Due to weather, it was several days before we were able to pour the slab on Saturday, December 20th, 2019. It was really cool to see the concrete fill in the stem walls and get spread around. I was a bit worried that some malefactor would come by and put his footprints in the wet cement or sign his name or something like that, but I kept checking and no such thing happened. We were lucky to pour concrete on that day because the weather has been otherwise very wet and rainy. That’s actually good for the concrete, as it slows the time to cure and make the concrete as hard as it can be.

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Before we can pour a slab, we have to have “ABC” aggregate material to fill most of the cavity formed by the stem walls. The slab will sit or float on the materials. I asked someone why it is called “ABC” aggregate and the letters merely refer to three different sizes of material (rock/gravel). So, you basically just fill up the space with aggregate and allow it to settle and then pour the slab. Below are some photos of the aggegate in place.

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