Not sure where to put this thread so I'm putting it here
Originally the farm was owned by the local water board, and some of their infrastructure was abandoned when they sold it. On site is a large iron settling tank that I've used for the last six years as a pig pen. Drawing water from this for the public supply was an electrically driven Weir pump pushing water though a 3" (guessed dimensions) pipe. Pump and motor were housed in a wooden shed the roof of which had collapsed, and the rest of the shed suffered badly in recent high winds.
All a bit of an eyesore - at the least I needed to remove all the pump gear to tidy it up and make it safe for grand children, so a plan has emerged:
A/ Remove the pumping gear
B/ Build a replacement pig pen for the piglets that are due to be born any day now
C/ Remove the old settling tank
D/ Bring site up to level by importing 60 cu M of hardcore as ground slopes
E/ Blind off with road planings, roll to compact and leave for a year to settle
F/ Lay concrete 200 mm slab (24 cu M)
G/ Erect tractor / Lambing / Hay storage shed approx (15 M x 8 M x 3.5 M eaves)
H/ Go bankrupt
So phase 1 is underway and a few pictures are below.
If anybody wants any of the pumping gear / motor etc and can take it away reasonably quickly it's yours FOC - the big tank is going to the local scrap yard.
