Concrete arrives!

It's the day after Thanksgiving and we had rain almost all day yesterday. That made for a muddy install area. Since the ground was soft and the septic system is in that area as well, it was decided to use a concrete pumper so that the heavy truck could be on the road and not in the driveway or install area. Lots of heavy hose to manuever, but the concrete team and Chad and Paul Winton were up to the task.

It took about 90 minutes from arrival to departure. About 11 cubic yards of concrete were used. These poles aren't going anywhere...if they needed to be removed it would be a task of cutting them off and burying the foundation.

The poles are nearly 16 feet in length. The photo below shows a 16 foot survey pole that has been put into the hole and runs the length of the pole.



The next photo shows Chad and the concrete man pumping into one of the holes. That takes about 350 psi of pressure to force that stuff through the 100 feet or so of hose.



Below is a filled hole. On Monday they will remove the support steel, clean up the poles and repaint them. Then the gravel will be moved back into place and the area should look like it hadn't been attacked by 60 foot gophers!

Later in the week the solar arrays should be installed. Stay tuned...



Here's a shot of the concrete pumping in action!