It's Sunday morning, so the weekend warriors are on the move, laying blocks. The elusive camera has been located and I have uploaded some nice progress shots of the slab being poured and the beginning of the external walls. More photos to come.
Building up the levels with dirt.
Same angle with reo just before slab pour.
Morning of slab pour.
The big day arrives and the guys begin.
Water-curing the slab to prevent cracks.
Our beautiful crack-free slab. That's 2 of our 10 pallets of blocks being delivered.
Slab.
One of the blocks used for external walls. Called dry-stack blocks because, except for the very bottom row, no mortar is needed - you simply stack them on top of one another... Like giant Lego. At the end, concrete is poured down the centre and when it dries you have an extremely strong and solid cement wall.
The bottom row of blocks being laid. The orange stuff is the Kordon termite barrier.
Day 3 of block laying - once the bottom row is done, it's quite a quick process.
Building up the levels with dirt.
Same angle with reo just before slab pour.
Morning of slab pour.
The big day arrives and the guys begin.
Water-curing the slab to prevent cracks.
Our beautiful crack-free slab. That's 2 of our 10 pallets of blocks being delivered.
Slab.
One of the blocks used for external walls. Called dry-stack blocks because, except for the very bottom row, no mortar is needed - you simply stack them on top of one another... Like giant Lego. At the end, concrete is poured down the centre and when it dries you have an extremely strong and solid cement wall.
The bottom row of blocks being laid. The orange stuff is the Kordon termite barrier.
Day 3 of block laying - once the bottom row is done, it's quite a quick process.
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