One more slab

One positive thing (Phil the Builder might say "the" positive thing) about a split-level house design is that you can get started on framing one area of it while there's not even a slab on another section - which is what we did.
"Level 3", which is the 'kids level', couldn't be done until Level 1 had a slab down and then also needed some metal fabrication done to hold up the only 2-storey section of the whole house, where the downstairs workshop (music room/weights room/8-ball table/table-tennis arena/poker den...) slots in under the upstairs bathroom.
While we waited for this bit to get done, we slab-filled the rest of the Level 3 block-work on Wednesday 1st December, with me spending 4 hours finishing the levelling the next day to get it ready for plastic and reinforcing mesh.  The retaining wall block-work was finished off behind the garage by Phil and Lenny on the 4th.


View from the east - note Level 2 almost framed and Level 3 in foreground just slab-filled


Monday 6th the guys from the engineering firm showed up with their very cool truck kitted out with a whole heap of very impressive gear that allowed them to do just about anything with metal 'to your door'.  While we had lunch they welded a post in place, attached a beam to the top of it and bolted it all in place - nice piece of work.

Post and beam up and Bondeck on top.

'Rain stopped play' (and work) intermittently over the next few days but by Thursday 9th the plumbers had been and put pipes into the slab-fill for Level 3, and then (at 6am, mind you) on Friday 10th the concreting crew were back again to pour Level 3.
Everything slabbed and ready to go!  Lots more grey concrete!!  Great feeling!!!

Reinforcing mesh over Bondeck above the workshop

Something solid to walk on (and for little visitors to walk off - note dad in hot pursuit of our little 18-month-old family friend)