Earth Tubes – Day 7, 8 and 9
With the hole finally dug out, we have been sorting out the bits and pieces that will be placed down, down into the pit! Not much visible work is happening…
Earth Tubes Plan B – Day 5
The growing and unstoppable hole continues .. .. We are nearly there! Does anyone want some nice soft sand? Going cheap! Just bring your own 20ton lorry! Day 5 –…
Earth Tubes Plan B – Day 4
With the newly energised Dumper Truck (the battery is now fully charged!) Stephen dashed out to do as possible before the forecasted heavy rain comes!! guess What? No Rain! Stephen…
Earth Tubes Plan B Day 2 and 3
Stephen is working hard in digging the Great Hole! It is a case of doing a few hours in between rain showers and sometimes heavy ones!! But also tackling man…
Dumper Truck is down in the Dumps #2
Yippeee! We managed to jump start the dumper truck! We tipped the load and drove it back to the house to connect the battery charger! Phew! That is a great…
Dumper is down in the Dumps!
OH GEE WIZ! Our truck is broken! The starter motor is making a horrible crunching noise! Oh Blimey! We phoned our cousin for his expert opinion and listening via our…
Earth Tubes Design Conclusion!
We have finally settled on a design of connecting up all the earth tubes and getting the air in and out of them! We have 12 tubes all together, each…
Earth Tubes Plan B Day 1
We started digging for gold today! The 4.2m wide (over 13 feet) by 18m long (59feet) hole is quite big with a spur (like a capital L) spur for another…
Earth Tubes Approval
We had a flying visit from our Building Control inspector and we had a quick talk about the need to make sure the ground under and around the garage will…
Collapsing trenches
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…