Diary of a Shed - 8 April 2004

Early days yet but the foundations are coming along. Today was 'filling in 3 holes with concrete day', which was 7 barrows of the stuff. I'll be glad when this foundation work is all done, but there are 11 more holes to dig and fill. Still, 17 have been done so the end is getting a little closer each time.

The pillars are created by putting 4 breeze blocks around the top of each filled-in hole and filling up with concrete to a string line. The tops are levelled by patting down with a small spirit level, until I can put it down in any direction and it's all level.

What happens here is: dig the holes, fill them up with concrete, then build the pillars on top.
2 of the 3 holes which were filled in today, plus others done on other days. The big wide lump was created by digging out a whacking great plug of concrete from elsewhere in the garden and dropping it into a hole, then levelling the top of it. The long edge was left messy really just to save extra work - it will be under the floor so won't show.

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