Day 8: Slab

Todays work is the slab. Mr Digger and Pete start 8:15 ish with the mesh that got delivered a while back (and which wouldn't have been needed had we not decided to extend, so BTB was gambling we would...). D watches with great interest, I was wondering where from, it turns out he was up the tree!

E, more cautious, watches from indoors as they use the thing I was calling a brick saw to slice up the mesh. This generates showers of pretty sparks and a loud noise if you open the door to take a picture...

When I get back in the afternoon its 6; they are long gone (D is disappointed not to see them in action more). There is a nice new concrete slab laid all supported by various bits of wood (thats what the large sheet of plywood was for), the soakaway is filled in nearly and the trench has a pipe in it. The only slight concern I have is that there was supposed to be some kind of drain from the shower going... where? Through the new slab? No sign of it. Phone Ian; he's out. Ah well: its their problem, and its probably not a problem. Also a message from Ian: we need to sign some party-wall type papers.

I wonder what is on for tomorrow? They can hardly start the new walls until the slab dries.