Finishing the kitchen floor slab

9 - 19 April 2109

As Rowan and Zed make the floor in the music room happen, Dave and I get on with the limecrete slab by the stove.  This was the work we intended to do on the Friday that the boat sank, which changed our plans dramatically.

 Nine days later, we finally get to finish this section

 And can start to prepare the remainder.

 We divided the area into four sections to make it easier to fill in stages, and to level as we go along.  It's hard work, Dave lifting endless buckets of sand and gravel into the mixer, while I carry bucketloads in and then work them level.  

 One down, three to go

 Gravel in the base, leaving 12cm for the limecrete slab.  As we want this to go off a little quicker than pure limecrete, Dave is adding two cupfuls of cement to each mix (3 buckets sand, 3 buckets gravel and 1 bag of lime).  It won't make a huge difference, but may speed the drying up by a week or so.

 Two done

 Dave scraping up the last of the heap of gravel that was taken out of the music room to lower the ground level for the joists.

 Final sections gravelled.  Doing two sections together because we were feeling strong.

 The temporary floor built and tested, so we can get from the kitchen to the rest of the house once the limecrete is in.

That's it.  All done, with the temp floor reinstalled.  Just got to try to stay out of it now, until it goes off.

Happy days! 

 That's the last major building project in the house structure.  Plenty of decorating and furnishing yet to do, and all the garden and access, but even so, it is still a major milestone.