Trenches Dug - Well on the Way to Being Ready to Pour!

I can't believe it's been almost a week since my last post. In that time, they've finished digging the trenches for the chain walls. Today, the slab crew was on-site installing the styrofoam blocks that make room for the brick ledge around the house.

They wrap the styrofoam in plastic wrap to make it easy to separate later from the dried concrete. He described it as regular plastic wrap and called it Saran Wrap. So I bought two rolls of that stuff, thinking that they just strung it along the back of the blocks. I found out today that there's actually larger rolls of this available from Home Depot that they use. Sorry, guys!

I met the slab contractor today to go over some final details of how the garage floors will be formed. There are places where the ground is level and other places where it is sloped, etc. I used Google's SketchUp software to draw what I wanted. He told me he likes dealing with someone who provides detail on what they want. I was glad to hear that.

We talked about being ready tomorrow for the pest control people to spray the soil. Then the post-tension people can come after and lay the poly (plastic) layer and install the post-tension cables. Hopefully, we can do all this before it rains.

BUT, I just thought of a couple of things while typing this that may ruin that plan: They didn't add styrofoam to the garage or fill in dirt where they needed to. These are all things that need to be done before the spraying! So I need to call them in the morning to see what's up with that.