Garden Observatory

After searching around for a while and getting some laughable quotes on observatorys, I decided upon the Pulsar Observatories 2.2m model.

The base requirements info in the pulsar website is excellent - following that I started on my base build..
With 150mm * 2.4m gravel board and various other pieces of wood in hand - it was time to start..

I chalked out the 2.4m square and decided to round off the facing corner..	Created the edging and wondered how to sort out the curve.	Curve sorted and the dig started - through to the clay in no time :(
Deep enough now - I hope...	Ready for the cement.
The cement was ordered in advance and I couldn't have chosen a worse day... it was 31 degrees Celcius outside and I had to bring it from the front of the house by wheelbarrow. The concrete dried so fast it was impossible to get ot to a decent smoothness after tamping. A bit of a disappointment, but at least it was level(ish). I may skim it ofter the observatory is in position if it doesn't look too nice.
I think I ordered a tad too much cement.. leaving it out to dry in a thin layer.	Reclaimed the patio.. Why does it rain now?	Tidied up - all ready for the observatory now
September the 8th was the day.. well it should have been the 6th - but that was cancelled due to the weather. I opted for them to build it as they know what they're doing - and besides - I can't even put a MFI wardrobe together straight.
11:58 - The pieces were being brought through and Gary started on the dome.	12:24 - Dave stood the first wall piece up.	12:38 - All wall pieces up and bolted together (you can also see the pier in there).
13:29 - Dome placed on top of walls.	14:25 - All done.

I can't recommend these guys highly enough - they were polite and took the time to explain all functions of the observatory and also gave me advice about levelling the inside floor a tad more before putting the flooring down.. The level wasn't as good as it could have been (my bad) .
All I had to do all day was make cups of tea.