Still Leveling

The concrete guys worked on getting the garage floor to level out the elevation difference between the two buildings. You can only do so much before it is evident that there is something strange.

With the walls up in the living space that was built in the garage we can fool everyone into believing the floors are level.

First order of business is buying a concrete mixer. We have always wanted one. Well, I have always wanted one. Bill lays the concrete while I am the one who always got the privilege of using a wheelbarrow and hoe to mix the concrete. Now we have the tool to do it for us. We will be using this baby a lot as we progress. We will need to cut out the Residence floor to lay additional sewer and water lines. After installing the new lines we will need to put concrete back in where we just took it out.

Bill poured  the hallway floor first. The floor is now level with the Residence floor and you can't tell that is is higher than the garage floor because there is a doorway between the two floors. It is so funny after living for a year with the difference in elevation we find ourselves almost tripping on the level floor. Our muscles have memorized that you have a 2 inch step down or step up and our minds and legs still try to do the memorized movement.

 

He poured the concrete in the Pantry along the side one day and finished it the next. He needed to be able to get in with his leveling boards to be sure everything was how it should be.

The Cleaning Closet floor is not leveled as of now because we suspect there may be some water seeping in from somewhere and we don't want to hide a problem before correcting it.