Week 25 Tuesday

September 23 2014

Wouldn't you know it a film crew is shooting a Toyota commercial on the same day we are pouring cement.  At least it is in the block down the street and not in front of our house where they usually shoot because of Lombard Street.  The only problem is that they have taken all of the parking on several streets for the shoot.  

We have a huge cement truck plus a truck the same size that carries all of the equipment and is towing a machine that pumps the cement up to the fourth floor

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 There are 17 guys on the job.  3 from the cement company, 2 from my contractor and the other 12 are pouring cement into a wheelbarrow, dumping , raking, leveling, and them smoothing with a large trowel in each room.  They started at 8 am and said it would all be finished in one to two hours.  

The pump truck which is sending the cement up to the 4th floor and the view down to the street.

One wheelbarrow at a time, actually several, but this is how they get it into the individual rooms.

Really hard work, heavy lifting, dirty and a lot of it on your knees or leaning over.  They did not finish it two hours more like six and you don't get a break because cement can become concrete in a blink of an eye.

There is a big mess everywhere that they assure me they will clean up but I will check before the rest of the owners get home.

Stay tuned and watch the transformation.  If you want a hint of it's future look at my Pinterest posts.  http://www.pinterest.com/jdzinesf/hyde-street-penthouse/

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