
A solid day's work
The concrete raft foundation was laid this week using a remote controlled 31m boom (concrete pump with a robotic arm, that's the blue tube thing in the photo!) and a continuous convoy of concrete mixers, 16 in all, to keep the concrete pouring for 8 hours. All done in a day, I'm now the proud owner of a 250m square concrete raft foundation. However, the preparation for this week started way back in August with site investigation into what was below ground where the house will