{"id":4248,"date":"2019-08-21T16:30:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T21:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/?p=4248"},"modified":"2019-08-21T16:59:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T21:59:39","slug":"103-august-22-2019-its-a-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/2019\/08\/21\/103-august-22-2019-its-a-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"#104 – August 22, 2019 – It’s A Floor!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Friends,<\/span><\/div>\n
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Volunteers have been busy at Ishwar\u2019s dera project in Wisconsin. Recently, they finished pouring the concrete floor for ISHA\u2019s new Maintenance Shed\/Greenhouse. This building will be used to store vehicles and equipment, and can be used as a workshop when construction begins on the Meeting Hall Dome.<\/span><\/div>\n
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A Bobcat Skid-Steer Loader is used to grade and smooth the dirt floor in the Maintenance Shed.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Then, the garage bay is lined with Class 5 gravel, which is a crushed and graded sand\/gravel mix that contains a \u201cbinder\u201d that gives it extra strength.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The first cement truck arrives before 7:00 AM, and the hard work begins.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The concrete is flattened and leveled with a long screed board.<\/span><\/div>\n
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At the front end of the garage, they don\u2019t need the wheelbarrows!<\/span><\/div>\n
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An expert sevadar uses a large bull float to smooth out the surface and force the large gravel particles downward.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Next, the team of phenomenal workers gives a smooth edge to the floor.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Careful use of steel trowels creates a smooth and long-lasting finish.<\/span><\/div>\n
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When properly installed, a concrete floor is one of the most durable building materials on Earth. This gorgeous floor should last many lifetimes! <\/span><\/div>\n
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All done with Love & Devotion!!<\/span><\/div>\n
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There\u2019s always<\/u> a need for more helpers at the dera property. If you can help, even for a few hours in the garden, or for a week at the Bonus Seva event (Sept 7-12 and Sept 17-22), please contact me at ISHA.Dera.Seva@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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With warmest regards,<\/span>
Paul Bauer<\/span>
Chair of ISHA Building & Fund-Raising Committee<\/span><\/div>\n
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Dear Friends,   Volunteers have been busy at Ishwar\u2019s dera project in Wisconsin. Recently, they finished pouring the concrete floor for ISHA\u2019s new Maintenance Shed\/Greenhouse. This building will be used to store vehicles and equipment, and can be used as a workshop when construction begins on the Meeting Hall Dome.   A Bobcat Skid-Steer Loader is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-construction-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4259,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions\/4259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}