Balsa leak

We have a leak in the balsa. Lost 200m³ water. Now wait till the water level drop stops, so we know where the leak is located. My guess is at the bottom, as we can see a dark spot next to the drain pipe.

The Great Big Succulents Rescue

The balsa is made of soil, but soil dries up here, and blows away in the wind. Or, it starts raining very very hard, and the soil washes away. So we need to plant the soil with something that can withstand both sun and rain.

Remember this? It's our ex-neighbour's garden, with nìspero and nice flowers. The flowers are a ground covering succulent, called "Carpobrotus" (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpobrotus_acinaciformis).

However, the neighbour has left, and those nice succulents are cleared away, and thrown on a pile.

We fetched six wheelbarrows full.

And replanted them on the edge of the balsa.

So next year it will look like this, according to this nice impression.

AGUA!

el constructor.

Half vol

// Half full

Dit is een betere douche dan binnen.

// This is a better shower than the one inside.

Vol!

// Full!

Balsa day 6

The plastic is sealed with heat.

seam

Ready! Tomorrow we'll have it filled with water. Then it needs to settle a bit, and then the fence is built. And, we can fill the swimming pool! The experts differ in opinion on the time it takes to fill the pool. One expert says "an entire day", the other expert says "three hours". We'll see who wins the prize.

Balsa day 6

Balsa ready for PE liner.

Trench for the 6cm tube to the pool and garden.

And, another tube broken.

*blub*

Quickly repaired.

But, the very last moment our Galasa drinking water conduit was pulled by the digger. And that is a drag, because that conduit is connected to a connector under our (new) terrace. The water tube was surrounded by another tube for extra protection. But, alas, that is not such a great idea. When such a conduit is dug up such a tube does not break,
but instead is torn from it's connector. If you put a single tube in the ground it simply breaks when dug up, and is easily repaired.

Here the tube was torn from it's connector, which is located 50 cm within the terrace border. A terrace that was finished today, and was pressure cleaned just a few hours ago, because it was finally finished.

So, just a few hours later a piece of concrete and two tiles were sawn out of the terrace to reconnect the tube to the connector. It was very very kind they did that on a late Friday evening, without complaining,
because we cannot be without water right now. We need to keep the pool wet, else the gresites fall off.

Balsa dag 4 of 5 // Balsa day 4 or 5

Balsa day 3

Capped pipe. With a block of concrete against the cap, should there be pressure on it for some reason..

Where that pipe leads to or from is unknown, but it is thought now that it is the pipe for bringing water to Vera. And that is no longer there, because the aqueduct collapsed a few years ago:

That aqueduct is the continuation of the water tunnel that supplied the mill under our house. That same tunnel continues to vera, where there was another mill, and fields to irrigate.

Bend in the tube to our balsa, with a block of concrete to keep it nicely in place.

Balsa 2

hmm.

Ik hoop dat de buren...

// Hopefully the neighbours won't mind.