We have been busy for the last week… On Friday we set out the trench lines for the leach field.
Day 1 – Saturday
Marked out and dug the first trench next to the hedge.
Day 2 – Sunday
Made a dispenser for the Geo-textile. Then started the cross trenches so we could lay the geotextile in the first trench and partially refill. The problem was the corners started to collapse into the first trench.
Dug out the collapsed stuff and tried the geotextile. There wasn’t enough intact walls to support the geotextile !
Day 3 – Monday
So we decided we would just dig the whole thing out! Then line with geotextile and refill in layers while compacting it down. Most of the hole dug out today.
Day 4 – Tuesday
Finished the hole and started to dig a ramp to allow machines access to the pit. Greased to digger.
Day 5 – Wednesday
Finished the ramp and drove the digger to the bottom! (A bit scary) Leveled the bottom and compacted
then fixed geotextile over the whole of the hole.
Started to put the sand back.
Day 6 – Thursday
Spent all day filling in the sand in thin layers and compacting as we went. Had a scare at 17:27 (see the time lapse)…
Yes the dumper rolled off on its own and Shaun was down there… Luckily I noticed it starting to move and shouted “SHAUN – GET OUT OF THE WAY” and he ran to the corner. It actually stopped as soon as it reached the bottom of the hole and wouldn’t have hit Shaun but …