it was a beautiful day—about 65 and sunny—perfect. the sky was blue and we were all excited about tomorrow and having trouble focusing on getting our work done (including me—I am human). while the others got busy finishing the bracing, Robert assigned me concrete calculation duty. we had to get an accurate estimate of how much concrete it would actually take to fill all of those walls with 6” of concrete. Robert taught me how to use his handy-dandy contractor’s calculator, and with a little bit of measuring and “cipherin’”, I calculated the amount needed for each wall—105 square yards total. WOW!! that’s the calculation that includes the windows. Jason, with loflin concrete, said he had estimated 80-85 yards, and had ordered 10 loads for the pour. we’ll see—I think we’re gonna need more.
the rest of the day was spent tidying up the site and double-checking everything. we also spent time scrounging the site grounds for 3” screws because we’re running very low, and we’re not going to need anymore after the pour. we found quite a few—hopefully that will tide us over.
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