Days 43 & 44 Rain, Rain Go Away

Why yes, those are thunder clouds forming!

My big fear came true this past week.  Rain!  No rain when we dug the foundation.  No rain with pouring the foundation, and no rain when we back-filled the foundation.  If fact there has been practically no rain all summer.  So what happens when we get all of our wood panels on the job-site?  Rain.  Lots & lots of rain.  Thursday was a complete soaker.  No work on the house that day.  Friday was supposed to be "plenty of sunshine" with a high of 70.  Apparently, "plenty of sunshine" means drizzling rain all morning & mostly cloudy in the afternoon!  Fortunately they were able to get the i-joists above the garage put up.  Ron & his sons were also able to pour the basement floor!

Ron Leech - Master of the power trowel!

 In the picture above Ron is "floating" the concrete with a power trowel or power float.  It's basically a lawnmower engine with 4 blades that spin around really fast making the concrete very flat & smooth.  According to Wikipedia, it's a process called "floating" the concrete.  There is even a 6 minute video set to soft rock on You Tube dedicated to floating.  Highly recommended viewing!