Recent work

[Injured]

you havent changed the bricks above the soldier course. They are different on the original build.

[lutonlagerlout]

we have a winner!!
the original brickwork was claydon multis,regency soldier course then moreteyne russets
moreteyne russets are discontinued (although now i have said that someone will know where i can get a pack)
so rather than introduce a 4th colour into the house we went with claydon multis for the gable

n1 injured
LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

more recent work,before




during



finished


this was the boundary wall at my local pub "olivers" in luton
sadly it was knocked down by accident
i enjoyed rebuilding it but its on london road luton so i must have got honked at and abused by a menagerie of hundreds every day
if i ballsed this up ii would never hear the end of it
anyway finished at 3 yesterday and stayed on that the pub for a questions and answer session that lasted until 10.15 last night
i told the missus that networking is very important :;):
cheers LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

how it used to look
wall previously

[lutonlagerlout]

more work wheelchair access requires a flush threshold so we had 2 insert 2 DPCs and a 600mm cavity try when building the extension



bar faced slabs laid




block paving lifted to meet slabs





i know none of this is particularly prestigious but the fact that a little lad can now be wheeled straight in to his bedroom is reward in itself
anyway to cheer myself up i took a piccie of the boston ivy on the back of my house
if there is a nicer autumnal plant i cant think of it and having had 5 die on me previously i am glad this one took


cheers LLL

[mickg]

nice work as always Luton

[Mikey_C]

just a couple of comments/questions, if i may?

decided not to opt for your signature union jack cross thing on top of the pub wall piers then?

where does the linear discharge to from the ramp?

[mickg]

he can't on that one Mikey as the pillar is not square, I tried to emulate the same finish on a wall I built last year and could not do it either so I ended up buying the solid type bricks what Luton has used on the photo above

[lutonlagerlout]

good questions mikey
as mick correctly states the piers are 450 by 335 which doesnt make for a good mitre,also the pub in question is frequented by a lot of very nationalistic irish types

they wouldnt be best pleased with a union jack on the wall IYKWIM :;):

sometimes especially on 335 by 335mm pier tops its best to lay class A bricks flat with a 100 by 100 square in the middle
its a neater finish like that
the out fall from the aco joins the BIG at the rear of the job,its been backfilled on the photo

as i said this is bread and butter work, and we have to work to the councils spec and budget,i thought i may have got pulled on the in situ concrete round the covers, but looks like i got a pass from you blokes on that

we were stuffed here the blocks are old 65mm CBP
and when they laid the road they must have tried the old "mix cement with the KDS" took my labourer nearly a day to clean up 150 blocks with all the cement stuck to them
god i hate relaying old blocks

as a side note got a call from a drive i did 12 years ago ( ??? )
anyway he says 1 particular area sank about 6 months a go so he topped it up but its sank again?
I am reasonable but 12 years is just outside my statute of limitations
but curiosity killed the cat as they say so i went round
first thing i noticed was a monster Winnebago on the drive,but the hole wasnt there
the hole was tucked away where no cars could ever reach it

the blocks had dropped like 30mm in 1 section about 400 by 400
so i pulled out the blocks
I noted he had used soft sand when he tried to redo it :;):
then i went down a bit more and it was full of ants
to me it looks like ants had removed the bedding layer
I am going back today to redo it with leanmix (i know rigid etc etc but its been down 12 years)
funny thing is rest of the drive is fine even with all the weight on it
LLL

[rab1]

nice work as always, really like the ivy.

[Pablo]

Mr Lout I think thats a Viginia Creeper not a Boston Ivy. The VC has 3-5 serrated leaflets and the BI has a leaf like a Maple. Hard to tell from the photo though. I agree about the colour I've got both on my garage although they're starting to lift the slates so they're getting a serious trimming soon.



Edited By Pablo on 1285698567

[RAPressureWashing]

LLL
In all the times I have cleaned your patio, I never noticed you had a balcony up there!!!

[lutonlagerlout]

that is because you are concentrating so hard on your work roger!

and doblo you are indeed right mate!!

i have seen the same plant advertised as both virginia creeper and boston ivy,but it looke like i have been killing boston ivy and the Virginia creeper is the one that has thrived

i have a wisteria out the south facing front of the house but no show from that yet,also an acer rubrum for its autumn foliage

in the back i have an acer "crimson king" a "mountain ash" and a spanish fir similar to this

i did have a persian ironwood tree and a black locust but they died on me
as you can tell as well as being a general noob i am also a tree noob :;):
LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

a new job started tuesday
poured crete today to half of it
conveniently found main sewer and gas leccy and water today
all intact so far








and so the cycle continues
previous job has to be left 3 weeks for the screed to dry out for the altro flooring to be laid

this one is more complicated,looks like a groundbeam will be in order,oh the joys of mud!

LLL

[Dave_L]

oooooh new model takeuchi!