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More helpers arrive!
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Thanks for your help guys!
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Boy did this machine save us a lot of work!
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a close up look.
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more work in the middle. Grandpa is working the power screed.
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Smoothing out the cement after the pour... part 1
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Now the middle.
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The pouring of the basement floor begins! In the background is the pump truck.
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All the braces are down...

All the braces are down. That took a while to do. Matthew was a good helper for Dad... stacking all the 2x4s and all.

Tomorrow is another BIG day...
We pour the basement floor tomorrow... first thing in the morning.
The pump truck will be here at 7amish... followed by the cement truck... and hopefully lots of helpers...

Rich and I were snapping chalk lines around the basement walls to indicate how high to pour.

All done! Whew! No blow-outs!
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Finishing up. This is a close up view of the top of the forms. Look at the beautiful, snow covered mountains in the background!
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3rd and final time around!
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Rich's Dad is doing the finishing work and putting in the anchor bolts.
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Waiting the the next load of cement to be filled into the hopper of the pump truck.
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Rich is filling the forms. First time around 1/3...
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