Last the crushed rock was packed and leveled:Īt the End of October it is time for the bottom slab with rebar and ancors for the concrete walls. Next stop was the trench up front to form a square: Leaving my 'U'-shaped 80 cm ice wall ready. Then again it was time for the concrete trucks:Īfter removing the threaded bars and the OSB, all what is left are the pieces of duct work inside the concrete: I used threaded bar inside ductwork as spacers. Therefore the ready-mixed concrete trucks could drive directly into the pit and I could save the money for a large concrete pump:Īnd the third truck only got nearly stuck in the dirt.*phew*Īfter drying (and a first delivery of crushed rock) I placed some oriented strand board on top of the first layer of the ice wall: In the end it is just a hobby.Īs it will be partly build into a hill (sort of) it will be half build out of concrete and half out of bricks.Įnough talk, let's get to the dirty pictures!Īt first I dug out a big hole behind my house and formed a 'U' shaped trench for the first part of the ice wall. Having an Eye on the budget is a major concern. It will get a single pitch roof and will be mostly build by hand. As said in the 'Introduction-Area' my name is Adrian and as the Topic suggests I'm from Germany (please excuse my lumpy english).Īfter years of reading here in the Forum and dreaming of my own workshop, I stopped dreaming an took a shovel (or maybe it was an excavator shovel.) to start building.Īs I've read you folks are always interested in builds of a different kind, I tought it would only be fair to share my path along my concrete-road with you lot.

Concrete lego blocks