Here's where I catch up for the week. Below is a shot of the outside of the utility room with its fresh plaster coat. Looking good. The columns and beams will also be plastered.
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| Fresh Plaster on the Utility Room |
The front stairs for the house (in reality the stairs closest to the canal) are really taking shape here.
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| Looking at the Landing |
Saturday morning, the same that we got stuck on Friday, delivered 10-yards of sand for us with no problem and no stickage.
To the right is the 200 2-hole 8" blocks we had delivered. These were hard to come by. I originally wento Bel Block and they had no 8" blocks, 2- or 3-hole and wouldn't until Wednesday run - which meant the blocks would be available on Thursday. Way too late for my needs.
I then went down to Mefil Block and they had 2-hole, so that's what I went with. 3-hole give you a bit more flexibility, but what's available is what's available.
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| Successful Sand Delivery |
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| Successful Block Delivery |
The pour crew assembled by Isidoro on Saturday had to go home early - no mixer was available. So, they all came back early on Sunday and completed the pour in about 45 minutes - about the time that Dianna and I were at breakfast at the Oasis.
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| The Pour Crew At the Ready |
Here's the trench for the canal-side fence with the rebar all set to go.
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| Views of the Trench and Rebar |
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| Views of the Trench and Rebar |
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| Finishing Tying the Trench Rebar |
Just for info - here's the view from our house looking at Bob's (white with red roof) and Jim and Melanie (thatch roof in the distance).
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| View From Our Bedroom |
Here's the completed pour. The exposed rebar will be the taller columns of the fence.
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Completed Pour
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Completed Pour
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| More of the Pour |
Here's a view of the house from the street. That's Franz pressure-washing the wood deck.
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| Street-side or back view of the house |
And a parting shot - the pile of tools and what-not left by Franz's crew. Moved out to the front porch because of the pressure-washing.
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| Tool Pile |
So, now you're up-to-date. Monday, or tomorrow, I'll be taking part in Citizens On Patrol or COP training with the Corozal Police Department downtown at the police station. I have no idea what to expect. I'll take my camera along and if I can, I'll take some pictures, and let you know what I've learned. I'm looking forward to it (as if I don't already have enough to do...).
2 comments:
Not sure what I am doing but am using Mozilla Firefox. Haven't selected anything yet so you may get a screwey message. Wonderful blog.
Dave, That pressure washer looks so out of place! It's new, clean and actully modern! What is happening there, a revolution in building trades equipment???
Dennis
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