oh what a busy day. First the water pipe right in the way of the new construction broke, for the forth time in a year, needless to say, when the little shed is done, I'm ripping out that line and replacing it all the way back to the fence. My challenge, as noted before, is that the prior owner ran this water line to the barn all the way from the street with not one valve in it. When I redo it it won't be at 9 inches depth, as it is now, no wonder the fittings pull apart..., but at 24 inches and in a proper bed of gravel.
I joked with the plumbers, who the contractor got out in two hours notice, remarkable, that they would be back ten minutes after the concrete truck left and they smiled and said you bet! They will also put the final pipe in, though I'll dig the ditch. Well, it's fixed and covered with some junk plywood for now.
Then the contractor called and said his guy with the ditch bridge/mat could only do it today, so off he went to get the wooden contraption, and with the FEL forks, I got it placed. He will build up from the bottom of the ditch with 6x6's until it has support. And he will layer on top with more wood. Personally I'm going to be ready with my camera when the concrete truck goes over it on the way in.
