The big drainage sortout

[rab1]

welcome back mate

[Stuarty]

Cheers bud

[lutonlagerlout]

hey stuarty
long time no see mate
what you been up to?
LLL

[Stuarty]

That my friend is a long story! To cut it short ( very short ), Start of the year, went out on my own! Went well for a while, got royally bumped out of a big payment. Ended up out of work, no motor, no tools, no house got back on my feet ish, moved in the the bird, went tits up, homeless again! Sorted now though, working for a firm again, got a house (yay!) a wee van again, doing homers again and taking my mind off this shitty year by playing in the band. Been a 'testing' year this!

[rab1]

at least things are looking up, still in the leith area?.

[shtu]

Im just outside of Edinburgh if its still of any use mate.

PM sent. :;):

[Stuarty]

Haha! Funny you should mention leith area rab, spent most the day working at leith, and 2 hours tonight not far from said area, although i was strumming the g-string, not removing one heh :p

[rab1]

where were you playing?

[Stuarty]

rehearsing at verden studios at portobello, just behind kwik fit

[shtu]

First off, many thanks to Stuarty for popping over last night and taking a look at what we've done so far. Good to hear that we seem to be doing all the right things. Any time you're passing, kettle's on.

Just stopped for lunch, and I thought I would give everyone a laugh with our latest discovery -

The Worst Soakaway, In The World.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_old_smiddy/5110467910/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_old_smiddy/5110466384/

Yes folks, you too can create a "Soak" "Away" using nothing more than a hole about 18" deep, some breezeblocks and a bit of plywood to cover the hole.

I think we might have found the cause of the damp in that corner. I mean, who, really, would think that was a proper job?

[shtu]

Still, why let someone else's TOTALLY SHODDY work put you off?

Managed to dig out the gable end and fill the skip after lunch.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_old_smiddy/5110682595/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_old_smiddy/5111282494/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_old_smiddy/5110685817/

[Stuarty]

Good to see you got cracked on a bit more. It was no problem popping over

[shtu]

Not much to report this week.

Got a second skip and finished lowering the ground today. Found the remains of a clay-pipe land drain, two runs each a few feet long. Starting nowhere in particular, and ending a few feet away.

So, stage one completed. Yay!

The ground near the "soak" "away" is completely sodden, so the sooner I get that sorted the better.