We have a floor!

Since the last update, Andrew finished filling with dirt and made it level. Then, he laid what I call 'fancy bubble wrap" over the dirt. It serves as a vapor lock and will also reflect the heat from the radiant floor heating system. As soon as he put down the 'fancy bubble wrap', he ran rebar over it.

After that was completed, he tied the rebar. He then ran the pex, which is the tubing that the hot water will run through for the radiant floor heating system. The pex was then tied to the rebar. We were ready to pour the floor!

We hired Wendell Terherst and his assistant, Jimmy Cox, to finish our floor. Wendell comes highly recommended. We also had to hire a concrete pump for the job. Andrew got everything arranged to do the pour on Wednesday. Early Wednesday morning, the concrete pump arrived first and started to set up. I covered the plumbing openings with bags and duct tape. Wendell and Jimmy arrived and prep the site. They divided the site into sections. Here is Jimmy pounding the dividers into the site. The little black dog is his "assistance", Belle. Three concrete trucks arrived at this time.

Time to start pouring!

Wendell pouring concrete and Zachary holding the end of the pex out of the way.

Wendell working while Andrew and Mike, my father in law, watch. The guy in the middle is the concrete pump operator. He works for Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping out of Springdale. We used Carroll County Ready-Mix for the concrete.

Wendell moving the concrete.

Jimmy flattening the concrete.

Wendell smoothing the concrete.

Jimmy finishing the concrete.

We used 28 1/4 yards on concrete for the floor. Here is the finished floor! It looks like clouds to me.

Lexie and her goat, Jo Jo, playing and Andrew riding a scooter on the new floor.

The next step is to put up the dome.