Tuesday: council agrees to meet with the arborist to resolve the tree-area digging issue but the earliest appointment is Thursday *sigh*. This means no more stormwater digging until then - making pouring the stormwater pits (cast insitu) coincide with the pouring of the driveway even trickier. Surveyor finally shows up at 4pm (was booked for Friday/Monday) and only marks 1/2 the boundary pegs requested *sigh*. At least we can now progress with the driveway accurately.
Wednesday: the driveway is really starting to take shape. 150mm of crushed concrete has been spread and compacted down - finally creating a mud-free area to walk on. Have booked the plumber to return tomorrow - praying we get a good result from tomorrow's meeting with council and the arborist.
Thursday: council and arborist meet and agree to proceed as per plans...WTF???? You, like me, are probably asking what the hold-up on Monday was all about then? No answers given - maybe just different organisations trying to assert themselves? Who cares, we start digging...and digging...
Friday: ...and digging. By Friday afternoon the stormwater pits are looking good. There are huge piles of clay everywhere, but it looks good - we should be able to finish it over the weekend. The driveway is nearly all formed up ready for a Tuesday concrete pour. It looks like we might just meet our goal to have one load of concrete delivered and poured, saving us lots of $$$ *sigh of relief*.
And then, it rained - no, it actually teemed with rain Friday night, Saturday day and night, and Sunday morning our stormwater pits look like this...
Yes, that pit is 2 metres deep!!! It truly is a stormwater pit - it's catching and channeling the rain except it's got nowhere to go.
Weather forecast for the rest of the week? Showers until Thursday. Likelihood of pouring concrete into them on Tuesday? Pretty unlikely *sigh*.
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