Concrete floor in shed

I had set myself a couple of jobs that I wanted to get finished before I went back to Fonterra for the coming season. One of those jobs was to concrete the floor in my three bay shed. I was going to do all of the work by hand. I started small by boxing off ¼ of a bay to concrete first to see how it went. The concrete mixer I was using was electric so it was reasonable quit.

The brew that I made up each load was twelve gravel and two cement with water. My first attempt did not go to bad and the second time I finished the other ¼ bay. Next time I tried for ½ a bay and had jacked up for my son Sloan to come up for the day and help me to mix cement. It made things a lot easier having someone else to help out.

For the next ½ a bay I had Troy Gabedy in giving me a hand, this bay had one alteration and that was two cans embedded in the concrete with a steel rod through them. The idea is to be able to tie up the legs of an animal to this while the animal is pulled up to the ceiling which will skin the animal without me having to work too hard. It took about four hours to finish this ½ a bay.

Giving us time to go into the training block with one of Troy’s dogs. For the next ½ bay I had Sloan back along with one of my neighbours Craig, we were starting to get the hang of laying the cement so we could enjoy a beer as we worked. This was a most enjoyable day. The last bay was done ½ at a time on my own with the last ½ being completed in about three hours. I have also put up shelving in the shed so it is good to finally have everything organised so that I know where everything is. I have also added a stainless steel sink bench that will come in handy when cutting up an animal.