The guys from Grand Patio's (Dixon Rd, Rockingham) finished the patio roof on Thursday, so all that remains is the paving. As the roof is ~50 sq.m, proper drainage for the down-pipes was important.
We bought some Enviro-cubes (polypropylene cubes) from Reese's Plumbing (also on Dixon Rd) plus the other bits and pieces (90mm PVC pipe, 90 degree bends, geo-textile fabric etc). These cubes are great, as they can handle 1,000kg load, so there is no worries about sagging into the future. We started at 6:30am and were all done at midday, before it got really hot. Wohoo!
Can't wait to have it all done so we can chill. Soon....
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| Just before 7am and the digging began. Luckily WA soil is very sandy, so not that hard to dig in. |
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| Eugene busy on the hole for the second soakwell. |
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| Almost 700mm deep, with Lily doing inspections every minute or so... |
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Karla, being nearly 18, gets up a little later than the rest of us.
She started at around 8am, but was flying along. |
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| Second hole 700mm down. |
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| One of the cubes wrapped in geo-cloth, which keep the sand out. |
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| 90mm Drain pipes in, levels checked, and we start to back-fill. |
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| All done! Now all that remains is paving. |
