Okay, we started at 6:00am on Friday morning. We used the pump truck this time which really helped a LOT! We had several great helpers again which makes all the difference! Sincerest thanks to Bill, Mike, Steve, Jonas, and Connor! The pour went pretty smoothly overall. We had one little cave-in in the polydeck over the basement. A small piece of the styrofoam broke (about 6 inches or so) on one of the edges and some of the concrete fell through. But they patched it pretty quickly and it went great after that. I'm still completely amazed that we poured all that concrete on top of STYROFOAM!!! But it held and it looks great! Dan and Mike spent the day finishing it and making it look all pretty and smooth. The color doesn't show up so well yet, but Dan assures me it will after a month or so. It really looks terrific and we are so excited to have this fairly big hurdle behind us! Now it's on to the walls! We're hoping to have them up in the next week or two. The last of the blocks should be in by the end of the week. We won't quite have the roof on by the end of May, but we'll be close!!!
The pump truck! The concrete truck pours the concrete into a chute in the back of the pump truck, then it goes through a hose and you can direct it right where you want it! A little extra money but worth EVERY PENNY!!
The first concrete going over the basement!
The rest of the concrete (after the cave-in!).
Lots of helpers working hard!
Dan leveling out our shower.
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