These are the ground water heat source manifolds, the one at the rear is buried just one metre down,
and is the flow from the heat pump in the house, whilst the other is buried at one and a half metres,
and is the return flow. Each has two stubs to which pipes are connected.
This is the beginning of the trench, you can get an idea of the depth by the spade.
The water is a good sign, we want it wet.

Whilst elsewhere lorry loads of hardcore have been delivered and Kevin is busy spreading it in the garage
around and within the house foundations.

It all needs tamping down to make a good base.

This is me and Gary connecting the pipes to the manifolds, they were simple press fit connectors.
Before backfilling the pair of pipes had to be positioned each side of the trench.

Then backfilled 500mm, and the second pair positioned each side, and finally backfilled,
