Author: Stephen

Day 15 – Wednesday 25th August Another day in the pit. We thought we would be able to finish installing the tubes today. But soon after we started digging out…

Shaun was digging near the wall of the pit and a large section collpased on him. He was buried up his waist! But that was on 300mm deep as he…

Day 13 – Monday 23rd August Short days work today, started late after Shaun had an appointment and finished early because it rained! But we got the first section completed by…

Progress in installing the actual earth tubes in the bottom of the pit. Day 11 – Saturday 21st August Installed 5 earth tubes today, this involved moving large amount of…

Day 10 – Friday 20th August Down into hell again, well the pit is very hot when the sun shines… Started by repairing the frame holding the exit pipes as…

We started to dig the first trench for the earth tubes and as soon as it was full depth the walls started to collapse, a large chunk from the right…

Day 4 – Thursday 5th August Started the day by doing a repair on the digger which I had been meaning to do for ages. The switch which allows the…

Started moving the top soil to our spoil heap at the top of the garden. Just load and dump over and over again… Day 2 – Tuesday 3rd August Day…

The next job is to clear the area for the garage, earth tubes, rainwater tanks and soak away. We need to remove the top soil over the area from the…

Yippee the mass wall is now finished .. I think this the the hardest thing we have done so far (a foretaste of things to come). Here are some statistics…