Porch is Poured

So lets start off with a picture totally unrelated to the building project, except that we see this hawk and several others, fly overhead nearly everyday.

Now on to the project...


Knapp Concrete got out to finish pouring the porch on Friday, after a long week of rain, about 2 inches of rainfall total. They backed the cement truck up as close as they could get it and they moved over half the porch with a power wheelbarrel.

It looks desceptivaly narrow. It is in actuality 12 feet deep on both sides of the house. It has a very fine brush stroke for traction. We are going to let it cure for as long as possible before staining it, some stains say to wait 28 days for it to cure before using their product... cold weather is upon us... so we might cut that a bit close.

Another project we have been working on is setting the Doors. The Doors are 8 feet tall, kinda get a feel for their height from D'Artagnon standing there. This picture was taken before the porch was poured, so he is abit shorter in comparison.

There that's better, now he has Cement beneath his feet.


We have the single doors set and the lock-sets and handles on, we have only the one double-door in, but it isn't plumbed yet... but it sure feels good to have real doors.


We have most of the plastic off the floor inside, it is where it is, because we are still trying to slow the cure of the concrete, there are a couple of spots where the pipes were real close to the surface, within an inch, and more than likely they will crack but we are doing our best.