Bay of Concrete

(Sounds like a WWII battle, no?)

The concrete truck arrived early this morning:

The chute got aligned to funnel concrete into the wheelbarrow:

From there, Jose and Don Jose shoveled it quickly into the forms under the side bay window:

Once the forms were filled, they used the vibrating "donkey tail" to compact the concrete:

After vibration, they troweled it smooth. Here's the finished product:

While they guys were waiting for the shoring to be removed, they had some time to fill. They started to remove trash from the backyard. Here's a load stacked up on the pickup truck, ready to go to the dump:

Goldie checks out the newly cleaned-out space:

Thomas, one of the owners at Counterforce, visited the site this afternoon. We talked briefly about removing trash, dirt, and concrete. On the latter point, the soon to be removed driveway got marked with indicator paint:

posted by noel on 09/19/05