Trenches

About 18 months ago we started on the getting set up with amenities for the temporary site. Mr I want to build a straw bale house thought he might start the process by hiring a dingo. The trench had to be at least 200 metres from the electricity supply to the shed. Instead of going in a straight line, Mr I want to build a straw bale house created a trench that had at least 2 right angles to run along the house fence line. Well for a 900mm trench and the cost of $315 hire for the dingo it took a day to sort of dig the trench. At one of the right angles there was so much rock that there is no way the trench was an adequate depth to pass standards.
We had the electrician already set up to lay the cable the next weekend. Mr I want to build a straw bale house was ill and was unable to finish the trench to the depth that was required. The day the electrician came Mr I want to build a straw bale house had been to the doctors, who suggested he needed to go to hospital for intravenous antibiotics. Before going to hospital we waited for the electrician who was concerned about being paid. Driving out of the property taking Mr I want to build a straw bale house to the hospital, I assured the electrician that I would return with cash. Mind you the electrician did travel at least 50km to get to our place and he was not keen to come back. Mr I want to build a straw bale house was admitted and in between the hospital and picking up my step daughter (14 years of age) from a party 90km away, I managed to get cash to the electrician.
Given my faith in Mr I want to build a straw bale house I guess because I love him, I also had arranged the phone guy to install cabling in the same trench 2 days after the electrician had laid his cables. – We did not get the okay from the electrician for the depth of the trench was inconsistent and did not meet the standards.
We then had two cables to work around. Mr I want to build a straw bale house hired the digger again and laid the cables to the side of the trench while he got stuck many times and tipped the dingo over at least twice. I think it was more than that but the diplopic Mr I want to build a straw bale house
suggested more than once.
Of course the cows had been investigating the trench and there were a number of cow pats that Mr I want to build a straw bale house found inches from his body when the dingo fell over / fell in the trench. After another day attempting to dig the right depth Mr I want to build a straw bale house returned the digger a little worse for wear but still got the deposit back.
Third time lucky - we paid an excavator $300 and the job was done. The electrician returned to complete the paper work (after at least 4 phone calls pleading by the 4^th). The electricity company came and went. They did not pass it for the trench was not filled in – nobody told us we thought they would want to inspect the depth. Oh no – I got on the phone and gave them a couple of verbs I am unable to put in writing and arranged for the company to come back and connect the power.

I write this as an observer for I purposefully distanced myself from the hands on action trench digging for I have always an opinion.
The power was connected in June this year. You may think I am a patient women – I do not think so. I have lost it many a time but my glory with the trench was set by the cost of the excavator being the same cost of the hire of the dingo. It ended up 1/3 of the cost to get the trench completed to regulation.


It is good to find out a quote prior to doing it yourself. – Got to love professionals!!!