Hurray, the cement guy showed up.
After days of delays (even though some of those days wasted were beautiful, warm sunny days), our guy called us last night and confirmed that he would be here by 10:30am'ish today.
By 1:30pm Kerry and I decided to take a nap. Why not? There was no work being done because there were no workers...No Cement Guy!
Just as I was nodding off I heard Kerry shout, "Hurray, the cement guy is here!" I jumped up and looked out the window.
Sadly, all of his workers had called in sick today. It was a rainy day so I could see why someone would rather stay home curled up in front of the TV (or PC or iPad) instead of working in the rain. Our guy didn't have that luxury...the job needed to be done.
Shovel after shovel was strategically placed. Every shovel full, laden with the extra weight of the rain. After 20 or 30 shovel fulls he would take a quick break, sweat running off of his brow.
The old cement landing and broken building block was slowly being buried, one shovel full at a time. Eventually, after just over an hour of Hard Labor, the entire 4 yards was placed where it needed to be. Tomorrow he will return, with another 3 or 4 yards and the materials needed to build all of the forms...and maybe with a worker or two for good measure.
4 yards is a lot of gravel....
The last phase of this portion of the job will be compacting all of that gravel, A heavy compactor (jumper) will be used first, followed by a vibration compactor to reduce any stresses on the walls.
Once the forms are in place it will be a matter of waiting for the perfect day to have the cement delivered, poured and stamped. At that point the job gets handed over to the next contractor in line.
More pics to follow, as they happen...
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