Digging Deep

We bought a 22 foot trailer for my spouse's mother to live in while she's here in Washington dealing with some medical issues. The trailer seemed to be a better buy than two months or more in a motel. We don't really have room in the house because of the work we're doing on it. (We've missed a few posts, but we're working on pulling out mildewy carpet, regrouting the bathroom, and a few other things.)

Here's a photo of the trailer in its new home.

A "Y" was installed for future use when the sewer was installed. Well, I guess this is future use. The digging was pretty easy since the location had just been back filled a month ago.

I had to dig a hole next to the main hole so I could stand in the hole while digging the other hole. I had to dig five feet down.

I used the trusty reciprocating saw to cut off the cap. Here's a shot of the elbow I installed.

Then I installed a five foot length of pipe up to the surface and did the hook up.

Now to fill the hole. (Wait, I just dug that hole yesterday!)

Here's the final set up. I laid a board down so that the hose from the trailer sloped nicely to the sewer pipe. No clogging of this system! *fingers crossed*

More Rock Raking

The baby likes to play outside in his sandbox. Sometimes he doesn't care if we're right next to him or not so sometimes we sneak off and rake rocks. It's amazing how much better the area looks without the big rocks.

We've also starting thinking about doing the additions and have started getting quotes for the foundation work. The foundations should be significantly less expensive than the sewer. We'll probably have to rake rocks after the foundations are excavated, too.