All Trenches Filled!
Today, again with marvellous weather, we finished filling in the trenches that has the sewage pipelines in. The trench cutting across the driveway and footpath was carefully layered with regular…
Started Filling in Trenches!
This afternoon, we started putting all the dirt and soil back into all the trenches of our three sewage pipe runs. We began at the trench cutting across our driveway,…
Air Tunnel Foundation Poured
This morning, we mixed up 3 bags of cement and 18 buckets of ballast and poured the lot into the open area we had all stuttered and ready. This slab…
Adjusting Earth Tubes Chamber
Today, while we waited for the building control inspector to visit us, we got on with making adjustments to the Earth Tube Mixing Chamber. We had originally constructed it several…
Approval from Inspector!
This afternoon, our building control inspector, Ken, came along and look at our sewage lines. He went around asking questions about what that line is for and what this sewage…
Rebuilt the Boundary Fence with Workshop
And this afternoon, while we were waiting for the building inspector to come to look at our sewage pipes, we rebuilt the boundary fence, between us and the workshop. We…
Third Pipe Run all Finished!
Today, in the morning, we finished off the 3rd and final pipe run. We bedded it down with the gravel and used the laser level machine to determine and make…
Second Line Completed and Third almost Finished too!
Today, in glorious sunshine for most of the day, we completed the 2nd line of sewage pipes and got it bedded down in gravel before any further possible collapses of…
Dug out Pipe 2 Trench
We have dug out the trench for the second sewer pipe today. We dug most of it by hand as it was shallow and easy to dig. We stopped when…
Second Sewage Line Started
Today, we started the more difficult sewage pipeline, the one that is running across our driveway. It was tight to get the mini-digger in pass the garden shed, the air…