Concrete poured

We had a perfect day for the concrete pour, not too hot and not too cold. The first truck arrived at 7.00am. It all happened so quickly, 5 truck deliveries and 35 cubic metres of concrete poured and screeded within a few hours. I was pleased we weren't moving concrete by the bucket load!! Tomorrow it will be covered in water and then plastic, this is to minimize the risk of cracks as it dries slowly. It will be polished in about 10 days time. I am looking forward to seeing how that turns out.

The boom came over the fence, under the wires and over the Peppercorn, yikes!

Grey concrete was poured initially, filling up the strip footings and the kitchen area (smoothed area above) as that is where the lino will go. They changed to pigmented concrete halfway through the
 kitchen to ensure that no grey concrete got mixed in with the coloured concrete. The coloured concrete with the brown granite costs more than regular grey concrete so you don't want to waste it and spread it around willy nilly.

This strange looking tool helps to level out the concrete

Nick (Caedman Construction) is setting an aluminium strip into the concrete so that the
delineation can be made between the lino (the concrete in the kitchen area will be
ground down 10mm) and the coloured concrete. When the concrete is polished we will
get a nice clean line with the aluminium. I am also planning on putting some rubber
 underneath the lino to reduce fatigue in the kitchen. It may even save a glass or two!

Finished for the day