Connecting Utilities

Varakul Ross
March 7, 2024
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Boring for water

As the land is a half a mile from the main village, there was no water. Next step of the project was to dig a 30 metre or 100 feet hole for the water. We had to get a boring contractor to do the job. He had perhaps the oldest truck and equipment I had ever seen.

Connecting electricity

As the land is a half a mile from the main village, there was limited power (on an old wooden pole). Next step of the project was to install a concrete power pole and get a meter connected. We needed the concrete pole as we opted to connect 3 phase power, to load balance the electrical load of the house better.

House plumbing

The house has 2 bathrooms, 2 toilets, a laundry and kitchen. In a side room there is a hot water system. Hot and cold water pipes had to be installed for all those.

Digging holes for septic tanks

Since the house is outside the village, there is no sewerage system. Hence we needed out own septic tanks. We decided on a plastic ball tank for the toilet, and 2 concrete ring tanks for the grey water.

All 3 are located to the left side of the house. And we had to dig deep.

Soil infill for septic system

After the plumbing was connected from the house to the septic tanks, it was time to infill the soil and make everything stable. Otherwise rains would have come in and flooded and shifted the plastic tank.