High contrast surfaces
Shaun noticed that there was a high contrast between the wax covered slab (nearly white) and the asphalt drive (dark grey)!
Sawn the concrete
As advised we cut saw slots in our nice pristine concrete slab, this is to allow the concrete to crack in a predefined place if the ‘plastic shrinkage’ exceed the tensile…
Materials Storage Area prepared
We finished off the materials storage area today. This where we will put all the bulk deliveries of timber and other building supplies. A week ago we flattened the triangle…
Removed slab formwork
As requested by Kevin we removed the formwork from the slab this morning. The slab as set hard already and can be walked on… though it is very slippery where…
Garage slab concrete poured
After the problems bailing out the actual pour went smoothly! There were 3 loads of concrete (Agilia Force) delivered between 11:00 and 12:15. Each load only took 3-4 minutes to…
Water, water everywhere!
Well we had 10.9mm of rain since we finished the DPM Yesterday. That’s over 800 litres of water to get out of the garage slab DPM. The job was not…
Its raining !
According to the weather meter we have had 3.5mm of rain in the last hour… This is nearly 270 litres of water in our slabs DPM ‘tank’ . We will have…
DPM is Laid and Sealed!
The Damp Proof Membrane is lying flat and relatively smooth ! We started early again (8:30am) to get the job done before the Building Control inspector came! Phew! We put…
DPM for Floor Slab Approved
Our inspector from the building control department came at lunch time and inspected the integrity of our DPM, ready for the floor slab of the garage and as long as…
Garage Slab Formwork done
As we are on a tight schedule we started work at 9:00am and finished at 6:40pm, this is the longest day we have done so far! The morning was spent…