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| Bogdon at work |
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| Umberto spreading! |
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| View from the scaffolding |
Today was a big day: they started "pouring" the concrete subfloor! Apart from the excitement of seeing major progress, the way they do it here is just a treat to watch: Even for large surfaces (we have about 1000 square feet above!), they use a small, traditional mixer at the ground level, then use a nifty wheelbarrow (with a movable handle) to hoist the concrete up to the required height. This is where having the opened window comes in handy. Since the floor is fragile, they have to go on little paths created by 2x10s of lumber which spread out the weight. They then dump it (the amount they can bring up in one load covers maybe 3 square feet) and spread it out. During all this, the mixing expert below is shoveling gravel and cement into the mixer for the next load.
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| They decorated for Christmas! |
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| Wheelbarrow in mid-air; check out the handle position! |
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| Wheelbarrows on the boards, please |
It took all day for the two of them to put subfloor in the boys' room and work on the girls' room. I, of course, couldn't resist putting our initials in!
Love,
Alexandra
P.S. Bonus photos of my walk home from the doctor's office
It took all day for the two of them to put subfloor in the boys' room and work on the girls' room. I, of course, couldn't resist putting our initials in!
This is incredible! What a project. Different from the US. When do you expect completion?
ReplyDeleteThe contract says mid-June!
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