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Medbury Gardens · August 21, 2012

Hi Jan

""are you worry about what the ground water will do to the underside of the walkway""-
No not worried at all because as you can see by the photo (which is right next to the tunnelhouse) our whole area is all river shingle from the maintains so the land is very stable to build on.

"" Too bad there isn't a way to pump the ground water to a hold tank to use to water with.... ""
Water is very abundant around here, even at the most driest time of year there is always water beneath the ground,at the moment because we've had lots of rain lately the water table is high,about one meter below,late summer when the weather is at its driest it goes down to 5 meters,i have another 7 meter deep well which i pump from for the garden,this well is a 250mm pipe which was dug in by a digger 10 years ago but with out power i cant get water so thats half the reason i'm digging the hole in the photo,(1) for a walk in well (one day)and (2) for all the building material for pathways and walls etc

August 21, 2012	#29
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Hi Jan ""are you worry about what the ground water will do to the underside of the walkway""- No not worried at all because as you can see by the photo (which is right next to the tunnelhouse) our whole area is all river shingle from the maintains so the land is very stable to build on. "" Too bad there isn't a way to pump the ground water to a hold tank to use to water with.... "" Water is very abundant around here, even at the most driest time of year there is always water beneath the ground,at the moment because we've had lots of rain lately the water table is high,about one meter below,late summer when the weather is at its driest it goes down to 5 meters,i have another 7 meter deep well which i pump from for the garden,this well is a 250mm pipe which was dug in by a digger 10 years ago but with out power i cant get water so thats half the reason i'm digging the hole in the photo,(1) for a walk in well (one day)and (2) for all the building material for pathways and walls etc __________________ Richard Last edited by Medbury Gardens; August 21, 2012 at 04:44 PM.