Making a beam

After the excitement of yesterday today it was back to the main task under the stairs. Last night Halil dropped Thomas back as his car was fixed which was good.

Bekir on the final section of wall

Starting to burn a load of rubbish

Hammer drill in action

Metal for making a reinforcement frame

Bekir sweeps up

Waterproofing a plank

Rebar frame in place

Now the cement goes in

First thing Bekir went into the cupboard under the stairs as there was some more wall still not done, which I didn't know about. It didn't take long for him to do this little section, however. They were in tidy up mode today and so started burning some rubbish which we also added some to. That fire has been going all day. Later on there was a lot of noise as Halil drilled out ready for installing metal frame and pouring concrete for a beam. Bekir was outside bending rebar to turn into the reinforcement for the beam and then Bekir swept up while Halil wrapped plastic around a plank to act as the bottom for the form. It took them a while to assemble and secure everything but eventually they were pouring the concrete into the form and it will now sit there all weekend curing. The window people rang about installing the door and I think they'll be coming on Monday which is exciting.

The fire keeps burning into the evening

Cooking on the wood stove

The fire was still going all day, and it's still glowing right now. They got rid of lots of rubbish! This evening I got to cook Daddy Pasta on the wood stove which was awesome to do and the first time for a while.

So there it is. We have promise of snow this weekend but you'll have to wait until Monday to find out. Thanks for reading and back Monday.