A productive and successful day

The day began a bit earlier, with final preparations for the concrete pour starting about 6:40am.  I was just heading downstairs to feed the cats and heard one of the machines start up.  When I looked outside, there was John Sr. moving concrete block and cement bags with the Bobcat to make room for the crane and cement trucks.  The other boys arrived a little while later and got right to work, cutting pieces of metal rod to put into the concrete block cells to strengthen the walls of the master bedroom.


The crane truck was the first to arrive and quickly got set up at the far end of the driveway.  Then, the concrete truck drove in the yard and the process soon began.

The crane truck is set up at the far end of the driveway

The crane is fully extended

The first bucket of concrete is lifted up

The first batch of concrete is poured

Johnny and Tony guide the next bucket of concrete

Pouring the second batch of concrete

The concrete is distributed over the form work

Chris will need to give those boots a good cleaning, once the job is done!

The concrete is loaded in the bucket

Pouring another batch of concrete

Most of the concrete has been rendered

Tony, Ryan, Johnny and Chris distributing the concrete

As the concrete pad is rendered, another bucket arrives

John Sr. keeps a watchful eye on the rendering process

Another batch of concrete is poured along the side of the main house

Johnny uses the "vibrator" to distribute the concrete

Tony renders while more concrete is poured

The concrete pour is almost done

One more look at the crane fully extended

The concrete pour above the master bedroom is fully completed

John Sr. and Tony float the concrete surface after it has set up

Another successful concrete pour is now finished

When the top concrete pour was over, the kitchen floor was immediately poured.  I took a couple of pictures as it was just about over, but didn't go back to capture the finished product because I was busy painting again.

The last batch of concrete has just been poured in the kitchen

Ryan distributes the concrete as Chris prepares to check levels

Chris shovels in the last batch of concrete for the kitchen

Troy and I had a number of electrical things to do at the end of the afternoon, so I didn't eat my supper until 9:45pm.  It then took me quite awhile to sort through the 122 pictures I took of the concrete pour and organize the blog, before posting.  It's now after midnight, so I'll quickly post today's entry and head up to bed.


The guys are going to be at the new hospital project, tomorrow, so it will be quiet around here.  Although I finished painting the storage area under the stairs today, while Troy and I were installing the wiring for lights in there, I noticed I hadn't painted over the primer around the edges.  So, back to painting first thing in the morning again.  It shouldn't take long, though, and then I'll get back to the moving work for the rest of the day.