Here Bob ,
You best be carefull as those stand pipes are "LIVE"
Heres a tip for you if you can be bothered Use the wife,s seive as this will give you the finest sand possible for the base and you wont then need to render the bottom......................
I'll be starting at the stand pipe end, so will miss them nicely. I can finish at the other end and stand on the 2 x 6" outlet pipes to actually complete it.
Little tip Bob, remember to lay the floor scread were You plan to get out from first. The by the time You have done the rest of the chamber it should be on the turn, This will give You some where to work Your self into and escape from.
Mixed 23 bags (B&Q) of sharp sand and 6 bags of cement, by hand in a barrow. Then had to put into a bucket, walk to settlement chamber, get in the hole and then lay it. Took 4 1/2 hours non-stop and I ache now, worse than yesterday.
Well that's the hard bit done anyway, just got to dry it out now ready for glassing.
A few pictures of the completed chore and with a cover on to keep it dry. Would be nice to get a week more of Sunshine, then it might dry out.
Looks just the job Bob. Very different to how it looked Saturday morning when we turned up for demo.
If it looks like a dry day tomorrow get up nice and early and get the cover off. Or it will sweat and become very damp in there.
Justin