Saturday: the team is driving ahead to be ready for the planned concrete pour on Tuesday. Two more carpenters join in just for the day to assist Ian and Damien. It’s a lucky time for your photographer, who works full-time and hates missing the concrete, hands-on activity by workers preparing for concrete!
Ian (left) and Damien. Theory and practice come together.
Jake and his invisible offsider working to set one of the last cast-in plates level and plumb. These two big formwork structures will create piers that will retain the soil above and help support the entrance to the house at the same time.
Why is Luke always in the hole, with Jake looking on?
Concentration…
Zooming out reminds us how steep this block is
As does a final look from below…
With final details on the formwork wrapped up on Monday, the foundations for the entire house are ready for the concrete pour on Tuesday.
The site as seen from Proctors Saddle, across the Souther Outlet, ready for the pour.
Hobart hill house 