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| 12 May |
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Initial view....Waiting for bank to be removed. |
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Close-up of the bank - showing just how much earth will need
to be removed before a level base can be obtained! |
| 15 May |
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Some the foliage overhanging the post and rail fence needed
a bit of a trim!
Also a couple of slabs were taken up to make room. |
| 20 May |
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The digger used, and the picture shows how little room there was! |
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Front view of the 7 Ton digger used to level bank. |
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A large pile of soil waiting to be taken away. |
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A view from above. |
| 22 May |
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The Tractor used to pulled the 30 Ton Trailer. This was used to
take the earth to the local tip. |
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This was the gap, before the trailer was loaded. It was half this
distance again once the trailer was fully loaded, as the trailer had sunk
into the ground on one side. The tracker could not pull the trailer
out on his own without a little help from the digger! |
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More of the bank levelled. Now waiting for the weather to stay
dry, as the ground is very water logged. |
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Picture shows what one 30 Ton Trailer tyre can do to the ground! |
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Oops!, will have to re-do neighbours grass! A better shot that
shows just how deep it was. |
| 25 May |
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Foundation dug out for retaining wall. (And yes, it had rained!) |
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View from above of foundation. |
| 27 May |
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Concrete poured and steel work in place. The form for the shed
base is being constructed. |
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Picture of steel forms for the shed base, and how we had to improvise
using 2 bits of broken slab! |
| 01 June |
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Reinforcing being slowly covered up with concrete. |
| 02 June |
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Concrete base completed, left to set. |
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Flipping Cat !!! (One of the neighbours cats had decided to go for
a walk right through the wet concrete!) |
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Close-up view showing bolts embedded in to concrete ready for shed. |
| 07 June |
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Rain, rain and more rain stops work....
Oops! Me thinks....I might need a bit of drainage! |
| 14 June |
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At last the rain has stopped, the waters been drained and a few blocks
have gone down. |
| 15 June |
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That wall shot up! |
| 16 June |
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The other side wait for more blocks to go up....and yes that *IS* blue
sky in the top left hand side of the picture.....wasn't there long! |
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A close up of the blocks.
Each block weighs 30 Kg's! At the end of the job we would have
installed 7,500 Kg's of blocks. |
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Show steel rods embedded within blocks. Remember each block will
have to be lifted over those rods - hard work! |
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