5 June 2011

Blocking Marvelous

Saturday morning 08.00am sharp and Gaz was on site readying a mix before we'd even had chance to offer him a cuppa before starting. He already had the days schedule planned out so we were up and at 'em before the big hand on my watch had reached 15 minutes past the hour.With the first mix already being plundered it was time to get the second mix of the day doing somersaults and getting "fluffy" - just how Gaz likes it!

Before long the remainder of the walls were brought up level and all four corners built up to their final heights. The morning was proving to be a bit of a scorcher weather wise - great for sunbathing & BBQ's but definitely not for lumping concrete blocks around as well as aggregates for the mixes. After a good old sausage butty for lunch the remainder of the blocks were laid and by 3pm we'd even managed to clean up ... as well as finish the main pond build itself.


There's still a few jobs to complete for the main pond build itself such as fitting the skimmer and putting the finishing touches to the pond floor. There's also the header pond still to build as well as the filter house and the pond roof, but we definitely feel that a major milestone has been reached.

Sunday morning and after a bit of a sleep in (well for some of us anyway) followed by a lovely cup of coffee and a croissant, it was back out in the garden again for some more titivating. We were soon joined by Grandma & Grandad and so while Grandma kept the "foreman" entertained we set about concreting in the posts which will support the pond roof. We also took the opportunity to back fill a little along the way.

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