So, following the approval from building control we have started to get the footings dug.

Got Tristam Mayes from Mayes Plant Hire round with his mini digger and tracked dumper to get the footings excavated. He operated the digger and I drove the dumper.

There’s 22 linear metres of trench and the whole job took a little while longer than originally planned, as the corner closest to the beech tree was absolutely full of lumps of flint which made progress very slow going.

It took three visits from this truck to remove all of the spoil.

Nearly done

I had to dig out both the corners by hand due to there being a 6 inch sewer pipe running across the property which we did not want to disturb. This pipe has got to be shuttered when the footings are poured as the concrete cannot place any load on the clay pipe.