Connecting the storm drain to the soakwell

Fremantle

Today we dug the hole deeper and uncovered the actual edge of the soakwell. I was glad to not find any more surprises about the construction of the existing pipes, because there has been a few weird things so far (pipes doubling back on themselves, pipes going into the dirt, bits of plywood used as end caps…). The soakwell is a big one, and both existing pipes go into it, so we felt okay about adding a third.

Adding the new connecting pipe in was a bit tricky, with the start and end of it being a different angles and depths, and so we ended up using a bunch of joints that were a fair bit of a fiddle but ultimately made a good fall and no tight corners. I'm fairly happy with it, and hopefully it's going to rain tomorrow so we can see it in action!