Drain day

Woke up early so that I was ready for the drain layers when they arrived at 7.15am. It was all foggy so a bit chilly but didn't take long for the sun to burn it off. I told them where the sewer pipe was and left them to it. They were really nice guys and seemed to know what they were doing.


When the digger went into the paddock I closed the boys into their stalls. I had to tell the workment to look away while I got Coco in as they were just standing along the fence line staring.

It's a pain seeing the paddock all dug up - knowing that with my luck with grass growing I'll end up with a strip of dock - but also good to know all the storm water will be diverted away from the paddock now which is fantastic.
This is the side nearest the detention tank - I have not replanted this in grass yet as it will need to be re-levelled etc - plus the tank needs to be back filled.
The digger man did a good job and compacted the soil down well -I spread some grass seed.. and... made some bird scarers!!

The boys were very happy to be out and have some new grass (in the track) and went and investigated the new rolling patch!


The builders were there all day - they did alot more of the soffits and I am not sure what these bits are for - I think they are battons for the soffits.


I started putting some water into the tank - hopefully soon the drain pipes will all be connected (with any luck before it rains) and we can start filling it up!

Oh - did I mention they dug through the sewer line???
I saw them do it - I heard a bang and they said shit that didn't sound good and the digger driver put his face in his hands. They fixed it all up - took about an hour.