This has been a very active week.

It started Tuesday when Rusty came by to mark the pier hole drilling sites. A brief explaination of our "slab" - there are 18" columns that extend from ground level to 6' to 11' where ther is solid rock. The columns are 15' apart in a grid fashion. The perimeter beam is 12" thick and 24" high, enough said for now ...

Wednesday started early with the arrival of the pier drilling machine. The drill operator, Russ, went to work and while some seem to drill quite easily, others seemed to gave him a good bit of trouble. While the drilling continued, Rusty called for the first load of concrete. The truck arrived about 1 PM and filled exactly half of the piers. Rusty and his crew of two, Chris and Cody, called it a day about 1:30 PM and said Russ may be another 3 or 4 hours from finishing. About 6 hours later the drilling stopped and I could tell he'd done a thorough job.

Thursday saw the completion of pouring concrete in the other piers and the outer forms where ereced. I told Rusty, Chris, and Cody to have fun and be safe this 4th of July week- end. Rusty said they'd see me Monday and may be get the perimeter beam set with concrete.