Rainwater Tank Day 3
Spent the morning laying the 3 layers of material down. 1st layer was standard geo-textile (grey), 2nd layer was the waterproofing EPDM rubber membrane (Black) and last was Polyfelt padding (White).…
Rainwater Tank Day 2
Did preparation work for installing the rainwater tank. Started by marking out and leveling the sand for the base of the tank, we spent so time getting the right as…
Rainwater Tank Day 1
Had a relaxed day today. Went and purchased some mini access chamber raising rings and a lid to use on the rainwater tank for access into it. Then made a…
Rainwater Soakaway
Installed the rainwater soakaway this afternoon. We carefully leveled the area in the corner of the trench and then placed geo-textile down. Then installed 18 Aquacell modules in a 3m…
Heat Pump Pipes Day 5
Finished covering the pipes with fill and tidied up the pipes at the garage end.
Heat Pump Pipes Day 4
Day 3 – Tuesday 31st August Finished laying the pipes in the trench. Now we have to cover them in fill (sand/soil) to the level of the bottom of the…
Heat Pump Pipes Day 3
Day 2 – Monday 30th August Lots of rain yesterday and overnight (25mm), this caused another wall collapse near the exit of the earth tubes. Luckily its time to start…
Heat Pump Pipes Day 2
A short day… Continued to lay pipes and got the first run of pipes from the house end to the wall of the trench next to the shed done. Then…
Earth Tubes Day 18 & Heat Pump Pipes Day 1
Day 18 – Saturday 28th August Continued to cover the earth tubes with more sand by moving the excess from the right of the L. But while compacting the fill…
Earth Tubes Days 16 & 17
Day 16 – Thursday 26th August Rained all day! But we did buy a submersible pump for the rainwater tank. Day 17 – Friday 27th August The rain yesterday caused…