The hardcore is down and should be tamped tomorrow.
Slit trench to locate Main drain
Met with the drainage engineer this morning. If the main drain was under the house we would have to divert it (expensive). The builder dug a slit trench to locate it and it does not pass under the house and is far enough away not to require redirection of the drain. (Hooray!) The shed is close to the pipe but its a lot lighter and can be moved a bit. I will talk to the drainage engineer tomorrow to let him know.
This is the line of pipe, imaginatively marked PIPE.
Other good news, The drainage engineer has said that we can put the surface water into a soakaway pit at the back of the site pending a hydrologists report on the location, this will save us having to open up the road to the front with the attendant disruption and cost.
Click on soakaway above for an explanation for what it is if you don't know. This website is also an excellent source of information about all forms of paving
1 comment:
Hi Malcom, great idea and very interesting to see how it's coming along. I'll be paying close attention as I might try doing something similiar in the next year or so. You did well with NTL! Can you imagine if it was Eircom?????!
Say hi to O and the lads for me.
See ya in a few weeks.
John
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