Category: Phase 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…

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…

Finished covering the pipes with fill and tidied up the pipes at the garage end.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…