Day 31: To pour or not to pour, aye that is the question!

Formed east end of north wall

It's early on the 14th and it was 25 degrees over night and not much warmer when this photo was taken. And for that matter it is only supposed to be 35 during the afternoon. A lot of work got done after delivery of the forms mid Tuesday afternoon. Notice the long one foot forms lying at the foot of the wall and on the pile of ground on the right. They will finish the top of the wall.

Unfinished west end of wall

Notice the vertical tarred black timber and rerod sticking out. This will be completed early in the morning. Those are forms on the pallet in the fore ground.

West end formed in

Later in the day the west end is formed in and the top row of forms has been put into place.

Form completed and ready for cement

This is the east end of the wall. What I like about it is how strong and square the building is starting to look. The barn looks like it is almost ready for use and will last another hundred years. It doesn't look like the cement was poured. With afternoon high of 35 and looking toward another 25 or lower overnight tonight, the pour will probably happen Monday. Because work is complete for this week. The crew participates in one of those great fall rituals of the this area of the world called deer hunting. Check out the 1998 cult classic "Escanaba in da Moonlight." Our son Will who raised sheep in this barn was a cameraman on that movie.

I was unable to personally check the wall late in the afternoon, so a big special thank you to Kathy Kent for taking some photos and the last two on this post.