest?

The concrete has now set, the form work has been removed and two coats of sealer have been applied. This morning Vincent, the concrete guy, returned to tidy up some edges. I had wanted them nice and straight so the border stones could clip onto the edge easily. That was no problem for him today. Usually there are two guys and they have spent at least 5 hours with the initial day's work followed by time yesterday to do the sealing. Then Vincent was back again today with this saw to do the edges for me.

Then I placed the border stones along the edges of the pavers as well as the new concrete area and here is the finished product. We still have some more trial and error to go so things look as we want them to. Already we have dispensed with an extra tier of the border stones, they made things look a bit too bulky. We will put a tall pot with a plant in it in the far corner to break up the red ochre color. It gives us that little more room we wanted.

This is the view from the new area, it is so strange to have a decent area between where we were sitting and the pool. It gives things a much roomier perspective. Over the next few days we will get the remaining garden back in to some order. We still plan to re cover all the fences with some new 'brush' covering. It is also time to do the pool filter cover again and block it right away. That will keep me busy for a few days ........ and I think a trip to the chiropractor is in order too.

Our updated pay TV box is to be installed on Tuesday afternoon. Not only we have access to high definition Pay TV but we will be able to record either free to air programs or Pay TV programs too.