8am Saturday morning and we have turned a corner – we have started to put things back.  This morning the new kitchen floor arrived in a concrete mixer.  3.5 cubic meters.  This is enough for the new kitchen floor as well as for the footings for the re-built outbuilding.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible to be able to shoot it straight from the cement mixer into the kitchen, so it had to be dumped on the tarmac and moved by hand. All in all, it took a couple of hours to sort out the footings as well as laying the floor.

Unfortunately we couldn't shoot it in directly from the mixer so it was offloaded onto the tarmac and then barrowed in.

Unfortunately we couldn’t shoot it in directly from the mixer so it was offloaded onto the tarmac and then barrowed in.

It couldn't be shot straight off the mixer into the kitchen, so 3.5 cubic meters of concrete was dumped on the tarmac. It was then a case of using shovels and wheelbarrows.

It couldn’t be shot straight off the mixer into the kitchen, so 3.5 cubic meters of concrete was dumped on the tarmac. It was then a case of using shovels and wheelbarrows.

Damproof course and steel mesh laid ready for the concrete. Notice the old doorway that has been bricked up in the background.

Damp proof course and steel mesh laid ready for the concrete. Notice the old doorway that has been bricked up in the background.

Ready for the concrete. The doorway has moved in this room - the old one was bricked up and a new one cut.

Ready for the concrete. The doorway has moved in this room – the old one was bricked up and a new one cut.

It only took a couple of hours to lay the new concrete floor in number 10. The black plastic is the damp proof course that is laid underneath the concrete.

It only took a couple of hours to lay the new concrete floor in number 10. The black plastic is the damp proof course that is laid underneath the concrete.