Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Construction – All walls started

The site in the morning; all the walls have been started and we are on our way to having the first layer of every wall by the end of the daySetting up Form3.1, the imporved form is stronger and straighter than Form3 but the blue rope becomes elastic in the sun and allows the from to creap open. More heavy cord will have to be bought in Kigali, as it is not available here. The start of the living room wall. This will be the single largest mass of rammed earth in the entire house and will hopefully be somthing of a show piece.The Master Mason Paul inspects the start of the livingroom wall The team of 'Helpers' who carry the earth from the pit to the site using the remains of broken plastic jerrycans as buckets

Posted by Hungry at 6:30 AM
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 16, 2010 at 2:54 PM

    I can see my room! I can see it!

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  2. UnknownMarch 16, 2010 at 9:25 PM

    Is there a race between finishing yours and finishing your neighbor's house?

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  3. HungryMarch 16, 2010 at 9:55 PM

    @Elana: Yup. that is it, front-left in the top picture.

    @ Dori: The Neighbours forfeited the race when they ran off to the US to get married... but they will start up again after the wet season.

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  4. kmwMarch 17, 2010 at 2:25 AM

    beautiful walls!

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  5. UnknownApril 15, 2010 at 5:47 PM

    OK - It's a month later. Where are the new pictures? NO slacking!!

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