FRIDAY THE 13TH - NEAR 60 DEGREES

THE DAY OF THE CONCRETE

This is one of two concrete mixing trucks that came out for the pour.

This is Joe (in picture below). He works with Fred and came out to help. He is guiding the concrete chute into the footing.
Here is another angle of the same.
Fred is smoothing out the concrete to make sure it is level.
Here is one that has been poured and leveled out.
I had to work so I got to miss the fun. The last truck was just getting ready to pull out when I got home from work. Fred and Joe were smoothing out the concrete in the curved form that we had built. Fred had also built a curved slab to place the next form on so it will be easier to level up. He had some concrete poured into it. The next installment of concrete will be in a couple of weeks (hopefully). The weather was just right for this pour. Tomorrow will be a day of fun and recreation.

I cut the forms so that they would be more manageable. Here are the inner forms about ready to go in. I attached the weld plates to some wooden blocks so that I could mount them in place in the form

I also added a filler strip to eliminate the sharp angle at the bottom of the arch. It's the triangular piece. Sharp edges in concrete tend to break off easy.

I also mounted some 3" PVC pipe to form a couple of holes in the arch. Later these will be used in hoisting it into place.

HAPPY EASTER

The footing forms in place.



Today we leveled up the form for the first arch. Thought I would try stapling plastic to the inside to make it easier to take apart after the concrete pour.

Placing the reinforcing steel.

There will be 5 of these plates cast into the edge of the arches. The arches will be joined together later by welding these to one another.

Terry tied a lot of bars.

Ready to place the outer form.
All this work.. Pepper was exhausted: