Trenches

Had the trenches pulled out Tuesday. Used the same digger driver who scraped the site. We set out for them over the weekend. Used a 500mm trench with wall thickness being 300mm. 100mm play either side. Standard 1 metre deep as the ground is 'sandy ballast'. In the end there were 5 loads of muck taken. 18 Tonnes each, although I think the wagon filled up rather than weighed too much. Also got 18 metres of drain put in back from the existing manhole on the house to the right. We put a load (20 tonne) of stone in the centre for the hardcore base and had a load on the front so the heavy wagons can back in and it keeps it clean underfoot.

We actually poured the footings today so as the trenches didn't collapse on us. Far too busy to mess about taking photos but I'll take some tomorrow or Friday. I'll show how the drain connects in to the manhole as well.

These flags will be 'blowing' away