Tuesday, October 21, 2025

CONCRETE ROOF AND GARDEN






The roofs of both buildings are concrete, something I have never seen before in a home. I am looking forward to getting comfortable with it.
 


 


Looking from the west porch to the studio.


Assembling the pulley that will bring buckets of concrete up to the roofers.


These steel reinforced concrete  planks go up first, then concrete blocks are spaced in between and finally, more fresh concrete is poured on top.


Concrete being moved up to the top, bucket by bucket.



Manuela stripping leaves fron zeitoun branches. The leaves will be used as fertiler/mulch in the garden beds and the twigs and branches will form the hugel pathways.


Egg case of a praying mantis.


With so much of the ground used by the construction process, we stole a small space next to the toilet for a new garden bed.






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