Another Day Closer To Completion

The concrete guy has been successful in getting a 'mini-mix' concrete truck to deliver the concrete.  However right now they are all flat out and the concrete can't be delivered until Saturday morning.  So the next day or so will be spent getting everything ready for the 'pour'.  He is moving along slowly.  He may even get Friday off the way it is looking right now.

Instead of having a skip for the dug out earth to go into, he is putting the soil on the back of his truck and taking it to the tip himself.  He hasn't any other work right now so this method takes longer but saves him money.  But time isn't important right now.

He said if he had to, it could have taken him around two days to do the job. But as it is quiet this week he will take his time and do things the slow way.

As the photo above shows it has now all been dug out, the concrete cuts have been done and the large pieces of concrete have been removed to the tip.  He said that before today's trip to dump the soil he had carted away weighed over 2 tonnes.

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Today saw the trench dug for the drain pipe as well.  The pipe will be fitted tomorrow, the final contouring of the site will be completed and he will set out the form work and the get the reinforcement mesh in place.

Despite being careful, a substantial amount of dirt has finished up in the pool.  He would swing his mattock up high and some bits and pieces of soil would fly off and frequently finish up in the pool.  I took a good 30 minutes to clean the pool this afternoon and a heap of time then to clean the filter afterwards.  The worst of pool cleaning should now be completed as well.

Roll on Saturday!  At least I can get to the area around the clothes line after tomorrow and get the pavers up to the shed back in place!

One final point, the concrete guy much prefers the Lager I make to the Black Ale!