May Update – Weeks 7-8

As David and Paul gradually excavated around the top end of the barn they came across an obstacle which got the better of them: a huge stump of a Horse Chestnut tree, having hacked at it with chin saws and the small digger they finally admitted defeat and called the heavies in. John, a local contractor with 30 years of digger experience, was brought in with his huge digger and had the stump out in 5 minutes! While he was on site he also levelled out the garden for us.

Another mile stone in the project was reached when the septic tank was installed and the trench dug for the soil pipe at the carefully calculated recommended fall, we really don’t want to have to deal with soil pipe blockages.