Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Seriously, where's our concrete?

Several more days have passed, still with no further progress on laying our foundation. Other than some rain Saturday evening, it has been nice and hot. Of course, those high temperatures may also be the problem (we've had temperatures lately well into the 90s with heat indices in the 105+ range). I didn't realize it until doing a little internet research, but there is such a thing as being too hot to pour concrete -- at high temperatures, the water can evaporate too quickly, which makes the concrete hard to work with. I think that can be corrected with certain additives, but those additives can also be pretty pricey.

All is not lost, however -- we now have two showers and tub sitting on our lot.


Of course, there's no place to put them, so there they sit, also waiting for the slab to be poured so they can have a home of their own.

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