I'm now the proud owner of 200 bags of cement. Not a lot, I know. But I try.
These are the guys who were hired to drill away at the hard rock. I had a small chat with them while they were on a break. The hard and soft rock are all mixed together in this vein. Make's it difficult to take out quickly. They were very confused as to why we needed such a big sump. I explained to them it was for rainwater storage.
This is what has been quarried so far. We'll be using whatever we can in the foundation. But all the soft rock is useless. That's going to have to be removed from the site.
We've started digging in the north west corner for the sewage treatment system. There's more hard rock there, so the guys with the powered tools will take over for that section.
This is one of the compressed air drills they brought.
They're also using sledge hammers, depending on the type of rock.
We've finished digging the sump in the north east corner. This is the baby pit, where we will be putting the dead babies water pump. This is right next to my neighbour's wall. He's been nervous about this dig, understandable. We'll be cementing this by the end of the week.
Up next, we have to cement the sumps and start off on the foundation work.
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