11 June 2014

Ian arrived at 7, as expected, but then so did Rick and Kevin… obviously Larry had decided to pour the Garage floor today.  The rest of the Long Ridge crew (Larry, Victor, Scott, & Ben) pulled in shortly thereafter.  Ian and I continued cutting and notching floor joists, with Ian also cutting studs for the west wall during breaks in the action. Sean arrived and resumed laying out the west wall top and bottom plates.  Jimmy came with a bill and I paid him for his excavation work over the past few weeks. Sometime before 9 a Carrara mixer showed up with just over 7 cubic yards of 4,000 psi concrete.  Late morning, again just as the concrete had set enough for finishing, the rain started.  Bet you saw that coming! Rick and Kevin quickly threw some tarps over the floor, hoping that it was going to be only a brief shower.  (Can you hear the hollow laughter in the background?)  Sean, Ian, and I secured the carpentry worksite and took an early lunch in the RV.  By noon the weather radar was looking downright ugly, so Sean and Ian called it quits for the day.  Sean went away smiling with the first installment of the contract management fee tucked into his wallet.  Larry came back shortly thereafter and the four of us erected a nice revival tent over the Garage floor so that Rick and Kevin could finish floating the floor in spite of the inclement weather… which they had done by 3:30.  Figured the rain would stop then, but it didn’t…