Look!
This is the finished slab...
Now we only have one week to wait for full curing of the concrete before we can park GIRT on it!
Bruce,
The slab is
double thickness & has
two layers of reinforcing.
I discussed my plans with the concreter, including mention that GIRT's GVM is about 9t, & he over-engineered it to both take the weight and take legs dyna-bolted straight onto the surface.
Looking for quotes on a 4m high (internally) gabled carport as we speak.
Already planned a translucent roof section over the solars...
As there will be no walls or doors, I won't need the pool pipe out the door for the exhaust, although it might be an idea to prevent the black soot mark on the slab, like the one we left on the brick fence in Melb...
Wilbor,
Joining the MSO scheme is also on the cards. If you're
really nice, I
might move GIRT off the slab for you.
Otherwise, there's a flat area in the SW corner of the Top Paddock (front yard) you can use...
GIRT's current (temporary) park.
And yes, there's a 15A power point on the carport's front post, just 10ft from GIRT's slab.
(That's the edge of the carport concrete in the foreground. Post with p/pt is only just out of shot.)
(No flies on me! The 15A point was already there when we moved in. It just happens that the slab location is not only convenient for power, but also for ease of parking, and access from the house. A
no-brainer, as the youth of today say...)
Dot,
The two 'supervisors' were the concreters. After the subbie with the bobcat finished digging, they
really earned their money: laying reinforcing & boxing-up in 40° sun with NO shade! Bobcat bloque took away 10 cu m of dirt from that little scraping!
The sleeper retaining wall we'll build will need to be two-high along one side & front. That's 15 sleepers, allowing one to cut for verticals at joints. Now, at 19.99 each, that's another $300 before we even
think about the carport...
Looking good Ray
