On a very hot Friday morning the quality control team arrived on site to watch the concrete pump and lorries arrive to pour the foundations. Breakfast was eaten in the builders van...
The excitement was building when we saw the pump arrive - would it get round the corner?
first it needed a stretch:
Then a check to see how easily it could pass into the old stable:
And we’re ready for the first toupie to arrive: The girls were despatched to school as the temperature climbed to 41 that day! Once in place we began to pour the new foundations for the stairs and the internal supporting walls which will hold the new floor to be put in above.
Onto the second toupie of concrete:
and we’re done!
Now for the drying out…which will be helped by the Mairie fixing the water leak…although I’ve been advised they need an arrêté from the conseil général to block the road (as we’re the main route into the village). Next job…walls!