Excavation continues

Now that the holidays are over, work is starting again.


Last week the utility trench was dug and the conduit was put in. In this picture you can see the gas conduit (yellow), the electrical conduit (gray), the cable tv conduit (red), and the telephone wire (black).


After the conduit was placed in the trench, it was covered with a few inches of sand to protect it. Then the two water lines were run above it. After the water lines were placed, the trench was filled up with pit run gravel and packed down.

Today the geotextile material was rolled out and 2"-4" diameter rock was spread out. It's great to see the driveway taking form and not getting all muddy while walking on it.

Things seemed to be going great until the engineer from the power company showed up. He informed us that the conduit we had just buried is not at the proper depth. How could that be? I used the depth specified in the document the power company sent me. "Oh, that's the wrong document". Grrrrrrrrr. Well I hope to get this all straightened out tomorrow. We might end up having to add 12 inches of gravel to the top of the driveway which will cost us a small fortune.