EDP: Day 134

Last time when we had a big rain, the water came into our basement from north east corner. We had professional did foundation tile for us. They put tube with lots of holes, and grabble over it along the outside of basement floor. The water supposed to drain...... I can't believe it's already over the capacity!!?? We built a porch on north east. So the ground wasn't settle there compare to other place. When we had the rain, lots of water run into that soft ground. Maybe... If we need to fix the tile, it would be a big big big headache.

So the way we can think of to prevent water not to run into there is to do the final back fill. The plan is to fill the ground along the house where it's settled down after months. Also make a nice slope from northeast to southwest, and from house to the yard. we made the ground leveled where the studio would be, too. Well this was the easy part for us. We were just watching.

先日久しぶりの大雨が降ったとき、地下室の北西の角あたりから水があがってきた。基礎の周りの排水管工事はプロに頼んだのに。彼らはちゃんと穴開きのパイプの上に砂利を敷き詰めてたし、水は通るはずなんやけどな〜。もう既にキャパ越え？！！北西にはポーチを作ったので、雨が直接降らないため、ほかと比べると地面はしまってない。大雨が降ったときにスカスカの地面の方に水が流れ込んでしまったのか。。。どうなのか。もし、このタイルを直すとなると、えらいことになる。

ということで、今できる、そして冬がくる前にしてしまいたいこととして、最後の埋め戻し作業を頼んでいた。一回目に埋め戻しをした後、雨などで地面が沈んだところにもう一度土をつめる。北東の角から南西の角に向けて水がはけるように坂を作る。家から周りに向けて水がはけるように坂を作る。そして、作業場を作るあたりを水平に整えてもらった。と、ここまではまあ楽チンな作業。なんといっても私たちは見ているだけでよかった。

When the time comes to under the porch...... we had to move dirt by our hand. And this is the place we are worried the most. So we want to make sure it have a nice slope. It was a lot of work.... We need to keep bending our back while we do this physical work doesn't sounds fun at all.

そして、ポーチの下に来ると、機械では届かないので、私たちが自力で埋め戻しをする。しかもここが一番心配なところ、どこよりも高くして、水が流れ込まないようにしなければ。ポーチの下なので、ずっと腰を曲げるか、ひざまずくかの体勢で、シャベルを使って土を動かす。何とも大変なマッチョ作業。

We had two big mountain in front and back. He use the one in front to shape the ground. The one in the back was the rich surface dirt. In the end, he covered all up with nice dirt.