LIVING OFF GRID

This blog is about our travels in our solar powered "Airstream" and living off grid, in our passive solar home, near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada.

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Friday 2 September 2011

Foggy Today

We are back living in our trailer. The cottage is empty, ready for the owners to return and we are once again adjusting to smaller quarters. Yesterday's construction went very well, the "frost" wall is now up and full of concrete.

The view out our window this morning. A little foggy but very peaceful.

We are camped in the trees away from any construction and the trucks that deliver all the "stuff"  we need.

Notice how all the cut blocks have been re-enforced with wood scraps and the openings sealed with expanding foam.

The pump truck is getting set up and the concrete truck is ready to pour.

Each block looks like this inside, re-bar running vertical and horizontal every 24"

The crew discuss the plan with the pump operator.

The concrete is flowing and we start in the far corner. This concrete is like soup, very watery so it flows easily into all the crevasses.

Can you see the concrete soup flowing?

TJ handled the flow pipe while the rest cleaned and trowelled as he moved along the wall.

We will let the concrete set for four days as this is a long weekend here in Canada.

1 comment:

  1. Looking great, such good progress is being made. Thank you for the great updates, it's really fun to follow along.

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