With the sun finally out, things have been humming along at long last on the living room side as things start to rise out of the mud. Phew!
This week we had the earthwork contractors back on site to clear away the muck and set everything to the right levels. While our builders Garrick and Dan toiled away by hand in mud up to their armpits as they cut all our piles to height then boxed out the area for our retaining wall footings and set it out with reinforcing steel in preparation for the concrete to be poured.
I’ve never felt so useless watching the guys working away. I would’ve loved to have been in amongst it with them, lending a hand and getting stuck in. But reluctantly I still need to spend a lot of time back in the office so I can help pay for this house!
The area cleared out and filled with metal. All piles are now cut to height. These ones will support the concrete slab for our garage area.
Garrick toiling away in the awful sticky mud.
Dan, Garrick and digger working in unison to level out the area and set the final heights.
Muddy mud mud. Thanks Garrick, owe you a few cold ones!
Dan and Garrick setting up the footing area with reinforcing steel.
The retaining wall footing area all ready for the concrete to be poured while Ray and Garrick review the plans.
The Firth truck pumping its concrete down into our footings.
The concrete starting to be poured into the footings for our retaining wall.
Dan in head to toe hi-vis – double O for Awesome!
Garrick making the best looking footings on the market!
And there you have it. Next step, the laying of our awesome Firth Architectural Masonry blocks.
http://www.boystown.com.au/lot/lifestyle/443/kingscliff-step-inside.php
Nice block work in this lovely home
Thanks Marie – quite a different use of blocks, nice idea with the additional texture.