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Backfilling 2

13 May 202328 May 2023 gjj

Philippe is once more in attendance as we push hard to finish backfilling the trenches. In between I also started and managed the fire to get that area cleared. Needed to dig a short length ....

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Backfilling 1

12 May 202328 May 2023 gjj

With the trenches filled with cables and sand we added the warning tape and buried a large number of excess stones above it to protect it further. Once again it was Philippe who came over ....

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Electrical Jigsaw Completed

10 May 202321 May 2023 gjj

So the last bit of electrical work is to install the 16mm² cable through to the car park and main road connection. It is the cable on the large wooden bobbin. Also to install the ....

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Garden Lights

8 May 202321 May 2023 gjj

With the main services now in and the trenches more or less backfilled, I am concentrating on the minor services including laying cable for the path lights and fountain. More trenches that need to be ....

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Electrics and Telecommunications

7 May 202321 May 2023 gjj

So with the water in I am now lying the electrical and last of all, the telecoms gain. the bottom picture shows the me laying out the gaine (green) around the garden (including around trees ....

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Crossing the Site Boundary

6 May 202321 May 2023 gjj

Florent dug the trench up to the doorway but left me to do the bit up to the water main box. I followed his guidance from the evening before and it was surprisingly easy to ....

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More Trenches

5 May 202321 May 2023 gjj

Temporary water supply pipework installed although there is not yet a connection to the the main box that I will have to sort out. Trenches are full of roots around the trees that need to ....

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Electrical Installation

4 May 202321 May 2023 gjj

Digging the trench and laying the gaine is one thing but getting the cable into the gaine is something else. The 2.5 mm² cable is light but starts to buckle and then forms a blockage. ....

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Electrical Trenches

3 May 202311 May 2023 gjj

With the water mains backfilled (partly) I can start the electrical trenches. The wooden posts are markers at junctions or where crossings occur to remind me to dig carefully over the water mains. The red ....

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Water to the BBQ

2 May 202311 May 2023 gjj

Got round to diggingg the trench to the BBQ and installing the water main which was the last piece to go in. So, with all the water laid, I can start to backfill. The water ....

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