07 September 2009

Day 28 - post beehives

We finished building up the posts to full height, and were able to add a beam to go under the long span of the octagonal room of Pat and Wendy's house. Not sure why we didn't design this in before, but we were able to add it quite easily to the existing foundation pads.

The row of 'beehive' posts that will hold up the beam at the back of the houses, and the little offset post in the foreground to carry the projected bathroom and water tank above.

Three of the five posts that wil hold up the octagon tower.

We also got into the pit between the edge fo the excavation and the cellar wall to pull up the plastic that had been cast under the footing. This was an extremly messy job but was easier than we had thought by using the water in the trench to help wash away the sticky soil and mortar that had fallen into the base.

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