Great to see it finally happening. But jeez, next pic get the sun behind you.
Oh … hey, don’t forget to build in a wine cellar.
Great to see it finally happening. But jeez, next pic get the sun behind you.
Oh … hey, don’t forget to build in a wine cellar.
Yeah I get it but tbh I wasn’t really worried about the image we were just so glad to see that big bold sun, it had rained just about every day this week.
Footings all done, brickie starts the block work for the foundations on Monday and the garage floor is poured on Tuesday.
With any luck the ground floor will be poured in 5-6 weeks.
All finished with a few beers and a sausage sizzle for the on site guys.
Sue and I will put our stamp in the garage on Tuesday.
Good lad, the boys will have appreciated that.
Mike I’m an ex carpet layer I’ve always had a soft spot for the guys that actually do the work.
Mrs Pete’s over the moon (not just because the building had finally started) she’s finished the puzzle and with no missing pieces.
Dyslexics are Teople poo.
Brill
When they poured the foundations for the new kitchen (March 2022) no-one seemed in the least concerned that they would dry out too quickly.
Willy.
How odd😂
It’s not actually drying out though, is it? Concrete hardens through a chemical reaction and will happily harden under water for example.
So a raised temperature may just accelerate the concrete hardening. There must be lots of properly informed guidance about this.
My favourite movie of the whole saga if I’m honest. Although, when asked, I always say A New Hope because it was the first and 1977 is where my Fandom began…
Definitely don’t want it to dry out too quickly. I worked on a motorway-building job (just as a grunt) on the Wirral many years ago, and when they poured concrete for the bridge supports, they would cover it in hessian and hose it down periodically to keep it cool and wet - particularly wet.
Concrete takes years to properly dry, in my professional life we had to carry moisture tests on all floors before installing commercial floor finishes. You’d be surprised by how much moisture could be in a 20+ year slab.
If the initial curing is too quick, the concrete is more likely to crack, and more importantly it wont cure to full strength.
They used to use a lot of additives to make it go off here (so things could happen quicker) but some of the stuff they’ve used has caused a lot of problems.
Wow, that’s great, Pete, and I would guess they had to wait for the rain to stop before proceeding with the cement pouring.
I mentioned the sun cuz I was trying to see the site and the sun was fuzzing it out. But man, that sausage looks great, it actually made me hungry just lookin’ at it. Y’know, I love sausage and don’t eat enough of it. High cholesterol be damned, I buying some sausages this week.
And, very good idea looking after the people doing the real work. Its good business, but as you say, its just a nice thing to do for them and they appreciate it for sure. Good on ya, mate …
Yeah … but a good grunt …
Thank you