The original Craig Cottage water supply comes from Kirkandrews via an old cast iron pipe that lies on the bed of the Pulwhirrin Burn. Our water pressure was very low and Scottish Water suggested that the best solution would be to lay a new water line alongside our access track up to the road where there is a high pressure water main.

We engaged the services of John Anderson from nearby Twynholm and he made rapid progress with his digger across the field away from the cottage until he came to the point where a rock outcrop crosses the track. This necessitated a couple of days of hard work using his ‘pecker’ attachment to get through the solid rock. He also unearthed a monolith which we will use as a garden feature at some point in the future.

We had been given lots of information from Scottish Water about their requirements for the depth of the trench an we were very careful to make sure that it was all as specified. When their inspector came to look at it he leaned over the dashboard of his van, said ‘looks OK to me’ and that was it. The trench is now back-filled and Scottish Water were very prompt at coming along to connect it up to the water main at the road. So now we just need to get a start on the building work…