One of the first areas to be cemented was the back of the house. I really wanted to get the shed slab down ready for a garden shed, and the cracks between the rocks filled in where snakes and rats may want to nest.

The end result from cementing doesn't look too bad as it had a rough look.

The shed was one of the first main areas. The first slab is shown below. Every section was constructed from generally 3m by 1m slabs, all mixed by the hand mixer.

The finished shed slab composed of 4 separate slabs.

The image below shows the shed slab raised 2-3cm above the rest of the cement around the back of the house.

The narrow side of the house was cemented in preparation for tiling and link block edge gardens.

All of the cement slabs needed to be sloped away from the house and more importantly sloped into rainwater drain pits left by the house builder.

Correct sloping slabs are vital to ensure heavy rainfall gets directed quickly into drains.

The alfresco area was cemented quickly as well. This was so that I had a waterproof base to lay all of the bags of cement and for storage of tools and equipment.

It didn't take long to cement the entire alfresco area plus the walkway beside it down the side of the house.

The slabs work there way around the house providing easy access completely around the house no matter the weather conditions.

One of the last section to cement was the re-inforced 125mm thick section of concrete for the spa.

The spa required a 30A cable to be on the safe side, so an electrician was paid to supply the cable and conduit. I was asked to dig the 300mm deep (under concrete) trench to house the cable and conduit.

Once the concrete is complete and the tiles are layed on top, you will never know where the power comes from to feed the spa.

The image below shows the cement mixer purchased from Bunnings. The total of concrete used was close to 40 cubic metres and a total of 258 bags of cement!