Spent most of the day finishing the job of stripping forms off the concrete columns. About 5% of the deck screws that held the form braces together were sheared off; the #8 2½″ screws much more prone to shear than the #9 3″ Deckmate screws. Three of the four screws were sheared in one brace where the form “blow-out” was particularly bad… very lucky we didn’t have a catastrophic failure with that form. Two hour “break” mid-afternoon to help Marty Lapidus assemble a portable basketball hoop. Later, Marty and Mary treated me to a wonderful dinner at the Shoreham Inn (an Irish pub / bed & breakfast).
25 July 2010
Spent most of the day finishing the job of stripping forms off the concrete columns. About 5% of the deck screws that held the form braces together were sheared off; the #8 2½″ screws much more prone to shear than the #9 3″ Deckmate screws. Three of the four screws were sheared in one brace where the form “blow-out” was particularly bad… very lucky we didn’t have a catastrophic failure with that form. Two hour “break” mid-afternoon to help Marty Lapidus assemble a portable basketball hoop. Later, Marty and Mary treated me to a wonderful dinner at the Shoreham Inn (an Irish pub / bed & breakfast).
