Work Projects

Today's task was to take some vocational school students and continue working on the basic structure of the new patio for the building that we share, known as "the annex" or "the administrative building."  Since neither of those names make any sense - it has neither housed administrative offices nor does it appear to have been constructed later than the other buildings - I usually just call it "our house."  The patio will be accessed from the kitchen of the living area on the other side of our wall, unfortunately not giving us access from our side.

The peculiar thing about this patio (and those of you with trained construction eyes will see this) is that there was already a solid, though ugly patio on this building.  Given a choice, I probably would have just re-finished the majority of the existing structure while increasing it's size - sort of like capping a tooth but with more rebar.  Instead  the old one was completely demolished and we are in the process of reconstructing it larger and with only one set of steps.  We should be almost ready for concrete by sundown tomorrow but will have the work team from Minnesota handle this task (they're bringing professionals).

Differences in method aside, this will be one sweet place for teams to hang out this year.  I may even get to fulfill my perpetual goal of having a couch on the porch - redneck-style. 

As you can see, we're refilling the interior with rubble...mostly from the demolition of the old patio.  I feel a bit like a digger/filler in that regard (if you don't know what that means, ask someone who works for the city; they do it all the time).