Saturday 24 August
Just had a look back, it's a month since we had the hottest day and now we get another one at bank holiday weekend, now that is unheard of.
Just the 3 in today and we roared off to Stanton to get things rolling before it got too hot. Roger was keen to get the base course of bricks in for the headwall on the down cess pipe. Alastair was mixing the mortar in small batches as it had accelerant added to compensate for the ground water seeping out under the cess pipe. Stuart went to do some more gardening.
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| Down side cess headwall footings ready |
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Roger measuring up for a weep hole in the headwall
(Photo: Alastair) |
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| Measuring the base course from the next one up |
The down side isn't quite a lawn yet, but the weeds are hiding a load of trip hazards, hence the need for a trim.
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| Down side north of Bridge 11 |
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First a bit of routine maintenance
(Photo: Alastiar) |
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| Down side at break time |
The inside wall on the outfall round the gabions was next for brickwork. The final batch of headers were laid first, then Roger moved on to join the outside wall to the culvert wall over the inlet pipe.
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| Inside wall round the gabions |
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| Culvert 11A inlet pipe and outside walls |
The flail developed a fault, it needs a new air filter, the engine performance has tailed off as the filter is clogged with dust. With no flail, instead of going to Culvert 11B to finish off there, the upside cess ditch get cleared by brush cutter.
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| A start is made on the up side cess |
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| Up side cess ditch cleared |
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| Up side cess headwall visible again |
The intricate work of getting both walls to meet up over the top of the pipe consumed most of the rest of the day.
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Roger placing some freshly cut blocks
(Photo: Alastair) |
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Which way up does this go 😜
(Photo: Alastair) |
That's about it for today, here's the end of day round-up...
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| Down side cess base course in |
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| Cess outfall. inner wall headers completed |
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| Start made on the outer wall round the inlet pipe |
One last minute job before we left was removing the shuttering and bypass pipe from the up side culvert outfall scour step.
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Culvert 11A up side
scour protection step |
The weep holes in the down side inner wall to let water escape from the north wing wall are still running, there's even some limescale building up.
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| Culvert 11A down side weep holes |
That's some job you are doing at Stanton,
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