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I worked out that it would take 4 of us all day to do an equivalent amount by hand, and that would have been on a good day with four strong people (most of my friends are cyclists). I chose to spend the extra cash and not get that much in goodwill debt with my friends. Father in law sounds like a safe investment of labour though.
chiroshi-
Yeah, it would go comparatively faster with more people.
I’m in France at the moment and helping father in law build a storage barn. Approx 8x15 metres, 8x4 of it being on a concrete slab.
He had ordered timber before the price increases, and I moved about 2 tonnes of timber from storage to close to the site. Sadly given myself tennis elbow I think.
He is a pretty good at DIY, though I have suggested getting the concrete pumped in, he already has 15 tonnes of aggregate and sand available.
We’re building concrete padstones for the posts this week, maybe doing the concrete slab early next week and then putting the posts up.
Acliff
Planning to do 3.2 cubic metres of concrete, in 3 zones, with father in law, with a shovel, mixer and a wheelbarrow.
I think it will be about 30h work.