Week 4, Day 1:
- Starting to remove the remaining soil inside the foundations, down to the level required for the over-site concrete below the void under the ground floor beams.
- Actually a bit lower in some places, where the remaining soil columns would not be stable – especially in wet weather.
- Installing the “slinky” pipes for the GSHP in the prepared trenches and starting to prepare the 50mm diameter pipework tails back to the house.
- Another 20 tonne delivery of sand, ready for covering over the GSHP collector pipes later in the week,
- In addition, I spent some time on Sunday clearing the remainder of the rubble from the concrete slab of the old cow shed.
Week 4, Day 1
Now that British Summer Time has ended this snapshot at 17:00 GMT, about 10 minutes after sunset, is close to the limit of what the camera is able to capture. It will soon be necessary to use the 16:00 shots as the “end of day” records.
Northern GSHP trench with “slinky” collector pipe installed on sand bedding
Southern GSHP trench with “slinky” collector pipe installed on sand bedding
Close up of 32mm GSHP “slinky” collector pipe
Fully cleared concrete slab of old cow shed, from south-east corner
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