Filling in the Trench

At last we’ve started to fill in our trench and start to regain the path around our house. It’s been a a long slog and I think we started on this project in 2020. On Thursday we almost run out of the gravel but fortunately I was able to order another 4 sq. yards on Friday morning which pretty much kept us busy the for the rest of the long weekend.

By Saturday evening I think all the shoveling and carrying had caught up with us and we were both beat. Big thanks to the Mayor of Ponckhockie, Barry, who helped us on Saturday. Sunday it started to rain around mid-day so I didn’t get a lot done, pretty much just trimmed the top edge of the dimple board and some cleanup inside. We will cap the tops of the dimple board with these dimple and sloped caps which help to seal the top of the dimple board. Thank you Andy for your kind gift of some free sloped caps, every little helps.

We’ve probably got about 1.5 cubic yards of gravel to shift, which may not sound much, until you realise that a cubic yard of gravel can weight between 2,300 and 3,000 lbs and we’ve already shifted 14.5 cubic yards.

4 Replies to “Filling in the Trench”

  1. Looking good bro. You and Aimee are doing a great job.

    Just think, this time next year you’ll both be living in the house.

  2. Brilliant just brilliant, well done both of you. I hope Ian’s right too.

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