Saturday, October 4, 2008

The Driveway

We started the driveway on September 20. We poured 32 feet (14 feet wide) the first day. Chris, Tracy, and Randy helped.



















The second pour was on September 27. We poured 62 feet (10 yards). We had the same crew, plus Tim, Tyler, and Chris' friend Jim.






The third pour was October 4. We went all the way to the street, including the gutter/drainage ditch. We ordered 11 1/2 yards. We also poured a small pad in front of the well house. We had the original crew plus Chris' friend Jim, Chris' cousin, and Jim's son.































We poured 8 more yards on Oct. 11th. Randy & Tracy helped. There was rain in the forecast, and we got lots of raindrops. We decided to risk it and it worked out OK. We finished the west side of the driveway in front of the shop plus the apron area in front. We had a forecast for lots of rain all week, so Rickey, Randy & I did the levelling work on the FINAL part of the driveway (east side of the driveway in front of the shop). We hope to finish it next weekend!!!

































We had a delay on Oct. 18th weekend due to heavy rains during the week. We finally got to finish up the driveway on October 25 with help from Randy, Tracy and Michael. It was a cold start but turned out to be a beautiful day. It feels great to finally be through with the driveway!!


We're going to be working on the loft inside the shop over the next few weeks and will be starting on the outside phase of the apartment very soon. Rick will have a lot of time to work on the apartment and shop for the next few months and will alternate between indoor and outdoor projects depending on the weather. Stay tuned......................................................................................