So, at the end of the day, our workers set up wooden barricades to pour a concrete floor to our courtyard. This enormous barrel of a truck rumbled through the village to deliver our concrete. Cars honked... hoping to squeeze by and the truck inched its way closer and closer to our new wall as we held our collective breath. But, all is well and very quickly the floor was spread as our workers mucked through it in their rubber boots and spread it out with shovels and rakes. Finally, they used a handmade wooden tool to smooth out the concrete by tapping it in even rows. It turned instantly from a very granular mixture to a smooth finish.
The next day was spent building the wooden molds for concrete caps along the walls and above and inside the doorway. This tedious process took most of a day as they had to be sure that it was secure before the concrete was poured. At the end of the day, the moulds were filled with concrete by the bucketful and we are now waiting for the moulds to be removed!
Cement Delivery...
Spreading the cement ...
Smoothing out the finish...
Filling the moulds...
Moulds braced and ready to dry...
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