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In our "special" house, we have a drain in the middle of the garage floor that goes to the sump in the crawlspace. Brian placed a metal trim a foot from the walls at the sides of the garage and three feet from the back of the garage. The area outside the trim is level and inside the trim the floor pitches to the center drain.
Thursday morning Alex and crew were onsite, promptly at 9 am pouring concrete in the garage. It's sloppy work. They first poured concrete outside of the metal rim and then inside. The control freak in me wanted to point out imperfections in the finish every step of the way, but Alex and his crew are pros, moving concrete around in a pre-finish state.
Once they had the angles to the drain correct they cut an apron into the front of the garage floor for the garage door.
They also poured the base for the firewood storage between the garage and the front door.
...And the pad for the heat pump unit for the heating and cooling unit behind the garage.
The garage floor, blocked by a ladder to prevent any accidental steps onto the new concrete...No initials here!
The garage floor has since been pre-treated and treated to prevent staining and covered with stain resistant paper to keep it pristine. After a few days they laid plywood over the surface to prevent nicks and gouges in our new garage floor.
Before they install the front door, sidelight and Scott's office window, Brian wants to have the entry sidewalk poured. Alex wants to consolidate trips, so they will likely pour the walkway pads through the front courtyard and the area for garbage and recycling to the west of the driveway at the same time. Timing tbd, but maybe next week if we get good weather.