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
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Day 9 - Rubble and mess
The back garden
The pile of garage floor rubble waiting to go in the mystery hole.
Where the garage floor used to be
The mystery hole
The pile of garage floor rubble waiting to go in the mystery hole.
Where the garage floor used to be
The mystery hole
Sunday, 12 July 2009
Day 6/7 - Moving out
Saturday was the excitement of the concrete followed by a lot of intense house planning. We'd accumulated a number of notes on our original list of requirements plus all the things I'd been writing in the notebook from the first week with the builders.
So we spent several hours sitting in the dining room confirming, discussing and making plans for the patio, boys bedroom, power sockets, AV planning etc.
By Sunday the concrete was pretty set
I spotted this rather forlorn bulb looking lonely on the foundations. The foundations have butted up to what used to be the bulb section of the garden and this one decided to make a run for it.
This is the structure the builders constructed to protect the mystery concrete pipe from the foundation pouring.
So we spent several hours sitting in the dining room confirming, discussing and making plans for the patio, boys bedroom, power sockets, AV planning etc.
By Sunday the concrete was pretty set
I spotted this rather forlorn bulb looking lonely on the foundations. The foundations have butted up to what used to be the bulb section of the garden and this one decided to make a run for it.
This is the structure the builders constructed to protect the mystery concrete pipe from the foundation pouring.
Saturday, 11 July 2009
Day 6 - Foaming Concrete
The concrete lorry arrives bright and early on Saturday morning
Master Concrete smiles for the camera - he seemed amused that we were taking pics of the concrete!
Shaun swooshes the concrete along the footings towards the back. It was like thick grey porridge.
The concrete man standing in his lorry
The builders have blocked off the mystery concrete structure round the back so the foundations don't fill that far.
Master Concrete smiles for the camera - he seemed amused that we were taking pics of the concrete!
Shaun swooshes the concrete along the footings towards the back. It was like thick grey porridge.
The concrete man standing in his lorry
The builders have blocked off the mystery concrete structure round the back so the foundations don't fill that far.
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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