Building a solar House in France - plastering, stone wall, septic tank and sand filter - Building a solar House in France - plastering, stone wall, septic tank and sand filter

The masons worked on in the rain building up the stone wall. Luckily the eaves overhang partly protected them.

Laying out the perforated pipes over the gravel layer.

The geotextile was wrapped over the gravel covering the piping and then covered with soil.

The projecting end of the stone wall forms a plinth on which the main living floor of the house sits, and will screen a little terrace outside the guest bedroom..

Francis laying out the piping to the septic tank.

Wall nearing completion on Friday.

Rain continued, and the masons were not happy.

Pipework to fosse bedded on a bit of concrete here and there, and covered with sand. Luckily no trenches were needed and it was all covered with topsoil to a depth sufficient to protect it.

By Friday afternoon the site around the house looked like a battlefield.