With the festivities over, it's time to take the forms down from the wall and it takes the MB two days and much heaving with pick-axe, sledge hammer and crowbar. I have a job, relieving all this wood of its nails, cleaning concrete bits of the 4 by 8 sheets and 2 by 8 footer forms. I do housekeeping. The wonder is that all the time I spent daubing oil on the insides of the forms has paid off and we can recycle all the boards. It wouldn't have been fun to see the OSB sheets ripped to shreds when asked to come away from the new wall. In fact it takes me 3 days to clean up all the form wood. Meanwhile, the MB moves on to the drainage which has to be completed before we can backfill. It looks like it will take us two days work to complete this task and then we wait for the Building Inspector to visit and see that we are following "code".
The weather is warming up to the point where the MB is prepared to plunge into his marina after work. I look at it, think about it, then opt for a warm shower...
So, the photos will show how far along we are: 5 feet out of the mud, ready to build a floor, then walls. Suddenly the plan becomes important! I'd almost forgotten that. We'll actually start building now.
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