The volunteer coordinator put out a call for as many hands — and boots — as were available. There are lots of steps in this process and it’s time-sensitive as the concrete begins to set and cure immediately.
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Although this saying might be appropriate (many hands make light work) I doubt that it's totally true in this situation. I don't think pouring and leveling concrete is light work.
@thewatersphotos Yeah, and realize who's not doing any actual work! I've never been involved in a concrete pour before and I didn't have big rubber boots or wear appropriately-trashed clothes to get down and dirty with material that would dry and be difficult to wash off afterward! Next time I'll know better what's involved! When it was done for our garage extension — https://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-08-28 — I saw the result after they were finished. And neither then nor at the Habitat site above did I get to see the forms removed; I would have liked to have seen that! One difference: the Habitat pour is for an outdoor patio, so it had to be "broomed" for texture. Our garage pour would become an indoor floor, so it wasn't broomed for texture.
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