We laid the last block today! It only took around 8 hours to place the last corner of 12-14 blocks, but who's counting. Here's the photos over the last 2 days....
Saturday, September 3
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We had lots of help today. With 3 rows left, help was needed getting the block from the ground up to Gene on the scaffold.
Gene's sister and her husband came over early and worked all day with us. (We had to break to watch the Ducks play!) And my friend and her husband also came in the afternoon. What a blessing! Thank you! Thank you!
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| Gene's surveying the next move. |
Where we left it at the end of Saturday.
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| Only a few block left. Remember this... |
Sunday
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| An inside shot as we start this morning. |
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| Late afternoon. One half block left and Gene's had it. Looks like I get to cash in on his life insurance early. |
And even later in the afternoon....
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| DONE! The hole is a beam pocket for Phase 2 of the project. |
Yes. It took ALL DAY to do those last few blocks! The rebar configuration over the door because of the beam pocket was...well...a nightmare. Gotta love those engineers who dream up these things! Besides it took us a while to figure out how to do the beam pocket and the buck with 24" threaded rod to hold the beam. Sigh. Most importantly...it's done. Now, this second half of the walls will be filled with more concrete. We should have a roof going on the end of September.
As a recap, we've gone from here on August 17th....
To this on September 4. 17 days. Pretty cool.
And we still like each other! Of course, it's not done yet! Phase 2 involves tearing off the roof and roof structure of the existing garage, raising the it up about 18" and putting on new trusses and roof. The roof HAD to be done anyway. Oh and there will be a covered breezeway between the 2 buildings. So, there is still much to be done. At least there's no more 30 pound blocks to move!
We toasted each other and our progress tonight with our favorite pink martinis. It was a good day.
Party on!
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