Recent work

[lutonlagerlout]

lashed of rain all day yesterday
we got soaked trying to get the ground beam ready,but ready it is

4.4m long, 205 by 205, 54kg per metre,
2 of us dragged that up the drive on our own then rolled it into position

clear out and c35 concrete monday morning



LLL

[henpecked]

Im on holiday ATM, went top pick up 4 x 3 mtr tanalised posts, 5 x 150 x 50 tanalised 14 ft'ers, 6 bags sharp,2 pea and 5 cement( car port and 20 slabs) I got wet to the bone, it rained old ladys and walking sticks yesterday, never gotten that wet on site, must be slipping

[GB_Groundworks]

Was listening to the golf on 5 live, mega rain there and the American team waterproofs weren't waterproof haha. They had to go into the merchandising tent and buy waterproofs off a Cornish company. They interviewed the guy in one day he sold 600 waterproof suits at £209 each. £120k in a day haha.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport....erproof



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[GB_Groundworks]

few questions tony

who decided on the ground beam? did you have to get an engineer or copy similar spec from another job?

how deep was the bad ground, whats the cost comparison over going deeper and more concrete?

do you have to use the rsj or rebar cage?

ive done steels before to bridge protected tree roots etc but steel always on concrete pads not encased in concrete then the wall goes ontop of the steel.

[lutonlagerlout]

when the digger driver noticed the ground change colour we investigated and found the main sewer run for the road behind where we are building running across the corner of our extension.albeit at 1500 deep
the peerless keith spears (structural engineer) came out and went away and did his calcs
and he came up with this ground beam
we concreted it yesterday with the c35 mix and the footings got built today
going deeper would still not have helped as the 6 inch pipe was haunched to 900 wide and it came across our foundations at an acute angle
probably all in all about £700 extra including steel concrete etc. havent put pen to paper yet
previously we have had to wrap the USB in some fine mesh but this one didnt call for it
cheers LLL

[GB_Groundworks]

Right didn't see it was sewer thought was just bad ground, peerless hey I'll take that pepsi challenge with our guy. Jonathon kingfisher consulting is our engineer he's got more letters after his name than I've ever seen. He's also qualified architect haha, scary what those boys know he was trying to explain clay adhesion to steel piles to me complicated.

BSc(Eng) CEng FIEE MIMechE FConsE MAE haha

[lutonlagerlout]

keith used to be top man at beds county council for structural stuff
the mere mention of his name gets BCO quivering at the knees

thing is a lot of archs over specify to cover them selves

on 1 particular job he saved us 6 grand on steels from the original drawing to his calcs
LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

busy week this week
footings built and drains installed,oversite prepped


concrete poured



on to the brickwork next week
LLL

[Mikey_C]

09 Oct. 2010,03:16

were you going to bed late or getting up early??

[lutonlagerlout]

up early mikey
i only need 6 hrs sleep so as i fell asleep on the settee at 8PM i was up at 2AM
how i long for my teenage years when i could have a drink then go to bed at 2 AM and not wake up till 6 PM the following day

its a pain because you never feel fully refreshed but i cant sleep a minute longer than maybe 7 hrs at the most
cheers LLL

[cookiewales]

up early mikey
i only need 6 hrs sleep so as i fell asleep on the settee at 8PM i was up at 2AM
how i long for my teenage years when i could have a drink then go to bed at 2 AM and not wake up till 6 PM the following day

its a pain because you never feel fully refreshed but i cant sleep a minute longer than maybe 7 hrs at the most
cheers LLL

same here four to five hours then done if i have to much pain killer ie beer sleep less on tour am last to bed and first up :p

[jonnyboyentire]

Right I'm gonna have a go at this thread!




Recent job, almost complete now. Nice stone to lay, jointed with gtfk basalt - not as good as rompox but all I could get. Just got the last few ground level ones to put in and connect the lights up. Straight after jointing:-





Plasterer coming back whenever to render top and sides of the low wall as no decision could be reached on copings.

In case anyone's wondering why we laid in the plane we did, the blockwork is nowhere near 90 degrees - it's quite a bit less due to a bizarre boundary line. Didn't want to see cuts at weird angles so this masks it quite nicely. Took a fair bit longer. No long lines and no four-corners meeting = a happy jonnyboy!!

Going to use a proper coating on the walls - Keim, which acts like an etch-primer and really bites into the render. Colour tba!

Will be sealing it with our special sealant !

[lutonlagerlout]

very nice work johnny
havent seen that stone before
bet the client is chuffed
LLL

[Bob_A]

Plenty of colour.
Are they wet or been treated?

[jonnyboyentire]

Thanks guys.
It's Strata Cathedral in the 6 sized 560 series, they do it in a 4 sized 600 series too. We kept all of the 420x560's out, using them along the front, re-used all the cuts, and all being well are 2 flags to the good :p
Neither wet nor sealed - just freshly polymeric'd - it'll tone down a bit in a few days. Will defo be sealing it though due to the sweet chestnut tree overhead! Bloody squirrels have been bombing the lads!

We're starting another one in this stuff next week, ironically next door to the first lady we ever laid it for.

I have a pic of that wee one somewhere - will post it if I can find it!!