It is done. The floor is poured. Matt Dressler, Chris Wagganer, Manuel, me, and two cement pros I hired: Ruben, and Francisco, poured 9,000 pounds of concrete. That’s dry weight.  We started at 9:00 a.m., rented the small mixer from home depot and by noon we had already gone through 70 bags of concrete. So in the noon sun Chris, Matt and I went back to buy and haul 32 more bags. That was painful.

By 5:00 it was done! It is settling in some places by 1/4″ but otherwise, I think it is looking pretty sweet. The total cost of the floor, and the drainage system came to about $5,300. That is quite a bit lower than the first bid we heard of $20,000. DIY power!    However, if I had paid myself even minimum wage the final cost would be closer to like, a  million.

Now we can build the walls!