Stumps and slab in place!

In the last weeks, we have battled the typical winter weather in this part of the world - rain, wind and some more rain. Not the ideal weather to work on the foundations but against all odds, we have now managed to put in the stumps for the house and the slab for the garage. We are using concrete stumps (not the most environmentally sound solution) as the land can get really wet and there is also a creek and a dam nearby that could overflow in really bad weather.

There have been other hiccups as well (as expected with building). The first load of concrete mix we received was not of the highest quality and set really quickly, making it hard to adjust the stumps correctly. We also had problems with some broken stumps, so the whole of last week Peter has been pulling, digging and jack-hammering some of them out (not an easy job even in good weather).

Despite the problems and delays, we are really enjoying the project and look forward to starting the next phase - building the floor!