and your mug are all ERGONOMICALLY designed!! :laugh:
When are we going to see some pics of work in progress ???
sorry for using words longer than 3 letters bodge,
Ergonomics is the science of designing the job, equipment, and workplace to fit the worker.
i.e. to make life easier and the job more efficient
LLL :;):
I have some tools being delivered tomorrow including a nice shinney wheelbarrow which i will need to move the sand and the blocks from the alley way at the back of our house to the backyard......Sounds like hard work to me on it's own but i am sure it will pay off when i see the end result.
As for more pictures ask the rain gods to give us a break in the weather and the wheelbarrow will be in top gear , that's when i order the sand and blocks ( same day delivery usually so not to bad , but they need moving the same day.
I will post more pictures as the work is in progress.
I have also decided that i will be doing the block paving from the french doors to the gate 16 mtrs x 1.7 mtrs wide and then making a patio area outside my back door to the wall to the back of the house.
Would i need to cement down the pavers where the house finishes and the patio begins to speak or would it be sufficient for the flags which will be butt up to them to hold them in place.
I'm coming down on the ergonomics side of debate - brute force & ignorance never seemed seemed a clever solution to me. Balance is all.
In dim & distant past remember (part of 3D design) "design ergonomic door-handle" -
Hey Bodge - my mum was born in Preston & my dad in Pudsey - war of the roses - I'm born a southern softie... :p
"Meet the new boss - same as the old boss - We all get fooled again"
regarding barrowing i always find on a long day barrowing its better to do more 60% full loads then a couple of staggering 120% full loads. we've all seen it on site men needing to assert their masculinity and filling the barrow full then taking twice as long to struggle with it. many trips are better than a fecked back haha. happy barrowing
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
the young fella that works with me said to the sparky the other day " we never rush on this firm"
I had to explain to him, as it was to me that rushing a job actually slows it down, we call it " plodding" but plodding is working for 7.5 hours,pushing barrows ,digging,laying bricks whatever===> grafting
we have all seen the flash in the pan merchants,go like lighting for 2 hours then are shot for the rest of the day
Impossible to wacker it when or after it has been lashing it down , also i'm getting to old now to be working outside in the rain even though i still have some hydraulic fluid left in my veins.
I'm in no rush as i just want to take my time and do it right or at least half right , unless you want to volunteer and give me a few days of your time as you would still have 363 days to do what you want :p
it dont half rain oop north nochex
i remeber working with a brickie from bury in the 80's he was astounded how few days we lost to rain darn sarf
he reckoned on losing 1 a week on avg in manchester
LLL
Well got a good run of MOT1 down today and a few ton of sand barrowed into my yard , but rainned off again and i will have to give it a few days to dry out before i wacker it down should be ok ?
Pretty pleased with the level and falloff as below and i need some more MOT1 to finish the bottom of the yard.
Do i wack it then put the tarram down and then a few inch of sand an another wack then 1" sand and lay the brick ....i hope i have that procedure right.
You said " the ground is very firm and quite hard in places". Why would you want terran? The terran should of gone in before the dtp1. I would of raised the manhole cover by now as you have extra 150 dtp 1 to move out the way plus the old surrond. But you are making progress, well done.
