Awake: 7:07am Temp 54 sleep 7+50 sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
@ 7:38am, we saw a LARGE TRUCK coming onto our circular driveway.
It was the Bassett Masonry team who will be building the poured walls in the basement.
1st, the crane on the back of the truck did the unloading of the aluminum forms in baskets & placed them onto the temporary gravel basement floor.
These aluminum forms have a brick pattern on the inside....so when the form is taken off, it looks like the inside wall was bricked.
I've learned that this team of workers are all local guys living within a (10) mile range. These guys will assemble the wall structure using pins, wedges, etc, plus a lot of hammering.
Mid morning, Karen & Steve arrived & we all rode over to the town of Nanty Glo & had breakfast @ the Niner Diner. Afterward, we perused the 40's, 50's & 60's collectables in the back & side rooms that the diner has for sale.
Back at our house site, off & on, we watched the forms being slowly built up into a ¾ basement wall & visited with Karen & Steve.
Also a thick, dense foam blanket was set between the (2) walls (4 inches) from the outside wall for additional insulation of the wall.
Dinner: We all rode up to Ebensburg & had a good meal @ the "Off the Rak" restaurant & bar. K & I shared a tuna salad.
Back @ our motorhome, Steve & Karen decided to return to the City Hotel for the night & we agreed to meet them for breakfast @ 9:00am tomorrow @ Roland's Family Restaurant.
Lights out: 12:08am.
@ 7:38am, we saw a LARGE TRUCK coming onto our circular driveway.
It was the Bassett Masonry team who will be building the poured walls in the basement.
1st, the crane on the back of the truck did the unloading of the aluminum forms in baskets & placed them onto the temporary gravel basement floor.
These aluminum forms have a brick pattern on the inside....so when the form is taken off, it looks like the inside wall was bricked. I've learned that this team of workers are all local guys living within a (10) mile range. These guys will assemble the wall structure using pins, wedges, etc, plus a lot of hammering.
Mid morning, Karen & Steve arrived & we all rode over to the town of Nanty Glo & had breakfast @ the Niner Diner. Afterward, we perused the 40's, 50's & 60's collectables in the back & side rooms that the diner has for sale.
Back at our house site, off & on, we watched the forms being slowly built up into a ¾ basement wall & visited with Karen & Steve.Also a thick, dense foam blanket was set between the (2) walls (4 inches) from the outside wall for additional insulation of the wall.
Dinner: We all rode up to Ebensburg & had a good meal @ the "Off the Rak" restaurant & bar. K & I shared a tuna salad. Back @ our motorhome, Steve & Karen decided to return to the City Hotel for the night & we agreed to meet them for breakfast @ 9:00am tomorrow @ Roland's Family Restaurant.
Lights out: 12:08am.
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