Flurry of activity

The bunker is complete inside and out. The final color coat on the stucco will be next week and the final paint as well. The electric run is dug and covered ready for Sierra to wire up.

Peeling back the skin

All the form work has been removed, the site is being cleared and the work has started inside on the insulation.

All the concrete is finally poured

After a reluctant approval by the inspector who didn't like the way we do things in Florida, we were able to pour the last pad repair and complete the bunker. Also the tower pole went up and the backfill began.

Partial Pour

The inspector passed the satellite pads but failed the building with goofy comments. It is scheduled for inspection tomorrow and should be poured at noon.

The pad pour went fairly well but two of the forms moved and one will require repair and additional pour tomorrow.

Topping off the forms

The last of the forming work to pour the top deck is done and ready for inspection tomorrow. That is a lot of steel! The openings for the A/C units will be done tomorrow morning before the pour.

Forming starts for the roof

Forming has started for the roof deck with the interior supports from scaffold. This should be done by Monday and Tuesday is the scheduled inspection/concrete pour.

Playing with blocks

After stripping the form, the blocks arrived. We set to work with a rented mixer building up our biceps throwing around the 40 pound blocks. The last of the 15 rows is up and we are ready to form the tie beam and roof deck.

Forming

Sheets of plywood and lengths of 2x4 are turned into forms for pouring the bunker slab and the satellite dish pads.After partially passing inspection we poured the first slab. The concrete was a little stiff but we managed the final finish.

Hit the ground stumbling

When we arrived, we checked into a posh rental home then headed for work. The site had been excavated but unfortunately 5 feet off of the new site plan. This was discovered after two days of layout and forming work. All the holes were filled back in and re-excavated.