| 07/26/2007 6:40AM Ready for the first
truck to arrive. We started around 6:30 AM. I am putting grease on the
anchor bolts to make sure the threads will not fill with concrete. These
were initially set during the footing pour. |
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| 07/26/2007 6:48 AM The first truck has
arrived with the concrete. The workers start pulling the concrete into the forms. |
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| 07/26/2007 7:17 AM The concrete is being
leveled off with a screed board. |
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| 07/26/2007 7:32 AM The second truck has
arrived and the pouring continues. |
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| 07/26/2007 7:39 AM The second truck is
almost empty and a third truck is required. |
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| 07/26/2007 9:01 AM The last bit of
concrete has been poured. They sent one of their biggest trucks for only
1.5 yards of concrete! There are 16 wheels on this thing! |
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| 07/26/2007 9:03 AM The next step was
using the bull float to depress the large aggregate and create a smooth
surface. |
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| 07/26/2007 11:07 AM After the bull float,
a speed float was used to produce a smoother finish. Finally the power
trowel was used to provide the final smooth surface. |
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| 07/26/2007 11:27 AM At this point, 5
hours have elapsed since we began. |
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| 07/26/2007 1:45 PM The last step was to
use a concrete saw to cut crack control lines. In this picture he is
using the saw free hand to get around the obstructions. The workers
spent about 7 hours on the job. After they were done I covered the slab
with a plastic sheet to let the concrete slowly cure. |
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| 08/03/2007 1:23 PM Ashley
is sweeping up the slab after it has been sitting under plastic for a
week to cure. We removed the forms and will hopefully be able to reuse
some of that wood. |
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