We ordered 2.5 cu metres of gen 3 mix from Porthmadog concrete. Years ago we were concreting the floor of the factory barn and I underestimated how much we needed and we were 2 feet short- which was a bit embarrassing. I had to go with our optimist trailer to the local concrete supplier to get some more, it was a box trailer, and I used visqueen to make sure the concrete didn't just drain out of the trailer. They dumped a small load in the trailer and I towed it home. I drove not the yard and got our of the car ready to finish the job and noticed that half of the concrete had vibrated the visqueen through a gap in the back of the trailer and half of the concrete had disappeared - where to I wondered!
And since them we have alway ordered a little too much- good lesson.
Jonny the subie and Jen were on hand and Jerome the driver were ready to do the pour.
Jonny and Sarah taping the plastic sheeting together with Gorilla tape
The machine arrives
Jerome the driver- he renovated his barn in Port or the mad dog
The get go - wearing tough work clothes- Jonny has given up on flip flops for concreting
Start
Raking it around- put your back into it Jen and Jonny will supervise!
Finishing it off
The end of the slab- well it is perfectly smooth and level but it slopes one way which we will take out when we screed the floor later.
The gable trench is for the gable frame and the new entrance to the barn
Jonny borrowing the concrete in
Jonny and Jen barrow jam
It will look like and entrance soon
One of the best weeks of the year
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