New plan and schedule

 

The lads finished the shed structure and the retaining walls of the shed today. They are going to remove the frame and prepare the floor area tomorrow. They've already taken the roller machine. The new plan is to pour cement for the floor in ten days rather than the 28 they said before. Then we won't be able to drive on it for a month, but that brings us to the end of July which gives us time to prepare for harvest. Finishing up in August would not have given us much time to order and prepare equipment, and shift all our stuff from the garage to the shed. I feel a little relieved. 

I'd say the digger will go tomorrow, and most of the cement frames are almost ready to go, loaded on a trailer. 

They said the cement floor laying would be ideal for a rainy day. So on Sunday night, the 28th of May, we will perform a rain dance so they come Monday morning on the 29th. On the 30th we get fibre broadband installed here, so let's hope they finish on the Monday, 

They will come to install the drain and backfill behind the wall at a later date. As long as it's done before the heavy rains of late summer, I'll be happy. Otherwise, I'll be worrying about the hill tumbling down. 

Not quite almost there

 

This might look like it's almost finished, but we just learned that it's probably going to be another two months before we can use it. Yeah, this week, they'll finish the roof and remaining small panels, plus they'll pour the last section of the wall -- the retaining wall for the hillside. Then we have to wait a month for the cement walls to cure. If you try to pour the concrete floor or fill in the back behind the shed, the concrete will collapse. 

What a bummer. So it will be built but not usable. It will be a month before we pour the floor and then a month for it to set before we can put any weight on it. So bummed. I wanted everything moved out of the house and garage now.