Time to Pour

Here are the concrete trucks lined up to pour concrete. It started in pitch dark but at the last minute left my camera at home, had to make a return trip to fetch it, and so these pictures were from a bit later in the morning. Still got some great pictures. The concrete plant is just 3 miles from the house site so the coordination was great.

This spot light helped the job start at 5 a.m. This picture is from the day before. BTW...I somehow lost my cell phone that evening while laying some last minute flexible conduit. Thanks to my wonderful wife loaning me her phone, I was able to track down the phone in a trench ...otherwise it would have been buried below a ton of concrete just a few hours later.


This is the pumper and remote operator who worked the controls like a conductor directing an orchestra. See the video for the action.


Here are the guys smoothing out after pouring. This was a constant exercise all through out the 3 hour pour. In total it took 152 loads of concrete to do the job. The estimate of 150 loads was nearly perfect.





This device smoothed the slab to a shiny finish. It just about looked like glass it was so smooth.


This video shows how it all got done. Enjoy!