In winter weather, we have managed with the help of a dear friend and best mason ever, to pour Christian's crawl space floor. This job entails pouring between existing joists, mixing concrete batches ourselves, and Lou leveling the surface with much maneuvering. Bless Lou Beck for coming to help us on his day off to deliver, and form 60 bags of extra strength cement from Home Depot! Left-over cement was used to fill a basement hole from an old furnace foundation pad we removed.I remember my father mixing cement with Bill on holidays; teaching him to undermine our clay basement 18" deeper with newly formed 4' extension walls and a floor Lou Beck came to pour. It's a skill now passed on from a wonderful man and engineer. Several tie-rods are used to bind the walls together.
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