Something on the technical side today

TRENCHES TO HOUSE AND GARAGE

Today we started nice and early, 7am, groundwork contractor likes to work before the birds get up, or maybe it's just because he supplies worms for the aforementioned birds.

Anyway on the work side of things, Erkki, the digger man, dug a couple of trenches for us,these were for the inspection pipe and the main drainpipes to the house.

WATER MAINS SPIGOT AND INSPECTION PIPE


It only took 3 hours to put in the drainpipes, including coffee breaks and numerous smokes. Not complaining about that, this is a job I've only done a few times before, again I was fortunate enough to have someone who knows how it goes.

DRAINPIPES IN NOW FOR THE FILLING




TOWNS SURVEYOR, CALIBRATING HIS ELECTRONIC MEASURE WITH THE SATELLITE
SURVEYOR TRANSFERRING HIS MEASURES TO THE GROUND, THIS IS ONE CORNER OF THE HOUSE

PROTECTIVE MEMBRANE BETWEEN CLAY AND HARDCORE

SEEPAGE DRAIN AND MEMBRANE

SEEPAGE DRAIN AND MEMBRANE ON GABLE ENDThe reason for the seepage drain and membrane is, 1, the under soil is clay, groundwater can't penetrate it, therefore, we put a special pipe underground, this pipe is full of small holes, which the water can flow into, any groundwater is then led away to the main drains.

The membrane, that is to keep the clay and hardcore from mixing, over the years the weight of the hardcore will press down on the clay, no membrane and seepage drain could lead to subsidence, which is not a very good thing in any ones book. Up till now I've been fortunate, this is the first time in 20 years that I have had to put a membrane down, seepage drains are a matter of course in Finland, just goes to show, an old dog can learn a new trick, now where's my biscuit.