BCO Approves Garage's Structual designs!
We had an email today from Dave, our Building Control Officer, saying that the Structual Engineering report on the Garage design is ok and he is happy so long as…
Building Control's First Inspection Visit!
Dave our Building Control Officer came today to inspect our Leach field and the pipes. He said “OK” and that was that! Painless! So Far! He asked to see the…
First 6 days of Leach field construction
We have been busy for the last week… On Friday we set out the trench lines for the leach field. Day 1 – Saturday Marked out and dug the first…
Made Pipes for Leach field
We cut the drainage slots into our standard sewage pipes with a circular saw. We also did a trial layout of leach field.
Received 450 square metres of geotextile
We have today recieved two rolls of geotextile! Each is 2.25m wide by 100m long! These are bargin purchases because they are “seconds”. We plan to use them as liners…
Clear the end of the Loke.
The last 10m of the loke has been used as dumping ground for soil, rubble and junk for many years. A few years ago our neighbor cleared a section by…
Set up temporary fencing
Now the hedge is gone we needed a barrier against accidents by passers by. So we pounded in a set of posts and topped them with a rail. The red…
Ripped out most of the Hedge along the loke.
We used the digger to pull out most of the Hedge from the Old Garage to the Front path along Smiths Loke. This will give us better access to the site and allow…
Removed concrete garage base
Removed the concrete base of the old garage. Started by using demolition hammer then decided to try using the mini digger. The mini digger wouldn’t start! The battery had gone…
Approval on Boundarys and Levels
We received an email from the Planning officer to say that we have approval over the addition info we sent at the end of April. So No further planning issues…