Siteworks

Finally the work can start.  Australian Standards require that we move the driveway, as entering an intersection at a 45 degree angle no longer complies.  Far South Coast excavations were engaged to undertake excavation and general siteworks.

There is also the matter of the logs awaiting the arrival of a portable mill.

The poor little machine worked very hard on the day, it really was too small.  It struggled scratching out the existing driveway, so the following day a 5 tonner arrived on site, and then progress happened.

There is between 300 and 400mm of good topsoil on our block, stored for future use, but I doubt that we can use all of it.  With the topsoil scraped away, a few trees moved, footing excavations could start.

Of course, no job would be right without a visit from Murphy.  Hydraulic hose failures saw work spread over a three days, with a level of frustration.  Finally we ended up with trenches and pier holes.  The footings ended up slightly over the engineer spec, and there was almost enough to do the fill.

Finished at last, well sort of.  Will need to get machinery back on site to complete and compact fill and generally clean up.