Third Row almost complete
We did two loads of the cement mixer today, one bag of cement in total. This allowed us to do a further 39 blocks. 20 this morning and 19 this…
Suspect Problem with Battery
We suspect that there is a problem with the dumper truck’s battery or the charging circuit from the solar panel. We got only 3 starts out of the battery today…
2nd Row Complete and 3rd started
We got the 2nd row done today before lunch, having started at 9am this morning. That was 21½ blocks put down. We split one of the concrete blocks in half,…
Another Half a Wall done
We did only a half day of work today, as we had other commitments in the morning. On Monday, we tried mixing the mortar with 4litres and 50ml of Plasticiser…
Made a mortar application tool.
We have made a tool to speed up applying mortar to top of the block for the next row. This is slightly complicated in that there are only narrow rims…
Back Wall Has Started
Date:21/02/2016 18:33 We started building the back wall of the swimming lane today! We managed to do 43 blocks with 3 mixer loads of mortar before it got dark. Each…
Concrete Blocks Moved and Ready
We moved all the 120 concrete blocks over to the slab, spread out along the whole length (22.5metres), ready to build up 2 layers of the back wall, and the…
Removed remaining Foundation shuttering
We also removed the shuttering framework that was wrapping around the foundation slab. The 89mm CLS timber, all 10 lengths of them, are now piled up on the side, ready…
First Load of Blocks, Sand and Cement Arrives!
Three pallets of concrete (215mm x 215mm x 440mm ) blocks, a pallet of Blue Circle cement bags and a ton of soft sand arrives today. It is our first…
Contraction Slots and Re-Bars Framework Removed
After two days of rest to recover from the hectic episode of getting the ready-mixed concrete in, we today, went out to cut slots in the slab to “guide” cracks…