Ham Mill - Weds March
20th 2019
by: Andy P.
Bob, Duncan, Mathew and Andy set about todays jobs.
Cutting and 90 degree bending of the reinforcing mess to
wrap around the pipe under the bridge. A clue is in the description. All sorts
of heavy duty bending tools were brought into use and we even managed to break
many of the welds. Amazing what can be done with scaffold poles, wood and pick
axes. The mesh was then placed over the pipe to await its fate under the
concrete being readied
A mortar mix was made for Bob, so he could continue with
brick laying.
Duncan dug a trench and fitted the water drainage pipe on
the opposite bank before moving to the mini digger (MD) to again grade the
slope down to the bridge.
Mathew
and Andy spent most of the day mixing and precariously barrowing concrete down
the muddy slope to pour over the pipe. Lots of tamping to get it under the
pipe. 15 loads and 1 meter done. 6 m to go. Do the maths. Gulp.
Buffs , Colin and Geoff (Thank you all ) arrived with the
fuel bowser and we put over 200 l into the MD, BD, dumper, generator, pump, and
every can we could. A BD fuel leak put a stop to this as fuel was removed. Lots
of looking and ideas to solve the problem but BD still after TLC.
The generator also was found to have a leak in a red flexi pipe. More looking and ideas and TLC needed.
