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Southeast corner; if you peer closely, you can just make out the top plate on the south wall (under the plastic. The scaffolding is still up on the east wall in preparation for putting up the concrete wall topper and top plate.
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East wall. On the right, under a ladder, you can see one of the 6"X12" steel box beams that will be spanning the top and supporting the roof.
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Southeast corner.
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This is the section of wall sprayed with concrete using our homemade concrete sprayer. The color is off for some reason; the concrete should be gray, as in the next photo.
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Another closeup of the concrete Don and I sprayed with our homemade equipment. It worked, but we would have still been working on it the same time next year.
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An overall view of the area Don and I sprayed.
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Ta da! Here is the west wall, from the outside, after the first coat of shotcrete.
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A better look at the west wall.
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Back wall with the first layer of shotcrete. If you look closely, you can still see the chicken wire in places and the rebar.
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East wall after the first layer of shotcrete. You can see the M2C1 scaffolding at the end of the wall. (Measure twice, cut once)
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Inside, ready for first coat of shotcrete. The blue-gray tint on some parts of the top plate are concrete over-shoot from spraying the other side.
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The dark, 3" hose is what delivers the concrete to the sprayer nozzel. It's heavy empty, and it weighs a ton when it's full of concrete.
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Part of the inside wall was sprayed, to use up the rest of the concrete after they finished the first coat on the outside. This was Tuesday evening, quitting time.
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Another view of the inside east wall. Horizontal lines are plastic package strapping tape; vertical lines are rebar.
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In this photo, you can see the chicken wire in front of the darker concrete.
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The slightly brighter, thin blue band between the footer and straw is blue dow foam.
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Back wall ready for the shotcrete. I've got calluses on my fingertips from working with the chickenwire and tying it on with mechanics wire.
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West wall from inside, ready for shotcrete.
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This is the shotcrete equipment; a pump and hopper, and flipped up over the back is a mixer for doing small quantities.
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Here's the other side of the shotcrete trailer.