Forming

After getting false info that Raymond planned to do the concrete work today, I spend the morning putting the 2x6's together into 20' and 24' lengths, then tie everything together. It doesn't help that the lumber is not perfectly straight, cause this will influence my final laser shots, since the intent is to align the tops of all the lumber at the same level.

After joining everything together, I see where the high/low spots of the gravel are, so mark those areas, and also discover that the south-east corner is a few inches too low. So, I go to the north side to shovel some excess gravel into the wheelbarrow and add to the low area. Would be nice if I had the final small truckload of gravel!

Levelling and Tamping

I'm leveling the gravel, then the civil boys from work drop by with their surveying transom to take some shots of my corners - 3 are the same, and one is 1/2" low, and the drain is 1/4" high, so pretty damn good I must say.

I spend the rest of the day trying to get it better, then the gas-powered compacter does a good final job. The south-east corner looks a little low though.

Time to go get some 2x6's for the forms, and wire mesh for the slab....$173

Cut er down

Well I decided since my small load of final? gravel wasn't being delivered, I'd get the plow in again. He pushed a layer off the top to spread it out a little more, so now I should have a wider area to build on. Tomorrow I go at er again.

More gravel??

I contact Lawson up the road and he has some gravel to sell me - a pickup load for $10. I take it back to my place and spread it, but still don't have enough. I return to Lawson's gravel area, but he's not around, and not answering the phone. I finally get ahold of him and he tells me I'm better off getting a small load and I agree, but 2 days elapse and still no delivery.