Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Septic tanks started
The digger men turned up this morning to start installing the two septic tanks and filter beds. The bad news is I took loads of photos but left the camera behind at work. I'll update tomorrow with photos. Pictures speak a thousand words.
After a some minor discussion and planning about placement the guys got straight on with the job digging two very large deep holes for each tank at the front of each house. Each tank is 3000 litres, that's 3 cubic meters, so lots of spoil. Most of the spoil was clay.
The only hiccup during the day was that the lorry delivering gravel for the filter beds got stuck driving across the garden. The digger soon managed to pull him clear. I suspect it's quite a regular occurrence as they were not fazed at all and just hooked up a chain to pull him free. I also lost a couple of concrete gate posts and a garden wall which got pulled out by the digger to give the lorry access. I was going to pull them out and remove the wall for a better view anyway, so they saved me a huge job.
By the end of the day both tanks were buried, two thirds filled with water, and all the soil and ventilation pipes connected up. Interestingly they are not allowed to use 90 degree bends and have to layout the pipework to avoid sharp turns. I guess it's to avoid blockages.
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brittany
renovation
Septic tanks started
