The Sun Room Floor
17' x 7' concrete slab to get started
The excavated area was leveled and tamped.
... and tamped and leveled.
The second tamping shift waiting in the wings.
Ha ha! I don't have thumbs!
Snuffer!
Still tamping...
Whew! Glad I got that health insurance!
Laying out the piers according to plan.
The hole goes here.
All beagle, but wanted to be a frog.
Measure twice, drill once.
Watch out for the piers.
Putting the string lines back in place.
Rebar cut, bent, tied and ready for inspection!
Time for forms
Looking good.
Forms complete and the preparations passed inspection!
Site Supervisor.
Sabre after a long day of "Sabre! Get out of there".
After a remarkable dinner of choice ribeye steaks, fetuccini alfredo, and garden salad, we settled in to watch some TV and visit.
Marge's chair buddy is named Snickers. He is fearless and in charge of the house. Just ask the beagles.
The slab work started early Sunday, about 0700. George and Bob were the transport and placement crew.
They had trouble keeping up with the preparation and mixing crew!
Adding gravel, sand, and cement.
The jumbo mixer can handle 1/3 of a cubic yard of [very] heavy concrete. We found that mixing about 6 cubic feet at a time was a good option.
George, the Supervisor, checking in with Marge, Chief Quality Control Officer.
Doug and Kristy made short work of 920 lbs of cement, over 2 tons of sand and gravel, and lots of laughs.
The sun took a much needed break Sunday morning. This gave us a long working time on the concrete slab.
The previous day was a 90° day scorcher. We considered trying to work on the slab immediately following
the inspection, and were glad we waited a day. Concrete at 62° is much more patient that concrete at 90°
Myth: The quack of a duck will not cause an echo. [True]
Myth: Beagles cannot fly. [True. But they really, really want to].
Doug and Kristy did a quick clean up of all of the equipment.
Cleaning the mixer.
Trailer swept out.
Kristy cleaning the wheel barrows.
The cleaning crew.
We had to way a few minutes for the concrete to set up - again, working in 62°'s helped a lot. So Marge made a great lunch of
hot dogs and home made chili and a veggie tray.
Yeah, it's funny so long as you don't actually fall in.
Just over 5 hours later... including the lunch break...
Done! We Packed up the truck, loaded up the equipment, and returned it to Meade Lumber in Sterling.
And, although we didn't win the lottery this weekend, we did have a great time visiting with Terri's folks, playing with the new cat, Snickers, and working our butts off over a beautiful Colorado Father's Day Weekend.
Take a look at a rendering of the Sun Room.