October 2009 forming the slab

8th October 2009 - The evening before the pour.

The workers had been pelted with beech-nuts from the trees above throughout the week and the formwork was full of them.  Most of the leaves were still on the trees.

An incredible amount of steel was used in the foundation slab, we need to be sure the hill cannot push the house.



Starter bars for the walls are also built into the mass of rebar before pouring the concrete slab.

Starting the pour....

.....almost finished.

  another view...

31st October The finished slab - waiting for the wall blocks to arrive - it's now raining beech leaves.