8 June 2011

Laid the second course of rebar in the roof form.  The third and fourth courses (18 pieces) need some minor trimming as the rebar layout has changed slightly since Chree and I cut the pieces 14 months ago.  Plan early, plan twice…  Went over to Lynne & Perry’s to do a load of laundry.  While that was going round and round, continued on to Carrara’s for another 750 pound load of stone, this time precisely measured by their mixing plant.  Used half that stone to make six wheelbarrow loads (600 pounds) of concrete which was placed, as quickly as I could in the near-90 degree heat, into a 42 inch high between-column form.  This was the proof-test to see if, without bracing, 36 inch lifts are feasible when we pour the rest of the walls next Monday.  Answer, with fingers firmly crossed, is yes: the test section, not braced at all on the shed interior side, did NOT collapse or show any signs of movement.