Today started off bright and warm and the weather was a good omen as much was accomplished.
First of all, Jeff Rhodes, our foundation guy, brought in a pumping truck to distribute the concrete to the forms. The pumping truck is an amazing thing. (At $700. per day, it should be). The wet concrete is loaded in the rear of the truck by regular concrete truck then pumped out of this long 100 foot collapsible tube. The tube direction, height and flow rate are controlled with a wireless console by a worker on the ground. Very Slick. The whole job was done by 3:pm.
While that was going on, the underground electricty supply and the water and sewer hookups were unearthed, conduit installed for each and covered back up. We should have electricity for power tools and saws within a week or so.
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| An amazing machine this pumping truck |
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| This guy on the right is controlling flow and the boom height etc. |
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| Concrete trucks were lined around the block waiting to fill the pumping truck. |
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| Quite a reach! |
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| Slowly, it's starting to look like a house, and not just a hole. |
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