8.30am and the neighbours were roused with the sweet sound of the pneumatic drill....sorry folks.
By 9.45 the hole is getting much bigger, although it's still dry the clouds are looking a bit ominous. I'm a bit worried about the oil line as it's under the concrete that they're knocking out at the moment, they assure me that they're being careful so fingers crossed!
OMG lumps of debris are falling though the previously enclosed window in the basement.
And it's raining...and a man with a very big truck has turned up to take the big pile of rubble away
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| Getting rid of the old rubble to make room for the new mess |
Reinforcements have now arrived in the form of a much bigger digger. The hole is now getting pretty deep in some parts revealing a thick seam of chalk (which I'm now walking around the house leaving chalky spots everywhere).
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| Bigger digger |
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| Nice clean chalk |
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| Our new chalk mine! |
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| He doesn't want to tip the digger over now! |
As the hole gets deeper all kinds of nasties start appearing pipes, hidden manhole covers and drains. Fortunately I think the oil and gas lines are still intact. The guy with the pneumatic drill is still battling with the old conservatory footings, it's the toughest bit of concrete he's had to deal with for a while - apparently concrete gets harder as it gets older, if only that were the same for everything!
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| Deep hole with chalk seam |
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| Smelly stuff in here - don't break me! |
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| Double diggers |
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| Deep chalky hole |
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| One for Tom, one for Wills |
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| Second manhole discovered under a foot of foundations, Concrete still stands resolute top left corner |
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