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New Tractor Shed
awemawson:
Heavy rain all last night and this morning left the site as a flooded pond. I started trying to dig channels with a spade but it was hopeless, so steamed up the JCB803, fitted a 9" Clay Spade and scraped around forming drainage channels, and as the level went down joining the then separate ponds into the channel system.
Most water now run off and the rain is easing - photo's after the event so none of the big pond - sorry
Pete W.:
It's a blessing in disguise! The concrete won't get thirsty while it's curing. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
mattinker:
As Pete says, good for the concrete! We have an anti-cyclone forecast for the w/end, it should get to you by the beginning of next week!
vtsteam:
Hope the main pad pour wasn't short -- sounds like it was just okay. I feel your pain Andrew, re. rain. One of the wettest years I can remember here, too. A natural result of building last year's cistern to combat that drought -- apologies to all. It's been continuously overflowing for a couple months now. And will likely see no use at all this year, unless desert conditions arrive for a month.
I also expect no power interruptions here this year, as I finally connected the Lister(oid) generator to the house with a transfer switch. Our little Generac 3600 rpm racket maker finally died -- or at least the AVR in it did. Had a 25% overvoltage situation last time I used it, popping older light bulbs and ruining the latest expensive full color spectrum LED replacements. Luckily no major appliances were hurt.
Anyway happy to have the Lister finally connected up. Praying for a (very brief) localized drought and power outtage now, in secret! :loco:
awemawson:
Thanks for the comments chaps :thumbup:
Steve the pour was pretty much exact - we had to scrape a bit off to get the wooden bolt spacers to the correct height by laser level which is far better than having to sink bricks in it to bring the level up :lol:
As it's footings the spec is only "C20" but judging by it's colour, and how well it's set I reckon it's a bit more than that. One of the advantages of the 'Volumetric' lorry over the drum type is that the concrete hasn't been mixing for perhaps an hour in transit to you, so it remains workable for longer. However the downside is that the mix is not quite as consistent, as the mixing worm is relatively short.
We are supposed to be sinking a trench to put in cable ducting tomorrow, but I fear that it will still be too sticky, despite a brief bit of sun this afternoon.
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