moving on up...

Well - or should I say cystern, is dug, swimming pool is mapped out, garage walls are going up.

Note the "forms" (in the photos) & the supports either side, this is what holds the walls in place while the concrete/mixture dries. There is also rebar (iron rods) in the concrete, for structural support & if there is electricity or plumbing needed in that section, it is anchored in place.

Next the concrete/mixture is poured in between the forms & after, the forms are removed to produce one big solid wall.

Most walls will be 8 inches thick, others will be 12 inches thick.

The foundations have been completed, the lower perimeter walls have been poured & the garage is on it's way. With the pouring of the walls for the cystern & the garage wall we will also inherit the swimming pool. Almost deeper than it is wide - we'll have to take up vertical laps. Steve is promising a hook & bungy cable for some resistance training in the water, he'd better make sure his boardies are securely fastened...