The next job on the list was to lay the concrete foundations- 900mm wide and 300mm deep- 4cubic metres of concrete. We used wooden pegs to mark the height of the concrete.
It rained all morning right upto an hour or so before the concrete lorry arrived.
We needed to step up the foundations to the underside of the existing stone wall. We did this in two steps using shuttering plywood. It was all good apart from some concrete oozing out under a step which meant that instead of a perfectly flat base there was a small slope and it was about 25mm out- which Andrew the block worker said not to worry about as he would make it disappear!
Setting out the Blockwork
Making sure all is square
Laying the first blocks
The first 3 courses in place- the next job is to bail the moat out and then infill and oversite concrete the floor before Andrew completes the blockwork.
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