barn to workshop conversion

Martin emptied out the barn of his tools and the lumber that was stored in it to prepare for pouring the concrete slab.

He sprayed the interior with a wood preservative.

Then he prepped the floor. He needed to take out a layer of the sand floor that had nails, broken glass, sawdust, sharp stones, etc. in it, and then bring in "clean" sand to bring the floor to the correct height and level.

Once all of that was done, we tacked heavy plastic as a vapor barrier to the east and west sections that we were going to pour first, since we decided to pour the slab in three sections.

When the east and west slabs were done, we prepped the middle section by putting in the plastic for a vapor barrier and putting in wire mesh and rebar.

Then we poured the middle section.

We are done mixing and pouring concrete. I am almost going to miss the cement boogers I got every time we made concrete. I won't be able to add a bit of water to my cement dust covered hair to be able to sculpt it into artistic creations. Plus, I won't be adding to the bruises to be counted everyday after lifting buckets of sand and gravel which are so heavy that just resting them on my arm makes a bruise.