Author Archives: AlanM52

Weather cleared nicely; was able to go out and do some more like back fill the drain with soil and back fill the top end of the PVC pipe with gravel.   I used that same thin piece of plywood … Continue reading →

Connecting PVC pipe to corner grate. Mixing up some mortar in a spare chook tray bed which is actually a kitty litter tray screwed to a chipboard base. I say ‘spare’ because we only have one chook left (Speckles) all … Continue reading →

Prepping to put in the 90mm PVC storm water pipe and connect to the corner grate. About to spray paint the top of the PVC pipe Brunswick Green so it blends in with the backfill pebbles.

Been busy doing other things but now back to this project. Back from Bunnings with more bags of concrete mix and backfill pebbles.

Lovely morning so let’s get out there and mix come concrete. Rather that fill the whole trench with concrete I’m just doing pads under the joints.             The middle section.           … Continue reading →

After three days of inclement weather and not being able to pick up tools it’s good to come out of hibernation. More kneeling… need to cut out the end of that angled timber so the drain corner can line up … Continue reading →

Back home from Bunning with some drainage stuff, 4 x EverHard Compact 1M and 1 x Corner.               More digging… Every time the ALDI Kids Garden tools come around I buy a full set … Continue reading →

I need to work out how to connect 90mm PVC to the corner grate. The regular drain is 100mm deep and has provision to directly connect 90mm PVC. I am using the cheaper compact drain that is 80mm deep so … Continue reading →

Took me over a hour to remove that star pickett, no room for the crowbar so had to use that garden trowel digging on only one side – phew. Lucky that I have this one and only 4.3M 90mm PVC … Continue reading →

With the weather becoming more unpredictable and extreme these days I need to provide some drainage across the front of my workshop. I call it Al’s Workshop but it’s simply a Colorbond steel garage with four skylights, two back windows, … Continue reading →