What a busy few days.  We have had the garage backfilled the sunroom backfilled the basement floor poured.

Gerry who runs Power Concrete here has been a great help.  He gives us advice on how to make things simpler but still be within code and not skimp on material quality.  Brian would not even consider taking a shortcut but Gerry has been doing this for a long time and knows how to get the job done.

The basement floor looks great and is another task that is nice to have done so we can now put up the joists that are sitting in the driveway.  Once that is done the floor can be put up and we can start the next level.  Although today we need to finish the waterproof membrane on the outside basement walls. It started off being a pain because it stuck to everything but once it was started putting it up went pretty smoothly.  Brian was great because instead of getting angry he laughed about the stickiness.  It made the whole process less stressful.

Lots to do and the weather has turned really warm again.  We went from wearing sweaters to tank tops again.

This is what happens when a little girl finds screws and nails., not a birdhouse but apple people.

Concrete guys making our neighbours happy by blocking their  driveways

This is where they set up the concrete truck.

And this is where they carted it.

They are very good at what they do.  The floor looks wonderful.

The joist delivery.  These allow us to span the basement without using jack posts so we get a clear span.

This is the delivery of styrofoam for the garage/workshop floor.  On top of this goes the heating coils and then concrete.

The hired help.  Who now relax in the evenings by playing TuroGrafx games. I can't believe how listening to that music brings back so many memories of their childhood.  They loved that game system, still do.

The second load of stone this morning, another one to go to fill that hole.

E/B