The First of the Frames

A bird's eye view of the house pad



The first frame goes up on the garage

Those pipes sticking up are Very, Very important. I am very thankful to see them.
We'll have a toilet!

The Concrete Pump Truck

The concrete truck disgorges concrete into the back of the pump truck which pumps it to where the builders want it. What a great alternative to a wheelbarrow!

Peter working hard, smoothing the concrete



Peter's nephew watching him work



Levelling the concrete




The site supervisor.... Zac the Builder's Dog





The finished floor!

Dad Blight doing all the monotonous and boring stuff as usual. You're a hero, Dad!


Sam and Kadesh on the new garage floor.


The first section of the floor is down. The concrete was poured on Friday. One more section to go!

The Garage Floor

The concrete truck




Smoothing the concrete

Preparing for the Floor

The builders on site



Filling inside the foundation with sand to raise the floor level


Compacting the sand



The plumbers have been and put in the underfloor pipes for drains, toilets, baths, showers, etc. Now they are laying polystyrene for insulation.




Laying reinforcing for the concrete pad that will be our floor.