Concrete pour

16Oct06

With the driveway repaired, the concrete trucks and pump made it around the bend and up the grade. All the concreting work was done in the one morning. The slab for the carport was poured and the 70 holes for the Duragal steel posts filled. It was a warm and very windy day, so Erik’s [...]

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Setting out the profile boards

16Oct06

The house is on a slope that runs in two directions: north to south and east to west. To reduce site disturbance, the house will be built on a Duragal steel platform raised up on steel posts supported on concrete pads. When the profile boards were first set out the drop at the lowest point [...]

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Re-building the driveway

16Oct06

 Site preparation was completed and the concrete trucks were due to pour the slab and fill the 70 holes for the load bearing pads for the Duragal steel posts of the house platform. The day before had been showery but the ground still seemed dry. As the truck with the concrete pump negotiated the sharp [...]

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Getting access to the site

16Oct06

Before we found a builder and winter had set in, we had the base for a drive way put in from the road to the house site. This involved stripping back the top soil and putting down a layer of road base. It was planned that once the house was finished and the heavy trucks [...]

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