Week 58, Day 5

Week 58, Day 5:

  • More progress on the ground works, back-filling behind the retaining wall and in the planters and levelling out the area by the side entrance
    • The lower section of retaining wall will be planted with ground-cover plants, and so it needs filling with topsoil and not the MOT 1 stone which can be seen in the photo, which will have to be dug out and replaced
    • This wall also needs lowering by one course of blocks so it lines up correctly with the middle step
  • A little more work on the outdoor electrics, setting galvanized steel conduit boxes into the blockwork and wiring the SWA cable into those for the outside lights and sockets
    • Most of the cables will be covered by the stone cladding
Week 58, Day 5

Week 58, Day 5

Back-filled retaining wall

Back-filled retaining wall

Levelled area by side door

Levelled area by side door

Cable boxes for outdoor lights and power sockets

Cable boxes for outdoor lights and power sockets

Week 58, Day 4

Week 58, Day 4:

  • More work on the retaining wall, preparing for back-filling
    • Installing the outside tap by the front steps, taking care with the pipe runs so this can be used to drain the water from all the outside pipework in winter
    • Installing the perforated pipe in a layer of pea gravel
    • Starting to back-fill the other sections with subsoil excavated previously
Week 58, Day 4

Week 58, Day 4

Perforated pipe installed in pea gravel behind retaining wall

Perforated pipe installed in pea gravel behind retaining wall