Next me and James made the drainage tubes (4" diameter plastic tubes with holes periodically drilled into them) for the partially filled planters. These allow the water to flow from one planter to the next, and also make it possible to see the water levels.
After fixing in the tubes for the planter Brian, me and about 5 other people shovelled a ton of earth into the planter. After finishing that we started digging the overflow trench.We really do seem to dig a lot of holes, haha. I also attached the overflow to the cistern.
The roof structure is now almost finished and the water catchment almost operational. Rain is captured on the main dome and fed by gravity across the gutter (on top of the archway leading into the courtyard) and around the bathroom roof, finally emptying onto the roof of the cistern. It looks pretty awesome!
At 3pm Mike R called a meeting and the whole compound met over the laptop incident. GRU apologised for how they reacted over the incident, and the meeting gave people a chance to say what they needed to say, and express how they felt. It ended on a light note with the owner of the laptops saying "It's just a laptop guys". The interns left feeling upbeat I think.
We finished the last touches to the shower facilities- a rock bench and concrete platform to stand on - Rory finished lathing the bathroom dome, Phil and Salty continued to adobe inside the main dome and I helped Amzi and Brian to dig the overflow. The overflow will probably never be used in this climate. but legally it gives the whole septic system more credibility.
Finished and knackered for the day we had dinner and joined in with a few special festivities, as it was one of the GRU member's birthday.
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