It was a very hot and busy week.
Yesterday we managed to pour the concrete foundation for the second pyramid guestroom. After this job was done we were totally broken working in the sun with 39 degrees C. We consumed many liters of water, special sports drink from the pharmacy and juice against dehydration.
Four days ago we rented the formwork and started to place it. Easier said than done. The laser in the evening was of great help as well as the other spirit level instruments we used. The soil is very, very hard and several times we needed a jackhammer to break the soil to place the formwork. Two days we started at 6 AM to do the work and one day we worked till 10 PM. At a certain moment we decided to fill parts of the plot with water for the night to make the land more soft. That worked out to be a great solution.
Together we placed the formwork, did the spirit leveling, cut and places the wire mesh (two layers with a distance in between of around 15 cm) and rebar. This time we choose 3 x diameter 10 mm instead of two times 12 mm diameter. Much easier to bend and the same effect in strength. We did the concrete braiding and so on. Phatsamon seems to be more used to the high temperatures than I and indeed, although exercising every day for one hour, twenty years of age difference start to show itself ;)..
We got from the concrete firm (KPS in Surin) this time truck 63. A more than great, experienced, calm and clever driver and operator that helped us a lot. What a difference operators can bring. We can talk about this now after 6 trucks of concrete with five different drivers (so far).
After the concrete work we took a shower and a short nap.
This morning we took the formwork off to return to the rental company.
G4 Q-Con blocks as well as prestressed hollow core floor slabs are ordered. In the mean time we can work on the first structure again and have to cure the fresh poured concrete for about one week with water and sun protection because of the extreme high temperatures.
G4 Q-Con blocks as well as prestressed hollow core floor slabs are ordered. In the mean time we can work on the first structure again and have to cure the fresh poured concrete for about one week with water and sun protection because of the extreme high temperatures.
Frans Captijn
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