A Little Disappointing

A big day planned for last Monday. After a prolonged hot spell with temperatures up to 43 degrees c, followed by rain, finally the weather gods smiled ready for the slab to be poured on Monday. The waterproofing under the reinforcing was in a bit of a state; the tape had come off in the sun and the plastic was flopping about in the breeze, and the trenches had puddles of water in them from the rain.
However, on Monday everyone was poised for action. The slab was being poured and the rain water tanks wereto be installed. A boom pump had been booked for the pour to protect the underfloor heating cable. However the slope of the site and the general topography prevented the pump from being positioned close enough to allow the concrete to be poured. Consequently lots of swearing workmen.
Our engineer identified that the steel ligatures (I have no idea what these actually are, so forgive me if this is incorrect and doesn't make sense) had been installed the wrong way around and needed to be replaced. Consequently some more swearing workmen, with a few arguments as well.
The tank people came to install the first tank, but deemed that the base for the tank to go on was inadequately level and required more dolomite base to allow it to be leveled. Consequently lots of swearing workmen, and a swearing husband.
Apparently everyone stood around and swore for a couple of hours and then gave up and left.
So a lot of swearing and no work actually done on Monday. I'm just glad I wasn't actually there.
Don't worry, everything went ahead on Tuesday... pictures to follow shortly.
I almost forgot- a picture. This is the multiline Rekta, which will be hanging over our kitchen bench.