More trenches

Hot on the heels of the trenchwork being done in front of the house I began work on digging trenches for the water, sewer, gas and electric to the cottage.


Here one truck is dumping sand while in the background a cement mixer is pouring concrete to repair the sidewalk.


After much digging I was able to find the sewer pipe coming from the house to which we would connect.


Trench for sewer and water.


Trench for gas and electric


Gas and electric in. We were able to lay all four services - gas, electric, water, and sewer - in one day.


After setting the pipe, sand is thrown in and packed down


All of which had to be done by hand as there was too much dirt for the tractor or excavator to work around.


Getting back to 'normal' with trenches filled in.


A backyard is finally starting to take shape.