So after Monday's dissapointment, everything proceeded on Tuesday. Hooray! More base was laid for the tanks on Monday, and the reinforcing was jiggered up the right way, so when the concreting boys arrived on Tuesday it actually happened.
Instead of the boom pump a line pump was used. Whilst it reached the site no worries, the problem with it (and the reason a boom pump was used in the first attempt) was that heavy metal pipes lie over the steel reinforcing, and when the pump is on the heavy pipes jerk back and forth repeatedly. That wouldn't usually matter unless you have heating cables attached to your reinforcing, as we have, and during Tuesday's pour the heating cable was almost severed in two places. Problematic, but fixable. Luckily we had Steve from Classic Underfloor heating (he's a good guy, thought I'd give him a plug) there to trouble shoot.
Twelve trucks of concrete later and they were finished.... you can really start to see the formation of a house. Thrown into the bargain the first of our two 110,000litre pioneer water tanks was installed. They are colourbond steel on the outside and a black plasticky (this is the techinical term) liner on the inside. The advantage of this combo is that you can have a much larger tank than a regular poly or galvo tank but much more economical than a concrete tank. The second monster tank was installed on Thursday. The other great thing about the pioneer tanks is that the collect their own water off their roof, and today it's raining, so we are already collecting rainwater! I've earmarked today's rain for my bath on October 29th, 2010.
And so on to this post's feature interior product... the DeLonghi 90cm free standing dual fuel cooker. It has some fancy lining and telescopic rails, so I'm less likely to inflict myself with 3rd degree forearm burns when cooking pizza.
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