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                                   Building Our House in the Caribbean

                                                                           Step 38 - Constructing the Courtyard Patio
                               
                                                              Courtyard read for pour     
                                     Chip surveyed the courtyard for grade, then fill had to be removed, and compacted. 
                                                Next steel was installed and Art put in the plumbing for the drain.


                              
Pouring starts Pouring continues
                   Since the courtyard was constrained by walls on most of its sides, we poured it in three sections.
                        Before we poured the middle section, Clada and Edward poured a retaining wall.

 
Finishing it upFinishing it up2Gus stretches
        This gave the concrete time to start setting up for floating before the middle section was poured.  Gus has long arms!
 
                          Joseph floats courtyard Joseph bullfloated from a number of different angles.
 
          Clada is happy that concrete pours are getting fewer and fewer...  Happy Clada     

                 


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