The Contractors Begin
Florent Maitre and his team arrived Monday 15th to start on site and I was there first thing to hand it over to him. The rest of the day and Tuesday I was otherwise occupied ....
Floor Removal and Tidying Up
Tea time over I took these high level shots to show the trenches all filled. Philippe and I then turned our attention to removing the rest of the first floor (or at least the bits ....
Backfilling 2
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 ....
Backfilling 1
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 ....
Electrical Jigsaw Completed
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 ....
Garden Lights
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 ....
Electrics and Telecommunications
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 ....
Crossing the Site Boundary
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 ....
More Trenches
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 ....
Electrical Installation
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. ....