New gully drain sunk

Saturday 14 September 

Back to sunny Stanton to catch the last of the summer, except most of the day was spent under the bridge. Roger carried on with his pointing challenge while the concrete was flying everywhere else. First off the concrete fillet was added to the inlet channel, then the gully drain was sunk in and the pipe and drain concreted place. 

The concrete fillet was added along the join for the base and the wall footings on the inlet channel mainly to seal the joint and direct the water flow. 

Michael shapes the south side 

North side next 

Fillet installed 

The inlet pipe was sandbagged and the water pumped around the channel while the concrete was laid, accelerant was added to speed up the setting process. 

Pointing is one of those jobs that can be never ending, as soon as one bit is done another is found that could probably be done, and so it goes on. This is a fill in job while we are here as the Railway hasn't a structures maintenance team at present. 

Roger doing the middle bits
(Photo: Alastair) 

Moving up the corporate ladder 😉

Roger, back down to earth 

The gully drain needed a bit more adjustment to the trench for the outlet pipe, then the pit for the silt trap need to be baled out before the components could be fitted. 

Stuart clearing the outlet aperture in the old gully drain
(Photo: Alastair) 

Baling out the hole for the silt trap
(Photo: Alastair) 

Michael takes a bit more out of the trench 

Final adjustments to the gully trap
(Photo: Alastair) 

Trap, outlet pipe and rebar in place 

Outlet pipe backfilled with concrete 

Trap concreted in 

Grate fixed in place 

The pipe run needs some scalpings added to bring the road surface back up to level, then it's wait for the rain to see if it works. 

Before leaving the pump had to be removed and flow established on the inlet channel, this tests if the accelerant has worked. 

Pump in place in the inlet channel 

Inlet flowing again

Another sign that the project is wrapping up, when a barrow-load of concrete comes down, a load of left over material goes back up for disposal. 

It was all brought down, now it has to go back up 

The search for the next project has started, we may put all the task notes in a hat and draw one out 😊