Yard Renovation: Day 8

Day 7 ended quickly and quietly with the final prep on the concrete forms. Today, however, started bright and early! Guys were here at 10 to 7:00 am to set up and prep everything for the cement truck.

Then, around 7:45 this truck pulled up in front of the house. We knew it was coming and I tried to have Ben dressed and ready, but he was still in his pj's and left a half eaten bowl of cereal on the table. Oh well. He was so excited! I'm going to do a separate post on Ben and the truck.

The cement dumped from the truck through this filter and out the hose.

It snaked through to the back yard and squirted out into the forms.

It went really fast!

The truck pulled out less than an hour later. We were a little sad to see it go because it was so much fun to watch!

The guys spent the next hour or two smoothing and scraping. It looks really good now!

One thing I found especially interesting--they had a little extra cement they kept for filling in where they needed it. They dug a hole in the dirt and filled it up with cement. A couple hours later when the patios were pretty much hard, they could still go back to this hole, shovel some out, add a little water and use it! Clever way to save it.