Hubby spoke to our rear neighbours today and got the go ahead to modify the boundary fence from their side. They have lived there for 17 years and us 10 and other than a quick hello over the fence we’ve never met. Such lovely people according to hubby. They also said to trim their trees as much as we need to, to comply from their side. I don’t think the trees will be a problem but it’s lovely to have their permission to do what we need to.
Had a plumber out to install a new outdoor tap that will be primarily used to supply the waterslide. We had thought the easiest position would be on the side of the house near the pool area, as we have a very accessible subfloor with all our services and so did the plumber until he went to drill through. His foot long masonry bit got stuck. He couldn’t believe how thick our walls are. There is no getting that thing out, but luckily he was drilling below where our concrete path is. It’s currently cut for hubby to plumb in drainage to storm water so the end sticking out will be covered by concrete. Extra steel reinforcement for our already strong foundations [emoji23] Plumber basically said no option but to come back when the electrical work is done so he could put it closer to the equipment area (but obviously not too close to power). We came up with another solution, which is to run it from further down across another section of cut concrete and alongside the pool pipe work. The tap will be attached to the side boundary fence. This is actually a much better position anyway. Funny how things work out. He will be using a special pipe designed to be run under/through concrete. I’m sure it will cost a bit more but will be well worth it as neither of our current out door taps are particular close to the pool. Hopefully this tap will go in tomorrow.
Hubby has finished his plumbing project and is happy with his work. He has plumbed the channel drain and the ag pipe from the French drains and the overflow into a pit, which feeds straight into our storm water drain. Any overflow from the pit will run off into another French drain that runs down the side of our steep side path. He’s tested it with the hose and all works well. Meant to get a lot of rain tomorrow so that will be a good test. Bonus is while he had everything apart he was able to replace the section of downpipe that was crushed during excavation. They even sold it in the same colour as our house paint, so no need to paint. Skip delivered tomorrow.
Sorry for the novel... I think I’ve been reading too many of Dirk’s comments [emoji6]
