Mud, Mud and more Mud

Dave the digger man has excavated the foundations, and now we have a pile of Mud (dirt), maybe we could sell it as a DIY Cricket pitch (family Joke).
It has been raining solidly for the past 2 days and now everything is waterlogged, however the plumber was able to install the under slab piping.
When the the rain stops I will finish off the foundations, hopefully we could be able to pour (place) the concrete next week subject to weather and approval by the building inspector.

Foundations

The building has started with the foundation base filled with crushed metal (stones), levelled and compacted, it's very hard to see but the site has a slope towards the East so we had to put a lot of extra fill to build it up to the correct level.

The weather has been really bad, rain, hail, wind and snow, the only thing we didn't get was locusts and pestilence...

Our big tank arrived last night, so we have another challenge of moving it around to the back of the site and putting it in a hole so the water will be able to fill it to the top.

Yes I made an error in my calculations and didn't take into account the height between the space between the edge of the roof and the top of the tank -oh bother! and other words like that.

It's dawned a beautiful day, so I should be able to finish of the foundation form-work, so we will be able to sort out were we will put the pipes under the concrete slab, you only get one chance of getting this part of the build correct..

RIP

Today I accidentally washed my cell phone, it didn't seem to like the heavy duty cycle on the washing machine, I even put in some fabric conditioner.

It has been blow dried but it still refuses to come back to life.

It's very clean...

Starting the Dig

Today it is planned for the digger man to start the excavations, first he will have to scape the site of all the topsoil, then I will be able to construct the boxing ready for the concrete foundation to be poured (placed?).

This time I am going to increase the pops required to 600mm centres rather than the 1200mm recommended, this will make sure there's no movement.

Investing in 'Boys Toys'

I had to have a new saw, the old one has come to the end of it's days, with the safety features becoming unserviceable, plus the off/on switch has broken in half, which makes working with it a little interesting especially when it refuses to turn off.
The new one is a De Walt double bevel compound miter saw (more power!) made in the US, I think but probably came from China, like most of the things we buy now.
Also bought the bench that it goes with it, so no excuses for wobbly cuts.

Building Consent

Great news, we have received our 'Building Consent' from the district council, so we can now start on with Stage 2 of the build.
We set the profiles out and 'shot' the levels with a laser level that a friend kindly lent, it's great to know people that have all the right equipment.
Mrs DIY and I spent a happy 20 minutes setting the levels in the gathering gloom on Sunday night.