Excavation and Footings

Don the digger was called in and with the help of a Laser Level a 37 hour job with a shovel and wheel barrow was turned into 1.5 hours for a cost of $165 – the best $165 I’ve spent thus far on the build. 

End result being a nice flat bit of dirt perfect for digging holes in - beautiful
















Although this stage of the process was not without problems,  the Mildrua floods cause a cease work period for 10 days - Bloody Unions not letting workers on a flooded site.

Well,  when it comes to building something that you wish to stand the test of time it's important to have good foundations.  And I will never question the foundations required for a good marriage.
However,  I will question an engineer's decision for my shed to have footings 900mm deep.  This is absolutely ridiculous.  Thankfully the council felt the same way and turned a blind eye to the fact I may have come up 3mm short on a couple of the holes. 

Notice the manditory footy shorts and chinese workboots when working with concrete.

The construction team was also lucky enough to provide a site tour for our finance department.

Poring shed footings can be fun for the first two holes, after this you will probably finding your self questioning why you would not just call in a concrete supplier and back a truck up. 

All in all,  10 footings have now been pored and the shed is ready for construction. 

Delivery of the shed is Thursday the 10^th of March at 3:30pm,  est time of completion is no earlier than 5pm Monday the 14^th of March.  Both Dale Husted and Hobie Husted will be inducted to site on Thursday afternoon and given all appropriate Personal Protected Equipment (PPE) before commencing construction.