Sets and wall rebuild - Called in to help after contractor awol

[cookiewales]

first day on job contractor did a runner ribble reclamation recomended us to sort out regency wall about to fall over electric hi and dry wall falling over after 130 years or more 7 foot x 2 foot portland stone copings holding wall together we had to cut them down insitu to safely lift of wall fell over after cutting copings 9 m3 leanmix concrete laid on wet london clay laying the rest of leanmix lean mix laid and bricks cleaned and stacked setts arrived on site no room to move



Edited By cookiewales on 1420490513

[cookiewales]

bands going in laid on 4/1 sharp sand cement lamb shoulder cooking in halogen oven for tea setts laid to front now need to move setts by hand to lay to wall change of levels front of house to rear entrance the big yin no where to mix path to front door done slurry 3/1 before resin regency wall rebuilt using as many as old bricks i could wall built to same batter as 130 years ago copings back on ready for resin romex basalt



Edited By cookiewales on 1420493148

[GB_Groundworks]

is that an incubator glowing in the alleyway?

non standard engine in that belle mixer with a old style crank handle?

lovely work as usual cookie, nice house as well few quid i bet down in the smoke

[lutonlagerlout]

lovely job coooky
why,I wonder did that wall have that batter?
doesnt make sense
LLL

[Kuts]

Thats some nice sett work.

Do you know where i can get some decent setts near Wetherby? i only need about 90 linear meters but my usual supplier wants £140+vat a bag.

i use them on most jobs but their getting like rocking horse shit.

[mickg]

nice job Cookie

[cookiewales]

is that an incubator glowing in the alleyway?

non standard engine in that belle mixer with a old style crank handle?

lovely work as usual cookie, nice house as well few quid i bet down in the smoke

cheers house is in Peckham rye one side Georgian houses opposite side dell boy villas maisonettes and high rise house still worth 3.5 mil 600 meters to Peckham high St. through flats big yin was not a fan of starting it with handle :p

[cookiewales]

lovely job coooky
why,I wonder did that wall have that batter?
doesnt make sense
LLL

there were ten houses in a row they all had them very awkward to build bottom of wall 15 inch back plum for about 2 foot front leaning in slowly was not tied together bond was mix of flemish all snap headers top end battered more we used stainless steel ties to help copings hold it together .was very happy footing and bottom half of wall was good /i thought it would be a nightmare but rebuilt in two days then put copings on next day .every one man and his dog were asking me to do work for them :p

[cookiewales]

Thats some nice sett work.

Do you know where i can get some decent setts near Wetherby? i only need about 90 linear meters but my usual supplier wants £140+vat a bag.

i use them on most jobs but their getting like rocking horse shit.

try allan at Abacus Stone Sales: Yorkshire's biggest supplier of Yorkstone Flags
www.abacus-stone-sales.co.uk/‎
Abacus Stone Sales in Holmfirth is Yorkshire's largest stone merchant, with a range of reclaimed Yorkstone flags, cobbles, and new building stone in stock.
Hagg Wood Quarry, Woodhead Road, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire HD9 6PW, United Kingdom
+44 7711 997026 tell him cookie deals in beer vouchers aswell

[GB_Groundworks]

we've got two of the belles one is electric start diesel and other is 110v

110v doesn't like starting up though sometime have to help the drum to start great mixers though for that kind of work

[sy76uk]

Lovely job there Cookie. That will still be looking nice a long time after my cpb driveways have faded and become weed infested.

[Dave_L]

Beautiful work to both see going down in those lovely lines and the finished result. You should be very proud of what you've achieved there

[John156]

Very nice job Cooky, this is near me. I've driven past it a few times and wondered why it had been left excavated for so long, now it makes sense. How come they dug out so deep? Must have been a nightmare road to work on... very tidy job though

[cookiewales]

Very nice job Cooky, this is near me. I've driven past it a few times and wondered why it had been left excavated for so long, now it makes sense. How come they dug out so deep? Must have been a nightmare road to work on... very tidy job though

road was a nightmare would say lack of exp but they did okay job on patio at rear in reclaimed york and pointing of house 9 m3 leanmix concrete fixed it could not use type 1 ground to wet had to put down semi dry and use plank to level walking on them whacker would have been no go :p

[DempseyLiverpool]

Great work Cookie. I never tire of seeing those setts go down, they always look the business.