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| awemawson:
Pete is of course quite right, and rather than risk them blowing out I sacrificed a pile of cribbing timber, slicing it up on the Dominion saw bench and fitted braces. I suspect that if the concrete was reasonably dry it would have been fine, but better safe than sorry |
| awemawson:
Well at LONG LAST work has started late today. Should have been first cock crow yesterday but the ground plan got lost in the post :bang: Should have been first thing this morning but Darren got called away to an emergency repair :bang: ... But today at about 4 pm he turned up with his six ton digger and started shifting earth to get some levels and work out how much the land needs building up. Quick panic series of phone calls when we work out we need an extra three eight wheeler 'roll on roll off' lorries full of fill before putting down the 300 mm of hardcore that will be under the 150 mm of concrete That's a BIG pile of fill, but as luck would have it, a friend was working on a site where they are pulling it out and could bring it in tomorrow - phew (if it all works out) Tomorrow Darren has to repair a bale crusher on his way over here but expects to get a fair bit done - me, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed :scratch: |
| DaveS:
Good to see things underway, I've got a couple of barrow loads of rubble, but I'm not going to push them all the way to you even with a following wind :lol: Do the pigs stress out with the noise or just carry on eating? |
| awemawson:
Dave I need a few million of your wheelbarrow fulls ! So its mid afternoon day 2 and so far only one load of subsoil, and that was a grab lorry not a ro-ro :bang: Getting desperate for sub soil - have put feelers out but no more bites yet. I did chat up the grab lorry driver and he brought a load of top soil which we will stockpile on the field ready for finishing off, and he's bringing me another load (16 cu M ) of top soil on Monday - but until we can find some subsoil things are going to slow down. I went off and bought 42 metres of 110 mm underground drain pipe. A bit will actually be used as drains, but the majority is duct work under the building for water and electrics, and also a run side to side to give me a cable duct for internal wiring . We pulled out the original 6" cast iron pipe that brought water in to the tank that was previously where we're building - blooming heavy - about 24 foot of it now cut in two to be slightly more manageable. |
| awemawson:
Well much against my expectations I got another load of sub soil in this afternoon, and this time a very nicely packed Ro-Ro, the driver reckoned he was a good 5 ton over weight :bugeye: Slightly bigger pile than last time. But it'll be next week before any more comes in I think |
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