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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 103224Post lutonlagerlout

todays state of play

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21m reach special Hiab
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higher
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in and bolted
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no eclipse visible in herts
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Post: # 103225Post lemoncurd1702

Ah I see now.
I wasn't sure of the plan. Is it a three story job?

Eclipse was a bit of an anti-climax here too.
Cheers
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sy76uk
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Post: # 103239Post sy76uk

Looking at those big steels reminds me that I really do not miss working at hights :)
Here a couple of jobs I finished last week.
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Post: # 103248Post lemoncurd1702

Nice one Simon.
Looks like the Savannah is becoming one of your favourites.
Cheers
Lemoncurd

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Post: # 103249Post lutonlagerlout

nice work si i bet they are well happy
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Post: # 103250Post sy76uk

The clients were over the moon on both jobs Tony.

I do like the Savannah LC. The main reason we used them on that job was because I had some left over pewters and savannas from another job and we did a small area leading from the front door to the house with them

He liked that bit so much he asked me to rip up the rest of his drive and do the rest the same way.
The pewters and savannah do sit well together.
The colours on the drive and patio sit well together too.
The client is one I've mentioned before. He does my grab trucks and bulk loads of aggregate.
He has sorted me out with a yard to store my excess materials and kit.
Happy days all round.

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Post: # 103253Post GB_Groundworks

Was cloudy up here but I got most the stages

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Post: # 103255Post Captain Concrete

Your in the wrong job!
Been in concreting for 22 years

sy76uk
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Post: # 103314Post sy76uk

This is my current job. All the cutting and setts are taking longer than anticipated.
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Post: # 103317Post lemoncurd1702

Looking superb, can't wait to see finished product.

Facing similar problems myself on current job with everything seeming to take longer than anticipated.
Cheers
Lemoncurd

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Post: # 103322Post lutonlagerlout

proper work there sy
lovely to see lines and pins in
I was relaying some old yorkstone today
biggest flag was 36 by 36 by 3 inches
only saving grace is that its a doddle to cut
gotta upload some pictures
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sy76uk
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Post: # 103324Post sy76uk

Cheers Mark, iit's always hard to judge how long the fiddly jobs will take.
Should have it finished early next week though.

Tony, I know exactly what your going through with that stone.
A few years back leicester train station was being refurbed before the Olympics.
And it was all granite setts and the same York stone you'vyou've been working with.
I spent 2 weeks doing 12 hour shifts 7pm til 7am lifting the stuff and palatising it on my $#÷^ing own.
Some of the were the size of sodding doors.
Lost a few fingernails on that job.
Like you say though it's lovely stuff to work with.

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Post: # 103325Post lutonlagerlout

thing is this stuff may have been reclaimed twice already
the current owners had it moved from the front to the rear garden 20 years ago but it is way too smooth for the age of the house

problem is last time it was laid on an inch of sand and mud!
on 3 inches of concrete now :)
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Post: # 103326Post DempseyLiverpool

Nice work sy
Cuts are a pita sometimes but they always seem worth it in the end.
I can't recall any of my customers noticing the extra time Ive put into cuts but I'll keep doing them anyway. I did have a mitred sett corner confused with breakages once !!

Usually more concerned with where the bins are gonna go !!
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Post: # 103327Post sy76uk

Even though you've laid the stone on 3" of concrete, that stuff could still be reclaimed years down the line Tony.
Can you imagine what the pavers that first laid them flags would say it you gave them a crate of the stuff we get these days.
I honestly think they would laugh.

Dempsy, I know where your coming from.
Even though I did a detailed drawing the client has been out twice to say it wasn't what he expected. He thought the paved area would be bigger and it looks different to the drawing.
Not your doing a great job on the cuts.
This is the drawing.
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How he couldn't see what he going to get after looking at a 3D model is beyond me.

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