Our little village now has an ‘assainissement collective’ (village drains system), and it’s up to us to get connected to it within a two year timescale. This is good news, as our ageing fosse septique has been suffering from indigestion of late.

After much measuring, planning, and investigation we sussed that a 25 metre trench was needed that would skirt the old fosse with a couple of gentle bends before making a beeline for our connection point in the road outside. Can you believe I dug the first 5 metres by hand? Steve would have helped, but he has bad shoulders, no really, he does! Anyway, the first bit was easy as the ground around the old fosse has been out before. However, when it came to the stretch onwards toward the road, no chance, the ground was like rock. A digger was needed.

We called Phil Bentley, and the following week Phil came along with one of his mini-diggers, and in the space of half a day the trench was dug. We could have hired a digger from Phil to drive ourselves, but for the extra euros it costs to have Phil drive we reckoned it would be quicker and safer. Not only that, but Phil comes armed with years of experience of groundwork, and an array of ancillary tools to make the job easier and more accurate.

By the end of the day we were connected, and looking forward to a first flush, and a free flowing shower. If you’d like more info’ on Phil’s services contact me. I’d be happy to put you in touch.