Here is the slab from the SW corner, still being wetted down to slow the drying-out as much as possible. The slower it dries, the stronger it will be, and the less the chance of cracking. I covered it with tarpaulins for 24 hours after doing the power-floating. Most of the western edge of the slab is at about ground level, but on the eastern side it is up to 6 inches above ground. I'll have to alter the ground levels to suit afterwards.
A close up of the box for the incoming electricity and phone cables. The plinth will be 150 wide, so this is spaced to allow for the brickwork. I thought it easier to cut this out neatly afterwards than to try to cast the lid flush. There is a similar box for an in-floor socket.
A view of the foundations to the rear. These will support posts holding up the roof overhang over the wood-store, but their main function at the moment was using up any spare concrete from the main pour. I had holes all over the garden for the same purpose.
The 1950's brakeless single cylinder diesel dumper which ferried the wet concrete (a third of a cubic metre at a time) some 30 metres across the garden.
The setting:
- Rob
