Getting there....

The grain bins are now up and the tops have been painted red to match the barn and one of the other outbuildings. The roof material that will be in between the grain bins will be a grey color. So, we are thinking that the colors will be red,grey,tan and/or green. We go back and forth on the colors but still have time to make that decision later.

We laid down a layer of foam over the gravel in the bins first. Chris ended up finding some 1 1/2 inch foam on Craigslist and bought it to use. At $10 a sheet 20 feet long it was a bargain. We purchased enough to put foam  under all of the concrete for $300. Unfortunately, once we got it home and unbundled it we discovered that there were alot of places where the foam had bad spots we had to piece together. So, our great deal ended up being a good deal still but we had to use 2 layers of foam where we were going to use only one. Honestly, it is probably better because now there is 3 inches of foam to insulate the concrete instead of 1 1/2 inches. Live and learn.
 

Again the rebar came off of craigslist. We paid $4.50 a 20 foot stick. This rebar was new and basically leftover from other jobs that a contractor was selling. We got enough rebar for the entire downstairs ( almost 200 sq foot) for less than $1000.

Chris decided that it would be best to extend the rebar out of the grain bin ( since we will be pouring the middle at a different time). Then all of the rebar will be tied to each slab that we pour and it will help to keep the slabs from ever cracking or shifting.
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The start of laying the radiant tubing after laying out all of the rebar. 

We went around on the inside and outside of the bins and coated the places that would be under concrete or under dirt with a waterproofing tar.

We are getting close to pouring the concrete!! Now we cross our fingers that the weather stays good on the weekends so that we can get it done!

This is the sun set view that our front porch will have.