Forms

This afternoon I set up almost half of the forms for the foundation. It went well. The water level took some getting used to, but once I learned the tricks it worked well enough. Though, I must admit, a laser level would have been much more convenient.

Time and money have influenced some changes to the original plan. I had thought that having the screened in area as part of the same continuous concrete floor would have been a nice touch, but having it supported by posts with a regular old wood floor would be easier and cheaper. The bakery room has been on the chopping block in my mind for a while. Constructing the space and the oven would be costly and time consuming. Down the road if I felt inspired to build a clay oven, it could stand alone outside like traditional rural bread ovens in Quebec.

I could be pouring concrete in a couple weeks.