Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
Monday - April 25, 2016
We had a great weekend to dry out the building site. Temperatures were in the 70's under sunny skies and, as often as not, a good breeze was blowing.
The container containing the broken up concrete from the house garage pad was removed first thing this morning. That was good as it cleared the deck for the Dirt Moving Crew.
The Dirt Moving Crew then arrived and picked up where they had left off when they got rained out on Thursday afternoon.
Digging began on both the building site and the south end of the house. The building site work was the "clean up" of the northwest corner and the south end of the house provided the last few loads of clay for the driveways.
Once all the clay was harvested from the south end of the house, the hole was filled in and cleaned up.
Most of the day was spent getting the final grade just right for the coming concrete work.
The area on each end of the culvert was cleaned up.
At the end of the day, the Dirt Moving Crew was finished. Now the job is turned over to the Concrete Crew. We are expecting them to start forming things up tomorrow morning.
Weather is the wild card in the upcoming operation. Even today we got a few sprinkles as ominous looking grey clouds noticeably dropped the temperature as they moved over the building site. The temperature gradient was the most unnerving thing as I was sure this would be the precursor of a cloudburst ...but we were spared.
Hopefully that luck will persist for a few days!
Scott
