concrete

Garage Concrete Poured Today

Still not sure if I’m ticked off or just so relieved to see that the concrete has been poured for our garage that I don’t care.  Funny thing happened today.  Woke up this morning like any other Saturday, worked on a website a little, had lunch with my grandparents,
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69 Yards of Concrete

YAY!  CONCRETE WAS POURED TODAY!!! Woke up this morning around 6 AM  to drive up the street to watch seven and a half big trucks full of concrete, be dumped into Craig Gustofsen’s pump truck, and then splattered across our foundation.  Brrr… what a chilly start to the
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Concrete Forms, Radiant Heat, and Septic Tank

WOW!   Yesterday turned out to be a super busy day!   When I got up to the project site yesterday morning there was over six men up there.  Earthworks was moving dirt with an excavator, bulldozer, and hauling in fill with 2 dump trucks; the concrete men were reinforcing their
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Construction Specifications – Part 1

Foundation This was a no-brainer for me, but a steady and constant struggle between me and one of my parents.Now, I won’t name any names, but she certainly feels that a house in Northern Maine should have a basement!My thoughts: I can’t get down there, and it’s
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