Starting to skim the floor

Today's update is going to be short not because not much happened, but because most of what happened was just all the same thing.

Bekir spreads out the wet wash

A scattering of cement dust onto the water

Making a level floor is not very easy up here

Look! BLUE SKY!! And (almost) sun

Cracking on with this new floor skim

First thing the men did a final little bit of insulation however I got no picture of that as I was busy. They then headed out to get more cement in Thomas and when they got back they cracked on with the jobs. The first task was to wash down the area they were going to do with water and sprinkle some cement dust onto the water, which was then mixed in with a brush. This served to both wet the underlying cement to improve adhesion, and also combined any dust into the first layer which will also help it all stick. Then it was all about Halil mixing cement and bringing it up in buckets while Bekir worked doubled over to lay the skim in the back storage area. It was hard work. Mid afternoon something really cool happened, though - the sun came out! I have missed the sun, it was great to go onto the balcony and not only see grey. Anyway, by the end of the day the right hand side of the storage had nearly been completed which is great. We do need to bear in mind that we're going to be doing this for the entire floor up here - it's going to take some time.

And there it is; thanks very much for reading. Back tomorrow.