Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Driveway is in!

Saturday 30 August started early with the builders arriving to start the concrete laying for the driveways. It was quite exciting to see the truck with the black concrete being unloaded and laid around my back steps. You can see Shane, Matt and Murray laying the concrete with the assistance of an extra worker.
Here is the last bit of concrete being smoothed out before we had morning tea - supplied by the owner. small thanks for working extra on the Saturday. The afternoon then turned out really warm and Murray was a bit worried about the concrete drying out quicker than expected. I then spent some of saturday and sunday watering the concrete so it would not dry out too fast and crack.
Monday the earthquake lines were cut in the concrete and by Thursday it was fine to walk on. Really exciting on Friday night - the garage door has been connected to the electricity and I can now park the car back in a garage. Really great as Monday and Tuesday this week have been wet so I don't get too wet getting into the car.
Yeah another step on the way.

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