After a lengthy and counter-intuitive sequence of permits and fees, we are finally underway with the sewer connection project. The trench you see below runs from the southeast corner of the house (now sans deck!) down the hill and through the fence to Plumosa Avenue, where we've hooked into the main pipe. Cheyne and his crew have done an excellent job. The actual work on the waste pipe took about five times less time than did the research and paperwork required for the project. Hopefully that will be the case with the house construction, too!
While the engineering contractors dug up the yard, Russell tinkered with rocks and boulders for our future hot tub grotto complex with jungle waterfall. The idea is to install a tub against one of the concave rocks and run a waterfall off the top of a boulder nearby. This may be several building phases into the future, but it's fun to dream...
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| salvaging rocks from old retaining walls |
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| testing rock formations in the grotto |
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| the hot tub rock (foreground) with old cement footings from the deck |
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