What a change in a week!
Apart from the inside of the hangar covered in red dust, we now have a one metre wide concrete footpath right around the hangar, AND a large area to form an outdoor area directly off what will be our kitchen/lounge.
We hadn't planned putting in all the concrete quite so soon, but Brian Godfrey our concretor arrived to put the floor in Mark and Jeanene Howard's hangar next door so he completed our concreting at the same time. But at least we hope it means we will be out of the dust. When it rains (if it ever does again) the soil immediately turns to red clag which sticks to everything. Nothing like walking along and growing taller each stride as mud builds up on the soles of your shoes.
And our driveway from roller-door to the boundary is also concreted. Just a few metres left to do from our boundary to the road. It would have all been completed but for an electrical pit fair slap bang in the middle of the drive so we had to wait for electrical company to increase the height of the pit. And the best part is there are no electrical connections to that pit, we were instructed to use one a few metres away.
Stan had the sliding glass door frames set down in the concrete slab to overcome the problem of a small ledge when you walk in or out, and we're extremely pleased with the result.
Darren from Cobram Windows came with our fly screen security doors to go on the sliding doors and he also changed the glass in one sliding door from clear to grey glass. It was incorrect when it was originally delivered. The grey sheet glass certainly cuts down glare from the surrounding white hangars and we know we'll never be sorry we used it.
As our concrete onto the taxiway was still above ground level by about four inches, Glenn Saunders came in and excavated soil with his bobcat and refilled it with three truckloads of crusher rock which he compacted to a solid surface. The taxiway is to be resealed so we will pay for this area to be sealed at the same time.
And Stan hasn't been at all idle through the week. He has secured in place all the floor struts for the upstairs section, and just on completed the sheet flooring on top of them.
And when I arrived home from Yarrawonga today I opened a letter from Moira Shire saying they have renumbered John Duigan Drive and our number is now 35. It doesn't really affect us apart from advising utility companies, but it will be painful for businesses with stationary and advertising printed with their original numbers.
It's very strange to come home and not find dust and grit all over the kitchen benchtops. And no, the dust in the hangar isn't at all like household dust!
That's it for this week - the camera is still at the hangar so unless I work out how to get photos off a little disk, the photos still won't be updated for at least another week.