Pouring the Workshop Foundation

Pictures of Jim's roofing workshop foundation are here. In this slide show below, friends and family gathered to help spread and smooth the cement as it poured.

I learned that the mixing truck's chute had to be put together and then cleaned and dismantled afterward. Jim learned that if he doesn't take all the cement in the mixer, the company takes back what Jim already paid for and makes concrete blocks from it that they then sell--without Jim getting money back on the returned mixture. Jim decided to dump the rest of it in front of the workshop door to begin a ramp. I would have done the same.

So, a word of wisdom for all you do-it-yourselfers planning to order concrete: Prepare a second place to put any extra cement you ordered, maybe a second or subsequent project, because what comes in the truck is yours. Once you fill the space for which you ordered it, the company will haul it away and make money off it at your expense unless you tell them to put it somewhere else.

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