Pouring the Garage Walls (in 3 parts)

The Cement truck drove in as close to the garage door as possible

and extended his chutes as far into the garage as possible.

The cement would go into the wall midway

between the front and the back corner.

It should flow toward both the front and the back and fill the walls.

Lee called his friend Josh to help because Ron and Mike had not arrived yet.

(Josh came even though he "doesn't even like the smell of projects")




The concrete flowed to the front of the Garage very well....

but not toward the back of the garage.

We heard cracking and popping noises.

Mike went down to see what was happening.

What do you think, Mike?

The Braces were sinking into the soft clay dirt.

We needed more braces to hold the wall upright.

We should pour concrete directly into the front wall.

Lee and Josh worked on the front wall while.....

everyone else discussed what to do with the side wall that was leaning over.

Rick and Glen wondered if it was safe to continue to add concrete ...

...to a wall that is already leaning and ....

...we don't know if the additional bracing will be enough to hold it upright.

They decided to try again.

But the concrete would not flow around this back corner.

They would have to drag the concrete around the corner to the back wall.

Dragging concrete is so much work.

With a little creativity (and using our plank to the front door)

we could send the concrete directly to the back wall.

They braced the end of the plank and the end of the chute.

Yes, that is the tow rope holding the whole thing together.

The long chute and plank was not very sloped ...

and the sides were not very high so they had to drag the concrete into the wall.

So they added 2 x 4 sides to funnel the concrete to the wall.

We got Glen off the ladder and had Mike tend the chute.

They were able to pour all the walls full.

There was barely enough concrete to finish the walls.

We did not have a disaster.

The walls did not come tumbling down.