You’ll be surprised. And I was.
We were all done by 10:41. Awesome. With a big crowd at it, we ripped out the filling of the foundation real fast. The boxing held – sort of. There was one point where things went a bit ashtray, and we made some hasty repairs.
We were all done by 10:41. Awesome. With a big crowd at it, we ripped out the filling of the foundation real fast. The boxing held – sort of. There was one point where things went a bit ashtray, and we made some hasty repairs.
At one point I looked around at the people who were helping and knew that they all were very careful people, who would make things to exact specifications. I made the call “I’m the only person here who would be happy with the quality of this foundation.” Paul Peterson claimed he’d be happy with it too. This made me feel better.
To be honest, I’m not really happy with it – but it will do. I expect that it will perform perfectly adequately, but it is not flush. In order to make a better job of it I would have needed to make the boxing much tighter. And that would have cost money – I used the materials I had on hand, but they weren’t great. The stakes weren’t great, and some of the boxing was buckled. It will do.
To be honest, I’m not really happy with it – but it will do. I expect that it will perform perfectly adequately, but it is not flush. In order to make a better job of it I would have needed to make the boxing much tighter. And that would have cost money – I used the materials I had on hand, but they weren’t great. The stakes weren’t great, and some of the boxing was buckled. It will do.
I really enjoyed it today, having heaps of people round, in good spirits, working on a common task. Thanks for coming guys, I appreciate it. Mum bought some tea and pikelets out near the end which were appreciated.
I made one brick with the tover concrete, and it looks real good. There is a bit of aggregate tover, and a bag and a half of cement. I reckon I might make this into bricks. Hopefully there will be enough for 40 odd, cause then I will use them to make a layer of bricks at the bottom of the structure, touching the foundation. Concrete bricks will be waterproof, and I reckon that will be a good feature. If there is moisture inside the structure, it will pool down on the foundation before leaking out between a gap in the bricks. Hence if this part was waterproof, it would be better.
I made one brick with the tover concrete, and it looks real good. There is a bit of aggregate tover, and a bag and a half of cement. I reckon I might make this into bricks. Hopefully there will be enough for 40 odd, cause then I will use them to make a layer of bricks at the bottom of the structure, touching the foundation. Concrete bricks will be waterproof, and I reckon that will be a good feature. If there is moisture inside the structure, it will pool down on the foundation before leaking out between a gap in the bricks. Hence if this part was waterproof, it would be better.
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