been doing weatherstruck piers in flemish bond (again!)
we waited 7 weeks for planning for the piers to be 2M high and they knocked it back
so now the piers and gates have to be 1M max
dont get me started on the state of the pavement, when we were doing the channels etc i started lifting and replacing the broken council slabs,needless to say i got caught by someone from highways
"you are committing an offence bla bla bla" he said
so although i was improving a pavement that looked like a packet of broken biscuits i had to leave it.
when the client pays for the crossover they will remove the slabs and the cement fillet and tarmac right up to the blocks (theoretically)
I wanted to put a 6 by2 edging in the but the same jobsworth said that i couldn't haunch it past the boundary
such is life
LLL
was the steel installed prior to the final decision of the 1 metre high and is being cut down in height ?
I always put a 150mm x 50mm square concrete edging across the width of the new driveway with a 50mm - 75mm concrete haunching which is flush with the existing pavement so the "nice person just doing his job from the local authority" can't complain.
it defines the line between the new driveway and pavement which in most cases is tarmac up and down and all over the place or is perished but this edging keeps the new driveway flat plus when the council finally decide to change the pavement surface the driveway paving is not disturbed
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you can get a normal family saloon each side of the porch,
they wanted 2M high piers for security,the area although it looks nice is dog rough
when we were doing the porch there were 2 drug raids and armed police looking for a gunman in 2 weeks in that road alone,last week a 14 yr old lad got his jaw broken over a mobile phone!
anyway the ground was terrible so on the gaffers advice we dug out 450mm laid geogrid then built the stone up in 100mm layers,did the pier bases 800 by 800 and 1m deep with the steels at 3200 mm long and concreted in position, laid 3 course of bwk then did the acos on an irregular curve and about a 200mm fall
(i never seem to get straightforward square drives?)
anyway pete the welder came out today and cut the tops off the steels, will finish the piers tomorrow
the problem with the edging mickg is that the pavement is curved and up and down,a pain in the asp TBH
but as jobsworth said "stick inside the boundary"
a lot of work there for a 45 M drive believe me :;):
have to say i quite like those "argent" blocks
LLL
well when they gates were gonna be 2M high I estimated the weight of each to be 100kg+, so better safe than sorry
bit OTT now of course
the aco drains via a trapped gully into a soakaway in the back garden, whether that soakaway works or not ,who knows but its there
will post finished piers if i remember my cybershot this AM
cheers LLL
sounds good mate, at least your complying to the new "daft" law.
Have you heard of a company called Tobermore ? I use them for all my block, they do a range just like the Marshalls argent (think thats what it is) that you have used. Its called Sienna Duo in 3 different colours £16.65 m2, 60mm as well, take a look at their website, boss gear mate.
never seen a single block of tobermore darn sarf
we get brett marshalls stonemarket and some cemex stuff
if you ask for anything else they look at you like an alien,think i paid about £22 per M plus VAt for the argent
anyway took my cybershot but didnt get there till late (christ I hate working till 5 on a saturday)
will take a snap when the gates are fitted
cheers
LLL
Pablo wrote:You've posted that pier finish before it looks very well. Is that a dyed mortar.
its my trademark finish pablo,takes a good hour and a half per top but it gets the punters smiling
i never use dyed mortar m8,seen it fail so many times I wont go near it now,thats just standard 5:1 soft sand :castle cement mix
the brand of cement makes a massive difference to the colour,blue circle comes out a lot stronger looking,same with rugby cement
I try and avoid masonry cement,it seems to have failed a fair bit in this recent cold spell,and i dont like call backs
Ey LLL that pillar is quality mate, love the struck pointing too! I re-pointed the whole of my house like that, time comsuming but worth it. You dont see that much of that type of pointing up north though, dont know why like.
Yeh Tobermore delivery anywhere in the UK direct, cutting out the builders merchant and you can split packs to what ever quantity you like, listen to me I sound like a rep !haha
