Pouring and Smoothing the Basement Floor

Leveque Brothers came through once again, on time and ready to go. This time they came in pairs. After our contractor poured the walls we were ready to go with the basement pour. One truck’s load was a little wet so the pumper delivery operator mixed the two trucks concrete for better texture.

The pumper operator that Jason had arranged (nice guy, wish I could remember his name!) is owner/operator of Zenner. He’s from Norwood, based in Lakefield or Peterborough and is very professional. Veronica (our resident photographer) snapped a photo of him without consent - to give you the phone number if you need a good operator.

Back to the Log Home Build…

Within an hour Jason Hoover of ICF Building Solutions had poured into and filled the Logix blocks of our home with the help of an able concrete pumper operator. Although Jason almost always works with this company, the rapport between Jason’s team and the operator was top notch. It appeared all that was required was a simple nod or a point to an opposite side of the house to move onto the next step during the wall pouring process.

We arrived late and without enough knowledge but were saved by our ICF contractor Jason Hoover.

Although we began with good intentions and attempted to do the work ourselves, it wasn’t long before Jason noticed that we needed help and jumped in. The photo above is of our efforts as first off concrete pouring and finishing.

Jason and his able bodied team hopped into the foundation and helped us pour and smooth the basement floor for our log home.

Below is a quick shot of Jason giving us quick lessons on how to use the concrete smoother tool with the ridiculously long handle…

Here’s another of Jason working the corner of the basement floor…

Pixie the wonder dog was there. Getting under everyone’s feet and trying to partake in the festivities of pouring concrete. (We almost lost her twice!)