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Everything ready for pouring the Ground floor slab41 viewschiyman
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Washroom - A bit cold for me!!40 viewschiyman
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Formwork for the Ground floor columns being removed40 viewschiyman
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Pouring Conccrete into the columns38 viewsThis is another entirely manual process whereby concrete is mixed in the concrete mixer by hand as described previously and then delivered by wheelbarrow before being lifted in small buckets passed hand to hand to the guy standing on the platfom who then tips it into the column formwork. This was an all day job to complete the 18 columns. Concrete volume circa 2.25 cubic meters.chiyman
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Piles of Sand and stone for concrete mixing38 viewsI should have insisted that a wooden structure be constructed to hold the sand and stone as just dumping it on the ground and using it caused a lot of wastage and required a big clean up later on. chiyman
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A delivery of Yucca poles freshly cut which will be used later for the first floor construction37 viewschiyman
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The waste from the downstairs toilet will be collected in this tank formed from precast concrete rings - this one is 4 rings deep.37 viewschiyman
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A beautiful sunset after a hard days work.36 viewschiyman
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Concrete poured i and waiting for it to cure before removal of the forms.35 viewschiyman
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Still waiting for concrete to cure!32 viewschiyman
   
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