We're going to cheat a little by stealing a photo from yesterday, when it was sunny and warm. It started raining about midnight. Nice and gentle, only 0.2 inch by 8 am, but a bit of a wind now and it continues to rain. Marty the cement man showed up a little before Roger. He said he came 3 1/2 hours so they would get something done, even in the rain. They will form the footings and possibly pour them today.
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| North wall ready for forms |
The above photo was taken on Sunday 11 Novemeber. The gravel and marker lines are in place. The wall is solid were it is at. All that is needed is the cement to be poured around it up to the sill. All of the vertical timbers that are part of the north wall will in a few days be buried in the cement that will then be the north wall.
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| Electronic transom |
Shortly after 8 the cement crew set about forming the footings for the new north wall. We've been pointing out some of the 'old' ways of doing things like taking lumber from the same land the orignal barn came from. Well this is one thing they didn't have back then, the electronic transom. It's made the job of keeping something level much easier.
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| Footings ready for pouring |
Marty was ready to pour before noon. So the call was put in for the first load of cement. I think it was six bag mix with cloride added to the water to help with curing if it got below freezing. But notice here how they could be so fast in forming. All they have is the front or north wall to form. They used the solid dirt of the barn floor for the inside or back wall. It's solid and no one will see it. It works.
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