Ready to pour the slab

After a wild northerly during the day–which actually flipped the plastic and iron mesh on one side–and an even wilder storm during the night (with Elle and Rafa braving it in a tent!) a calm early morning waiting for the first concrete truck scheduled for 8am.  A big day, to get this right.  After the pour it will be covered and the concrete will cure for a couple of weeks while the framing is made, and then the actual house will go up.

The form work you can see here to support the pour has been cleverly designed by Gary for double use.  After it has been taken off it will be cleaned and will end up as the facade above the walls, which runs around the sloping roof and is designed to make the house look cubed!  And very Swedish, Lesley’s preferred style. . .The concrete doesn’t go all the way down, of course–most of it is compacted sand fill, as in the previous post.

Also, the electrical cabling is in from the power pole to a box on the shed, and then to the house site, with a temporary box there for the building on site.  SA Power Networks are scheduled to connect it to the main lines on March 24–quite a saga but almost there.

One thought on “Ready to pour the slab”

  1. Looks excellent. Very exciting.
    ps I like the beautiful bushland in the distance; it is a lovely setting.

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