At the top is the manhole for access to the water main for emergencies that is in the beachfront road not far from the house. Manhole covers are usually pretty detailed, but this is genius: the fireman is a big drop of water, and it's a rare one that comes in this many colors. Below that is the well top that was found when they were excavating for the house foundation. The red string marks where the foundation will cross it. At first they were going to work around it so that we wouldn't disturb any of the gods that tend to reside in wells (you can see the remains of the "confetti" scattered by the kannushi during the Shinto ceremony), but we found out that the insurance company won't insure the building unless the well is dealt with. This was discovered during the third soil test, which was done in the exact spots where the foundation corners will be. (The previous tests were all done nearby since the previous house stood where they needed to test.) So now we have to have it filled in and packed down. Another added cost, but at least we now definitely know that we don't have to strengthen the soil with driven piles or concrete or one of the other methods.
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Fill dat mudder up fast.
Here's an idea that just occurred to me after my 晩酌。
Why don't you throw a party and have the invitees bring some dirt, stones, bag of quik-mix concrete,
or anything solid they might want to get rid of.
Have them dump it in the hole till it overflows and then have the GC's guys stop it down on Monday.
Kind of Huck Finn in Japan type of deal.
Or you can just pay the GC whatever extra costs are associated with filling up the hole and avoid a lot of headaches and possible liability.
You know I was joking on the above silly post, right?
I just read you latest post and am glad to see that it is progressing.
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