By 9:00 a.m., 120 tons of stone had been delivered from Martin's Quarry, and the cement contractors were beginning to spread the 4" stone portion of the foundation. (The foundation will consist of 4" of stone with 4" of cement on top.) Soon after 9, the skies opened up and the thunder hit causing a work stoppage. Not a good idea to be in an open field with a bunch of steel poles in a thunderstorm!
Fortunately, the storms didn't last long, and by 11:00 a.m., everyone was back at work. Two more trucks had to be called and came after lunch with some additional stone for a total of 170 tons!
All of the stone was laid and raked level by 3:00, and Landis Plumbing arrived to help lay the bubble wrap which serves a vapor barrier underneath the radiant heat in the floor. By this time two additional guys from the cement crew came to build several forms needed before pouring the cement and they also began laying steel grid on top of the bubble wrap. This will be used to secure the radiant heat tubing in the cement.
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