Sunday 8 November 2015

Making More Mud

Now the wall is nearing completion it's time to crack on with the back of the house so we can get the boiler in. 
 Unfortunately this means digging up more of the patio to put in a proper retaining wall. I'm doing this a stage at a time though as we only need to do the first section to get the pipes in for the boiler.
The boiler is going between the two pillars on the wall.


 Unfortunately the day we chose to do this it rained all day, both my dad and I were soaked through and were both ravenous by the lunch time, I think we were burning calories just trying to stay sanding up in the mud!


As usual we ended up concreting the footings in the dark, but I was pleased with the results in the light the next morning. 
Tomorrow we're doing more digging, again regardless of the weather, to lay all the pipes and cables that we need. I have a feeling it's going to be a long, wet & muddy day! 

6 comments:

  1. There is nothing better than mud, to make you think, remind me again why we are doing this, this time last year the water pipes wee going in an I was living in a mud world just a distant memory now :-)

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    1. I think the mud will be around for a lot longer yet!

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  2. it all seems like lots of trials at this moment...but I'm sure you're moving on forward and will soon reach your goal...one thing good...you always have the support of your family. You're blessed:)

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    1. We are moving forward but taking a few steps back to get there!
      My family are blinking brilliant when it comes to helping with things like this. I'm very lucky, we've been brought up to be practical!

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  3. Wow, Kevin, is there anything you can't do, LOL!? That's a great job done. The worst of it is over now and I bet you feel relieved to get the footings in.

    You've done so much work on your homestead - you are always an inspiration to us with all that you do. I'm eager to see what comes next :)

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    1. You're too kind!
      The footings are just the start of this major job, but we'll get there in the end. Heating soon hopefully! I'll post what we did over the weekend as well! More mud!

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