Josh returned to help with getting the column forms perfectly aligned and braced into position. Many adjustments, climbing of ladders, and hours later, that critically important step was done. Mr. One-Sixteenth actually settled for a ¼″ discrepancy at the end of a very hot afternoon. But, when all is said and done, that “mistake” will be buried. Then we quickly built the scaffolding around the inner perimeter of the forms that will be needed as a working platform when the concrete is poured. Just for giggles, we also rigged the monster tarp (30 x 50 feet, the one
that kept the snow off Delores last winter) over a hastily constructed framework atop the pier structure. Time and a good thunderstorm will tell how effective this will be. Well after 7 o’clock we hit the lake to cool off and I lit the campfire to cook supper… a particularly nice slice of some unfortunate bovine.
Josh returned to help with getting the column forms perfectly aligned and braced into position. Many adjustments, climbing of ladders, and hours later, that critically important step was done. Mr. One-Sixteenth actually settled for a ¼″ discrepancy at the end of a very hot afternoon. But, when all is said and done, that “mistake” will be buried. Then we quickly built the scaffolding around the inner perimeter of the forms that will be needed as a working platform when the concrete is poured. Just for giggles, we also rigged the monster tarp (30 x 50 feet, the one