Late today Shaun called with bad news, the big concrete mystery hole is live mains drainage. It's the drain for the big house 3 doors down.
The boys had carried on digging today when one of them broke through and got covered in "effluent" - yuk! Although Shaun may have used another term!
The water at the bottom of the hole which they had assumed was just the water table, wasn't!
So this means more complication and expense. Tomorrow the drain will have to be surveyed (£200) with a 30 metre camera and the building inspector (Gail) will have to approve the solution.
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Monday, 20 July 2009
Friday, 10 July 2009
Day 5 - the Mystery Concrete Structure
While digging the footings the builder's have found this
It's some kind of round concrete structure
They don't know what it is yet but its' location is bad news. It's right under the main exterior wall and where the new wall will come out from.
The (real) Building Inspector came round today and she has to approve the footings before they can be filled. Unfortunately she's not happy with filling this as it is so the guys will have to dig deeper to find out what it is.
On a much more exciting note - the concrete comes tomorrow - on a Satuday!
It's some kind of round concrete structure
They don't know what it is yet but its' location is bad news. It's right under the main exterior wall and where the new wall will come out from.
The (real) Building Inspector came round today and she has to approve the footings before they can be filled. Unfortunately she's not happy with filling this as it is so the guys will have to dig deeper to find out what it is.
On a much more exciting note - the concrete comes tomorrow - on a Satuday!
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