The work continues .. ..

Day 7 – Friday

Finished off the sand layer to required depth (700mm). Marked out the trench lines ready for the 40mm stones.

Day 7 - End of Day
Day 7 - End of Day

Day 8 – Saturday

First load of the 40mm stones to the depth of 300mm.

Day 8 - End of Day
Day 8 - End of Day

Day 9 – Sunday

Finished the stones.

Day 9 - 3pm Stones all down
Day 9 - 3pm Stones all down

Installed the leaky pipes and bed them in on the correct level (1 in 200) no more than 50mm lower from start to the farthest point!

Day 9 - 6pm Pipes installed
Day 9 - 6pm Pipes installed

Day 10 – Monday

Collect up the remaining stones. The building Control officer came (just a flicker of him at 11:30am!!!), he says “Looks good!” Delivery of 20tons of 10mm stones.

Day 10 - Ready for inspection
Day 10 - Ready for inspection

Day 11 – Wednesday

Put remaining 40mm stones over the pipes. Cover the whole area with a layer of the geotextile and weighted it down.

Day 11 - 1pm Top Geo-texile in place
Day 11 - 1pm Top Geo-texile in place

Started filling in everything!

Day 11 - EOD & Ramps gone
Day 11 - EOD & Ramps gone

Day 12 – Thursday

Continued and finished filling in the hole.

Day 12 - EOD & The Holes gone
Day 12 - EOD & The Holes gone

Well That’s that!

By Shaun

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