15 October 2008
Met with Brad Ramsay (water and septic system design engineer) to discuss system design alternatives. Concluded in that meeting that the best option would be to have the leach field downhill from the house site. Drove down and got a copy of the Leicester zoning regulations from the Town Clerk's office. Lynne Pirkkanen (my incomparable sister who lives about 8 miles away in Salisbury) visited the property for the first time. Picnic lunch with Lynne and Alverta. Sid had Calvin Loven (a local handyman) clean out the boat shed and remove the Glassners’ firewood stack that was on our property. Completed taking rough elevation measurements, assisted by Alverta. Decided that having the leach field downhill from the house site would push the house too far back from the lake. Staked out the house location, a better septic leach field location just west of the north / south stone wall that nearly bifurcates the property (where we picnicked), and a rough driveway path. Met with Bob LaPorte (excavation contractor and classic Vermonter) to discuss site preparation and foundation excavation work.
Met with Brad Ramsay (water and septic system design engineer) to discuss system design alternatives. Concluded in that meeting that the best option would be to have the leach field downhill from the house site. Drove down and got a copy of the Leicester zoning regulations from the Town Clerk's office. Lynne Pirkkanen (my incomparable sister who lives about 8 miles away in Salisbury) visited the property for the first time. Picnic lunch with Lynne and Alverta. Sid had Calvin Loven (a local handyman) clean out the boat shed and remove the Glassners’ firewood stack that was on our property. Completed taking rough elevation measurements, assisted by Alverta. Decided that having the leach field downhill from the house site would push the house too far back from the lake. Staked out the house location, a better septic leach field location just west of the north / south stone wall that nearly bifurcates the property (where we picnicked), and a rough driveway path. Met with Bob LaPorte (excavation contractor and classic Vermonter) to discuss site preparation and foundation excavation work.
