Concrete thing in the way of hole for in-ground trampoline

antodeco

punisher5112

Op found an opening to Australia..... Someone done all the hard work for him....

Infernal Racket

I'm getting antzy

FrancieBrady

OP...fella called Messi wants to know if he can borrow your hole.

antodeco

FrancieBrady wrote: »

OP...fella called Messi wants to know if he can borrow your hole.

Infernal Racket

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Judging by his posting history, I doubt we'll hear from him again.
He's just a fekking tease, showing us his hole and then not letting us into it.

Maybe we should get to know him first, maybe take him out for a meal??

devison

Ok. Part of me wishes I could report I spent the evening exploring the labryinth:



but as it happens, I spent the evening outside carrying on with the digging. Just inside.

Turns out cruizer101 called it with:

cruizer101 wrote: »

Edit to add: At a guess I'd say there is nothing under them, they were put there as a bit of a path and at some point topsoil or a new grass sod was being added to the garden and whoever was doing it wasn't arsed digging them out, still wouldn't stop me trying to lift them mind.

When the spade was bouncing off the concrete yesterday evening was convinced it was a solid structure. Relieved it wasn't... Sorry for false alarm lads, but at least the project can carry on.

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Following up on a question:

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Also - what stops your trampoline pit filling with water? I assume you need to run a drain from it?

I'm half toying with the idea, they look great when finished (in reality though I'm probably too lazy to dig the hole!)

I'm hoping that isn't needed. Friends with them say theirs don't fill up, so am hoping the drainage is good enough.

Sarac87

Worst ending ever! 😆

Infernal Racket

Ridiculous ending. REPORTED

wally79

Obviously found treasure

devison

And judging by recent posts looks like my late post caused some upset - certainly that wasn't intended - appreciated input from others... didn't get home until 8:30pm then spent a couple of hours digging.

Colonel Claptrap

You could have just made something up. I'm off to bed in a foul humour now.

Thanks for nothing OP.

NasserShammaz

Colonel Claptrap wrote: »

You could have just made something up. I'm off to bed in a foul humour now.

Thanks for nothing OP.

Maybe he did, maybe he did find something and is holdin out on us , massive stash of porn

Mena Mitty

Thanks Devison for reporting on the final dig. A bit disappointed it wasn't a door into another world :-)

Jeju

Time for an old type is curse.... may your bounce be a foot high.

Ah looks folks, it didn't end well, but sure nobody died! Except me, Ahahahaha!

Eva Colossal Tannery

Eva Colossal Tannery wrote: »

Ah looks folks, it didn't end well, but sure nobody died! Except me, Ahahahaha!

RIP - we’ll miss you:(

OK, OP, when’s the trampoline party?

FrancieBrady

Remember OP, when your kids are on the trampoline they are tramping on Boardsie dreams! :mad::D

B-D-P--

Aaaaaand unfollowed.....

cruizer101

devison wrote: »

Turns out cruizer101 called it

Generally the simplest explanation is often the right one, but sadly bit disappointing in this case.

devison wrote: »

I'm hoping that isn't needed. Friends with them say theirs don't fill up, so am hoping the drainage is good enough.

After digging the hole get the hose out and put a decent bit of water in it and see how quick it drains, it should give you a good idea of how well your soil drains and if you need to be concerned.

Also after you OP I was curious and did a bit of googling about trampolines in holes and it is recommended to have some vents to allow the air to escape as you bounce up and down as otherwise it can dampen the bounce and thus dampen the fun.

Seth Brundle

cruizer101 wrote: »

Also after you OP I was curious and did a bit of googling about trampolines in holes and it is recommended to have some vents to allow the air to escape as you bounce up and down as otherwise it can dampen the bounce and thus dampen the fun.

I'd leave the concrete there under the trampoline to help soften the bounce!

BarryD2

cruizer101 wrote: »

After digging the hole get the hose out and put a decent bit of water in it and see how quick it drains, it should give you a good idea of how well your soil drains and if you need to be concerned.

If it doesn't drain, sure he can carry on and have a swimming pool instead

ThunderCat

My bloods up.

This is becoming a holy show.