My last post...for a few days.

I'ts official....I am out of things to blog about!  haha!  I've used up all the pictures.  Well, except for the ones I'll post today.  Work seems to have slowed down - A LOT!

But, Drew is back now, so that should help things out a bit.  Also, we'll be gone next weekend for Cindy's wedding in Vancouver so not much will happen next weekend either.

Now you'll get to experience this in real time, along with us.  I guess I'm going to have to be creative and think up other little things to post about from our renovation adventures.

Anyway, here's where things are at.  The floor of the garage is prepped and ready for cement.  Unfortunately 2 of their trucks broke down last week, so, we will hopefully get that poured on Tuesday.  It's been ready since last Tuesday.  Here's how the process went.

So here is the empty garage ready for them to work.  It was a lot of work to clear out everything we were storing in there.  Three staircases, doors, insulation - lots of insulation, tools, garbage, wood etc.  You get the idea.  And we only had an hours notice!

The gravel trucks back in to drop off 2 loads of gravel.

Load #1,

Load #2.

They dug a trench over to the side so they could hook up a drain in the middle of the floor.  It's mostly just for the snow and rain that will drip off - it's a nice feature.

Here is the worker man drilling the hole through the foundation wall for the drain pipe.

These long metal pieces will be screwed into the foundation wall of the house.  Then the cement floor will be poured up and over it.  This will provide extra support for us to put a couple posts to support the floor above against the house.  It's really confusing, but it's necessary.

Here he is drilling the holes and attaching the bolts.

There they are all done.

Then they backfill the gravel into the little trench they made.

And they do the same thing throughout the whole garage.

We used ALL the gravel they brought!

Here's the drain all finished and levelled out.

Then they used this little machine to tamp it all down and make it level and smooth and packed.

Then they lay out the re-bar and tie it all together.  It  really is a fascinating process to me.

They actually drill holes in the walls and insert the re-bar into them.  It gives extra support and strength to the floor and it also helps to keep the floor from settling and cracking over time.

Here is the machine they used to cut the re-bar.  Really cool.  The rebar is 20 ft long and needs to be cut sometimes.  So they insert it here...

And then push the handle down and it cuts!

And here it is all finished and ready for the cement.

This is where the stairs will go down to the entrance into the basement.  We'll cut the hole for the door and pour the stairs after the garage floor is finished and I can empty the storage room.   We'll move all that storage into the garage from now on.

Wow!  So neat and orderly.  Soon I'll have pictures of a brand new floor!