Concrete Day

Tom and Jim prepped the forms and also rected the last form for the wall by the stairs. Man, that'll be a tall one. Much taller when what one would have eye balled.
Jim also put in the ventilation blocks in the wall (crawlspace needs to be nicely ventilated).

LAter a GIGANTIC pump truck showed up. Seem that was what they had for us nearby, instead of the line pump ordered. Tom says it'll work as well, he just have to be more careful when filling the forms due to the potential for greater velocity of the concrete racing down the pipe from a much higher elevation.

But, this pump truck looks more like it belongs in a traveling amusement park...

After about an hour's wait (for everyone), the cement truck arrived as well. Activity kicked in.

Apart from a few blockages in the dump tube, it'll went reasonably well. A bit of an issue at the end when the pump guy accidentally cleaned out his tube in the yard, and then again in the cement truck. And they both want to charge for "off-site" clean-up. Go figure. Tom handled it well though and got a needed break from one of them.

Beside some patching and tifying it up, the concrete will now sit and cure overnight. Tom will tear the forms tomorrow and hopyfully start framing on Saturday.

And, also got the word that now it seem like trusses - and crew - are lined up for Thursday of next week. Good weather in the forecast?