October 19 - Make the Rain Stop!!!

There's muck & mire everywhere!!!!!
We have had miserable weather for the last 3 days...windy and lots of rain. So not much was done on the house, but things are still moving along.
The weather wasn't too bad on Wednesday so some framing was done - the complete back wall and the front bedrooms were built and are laying down on the floor waiting to be put up.
Today Marshall spent the day working with the guys who are putting in the septic field. The pressure sand mound field is about 10' x 40' and the finished mound once it's backfilled, covered and sloped will be 55' x 85'. The field has to be built to provincial standards...so we can't make it any smaller than this.
I think we lucked out as the main septic installer sits on the provincial Onsite Wastewater Management Board and also teaches the certification course, as one must be certified to install these beasts.

Rather than building the field in the cleared yard area, we decided to move it into the bush as much as we could and still be 100' from the river. This picture shows the cleared area prior to dumping in all the sand.

Here is the 5' high mound of sand covered with 2" of 3/4" stones. Pipes are on the ground for assembly.

The pipes have 1/8" holes on the top every 4'.

The dispersion chambers cover the pipes. You can also see the excavator in the background working on backfilling the foundation.

Breathable Geotex fabric separates the chambers from the covering dirt. In the background, you can see the piles of dirt are gone. The ground has been raised to the top of the black waterproof membrane.

Starting to backfill.