Spur Wing Shed House

Sunny days are back again. The excess water pumped out to allow for big footings for the house columns to be poured. That is over three cubic metres per footing, or over four tonnes, bolted to each column.

There was 35mm for rain at the block last weekend, so without all of the drainage in place, the water found its way to whatever holes that were around, resulting in an unplanned lap-pool.

The first slab has been poured! This is for the shed, although it will be three months before the shed builders get around to completing the structure. Some uninvited vistors last Saturday night, probably of the youthful variety meant security at the entrance needed beefing up. Consequently the large rocks I had in inventory were put to good use in creating a barrier as well as an interesting first impression.

At last there is no more dirt to move. Some gravel has arrived, which hopefully will reduce the burden of mud that results from the tiniest of rainfall. The grass on the bank is becoming quite lush in the places where most of the seed landed. Footings are dug.

After three weeks of terraforming the block to address a 1 in 100 year storm, we finally got around to the main event of digging the foundation trenches. The shed pad is well advanced with bedding dust.