For me day two in Haiti was mostly about the septic system. The 5' deep hole got completely dug out, which we covered with two layers of 10mil plastic. We then placed five tractor tyres into it, stacked on top of each other. The last tyre had a 8" long millipede in it, that surprised Amzy, who was maneuvering the tyres.
We tacked the plastic in place, then started the foundation for th bathroom above the septic system. The concrete footing encompassed a circular ring of re bar to strengthen it. Meanwhile me, Peter Coss and Amzy started drilling 16 re bar pins into the edge of the footing. We then attached small, then medium sized wire to the 8 slightly curved intermingled lines.
After the wire was in place we added a thin layer of cement to the lathe, to start the form of the dome.
Mike R had then started digging the footing for the foundation of the shower room. We repeated what we had just done for the septic / toilet room, by pouring cement around a circular re bar. After the footing had set up we then built a bottle layer directly on top of it.
Bottle work was done on the cistern and the footing for the toilet too, so the shape of the building site really started to take form today.
Phil and crew worked on a second layer for the roof structure on the main dome, which then then lathed. After lunch Phil, Rory and Salty started a chain of people to fill the void between the two roof layers. This insulation was composed of Styrofoam and cardboard collected from the streets of port au Prince, and stuffed into rubbish bags. Phil said the bags really smelled funky, and later that day uncovered a dead chicken from under the bags of insulation! Nasty!
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