Post #765828 by jimsflies on Tue, Jul 5, 2016 6:17 AM

Running water! At least temporarily, the real water hose should get here by the end of the week. I hooked it up to test the dry well capacity.

I timed it out and it took about 5 mintues to fill the dry well using a garden hose in the sink. But then after connecting the hose to the faucet, what I realized is that the sink can't handle that much flow. So I haven't re-timed it yet with the faucet flows, but I have a feeling it's going to take at least 15 minutes with the actual flows.

After filling, the drywell takes about 15 minutes to empty. I dug down about 28-inches for the plastic barrel which I cut the bottom out of. Then I used a post hole digger and when another 4-feet in the center of the barrel. There's a lot of clay in the ground but I hit a couple layers where the clay is less consolidated and has some sand and fine gravel. I summary, I think what I have constructed will work. :)

The next projects on the list is to lay pavers over the dry well to finish the grade on the right side of the bar. I've also started to face the cabinets and trim out the lower portion of the bar. I've got another big party planned for Aug. 20 so I'm trying to hustle to get as much completed as possible.