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Tommy
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Post: # 59194Post Tommy

Had a couple of trees that have succumbed to the wind.

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Reduced to....

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This one came down this afternoon, so that's tomorrow sorted.

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Upon taking the logs upto our dump, the tractor decided to go sideways into the skip

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Used to be an ornamental walled garden, now....

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Our log pile now, should keep the fire going for a while

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digerjones
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Post: # 59200Post digerjones

what time on sat morning shal i come round for my load, i only live round the corner. :D
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Tommy
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Post: # 59207Post Tommy

We've had all manner of people asking us for them. We've left about a trailer load where the tree fell so the homeowners can help themselves.

lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 59215Post lutonlagerlout

nice pictures tommy
it was seriously windy for us today
trying to prep up an oversite and the labourer took off with a 80mm sheet of celotex
it knocks the bollox out of you working in the wind
LLL
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Tommy
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Post: # 59231Post Tommy

Decided to use some New Holland muscle to rip out the stump this morning, and found the tree next to it fancied a lie down.

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Last bit of clearing up to do

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A short while later...

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I don't hold much hope for the turf, leftovers from another job, and has been laid on it's pallet for 3 weeks,

haggistini
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Post: # 59242Post haggistini

nice 1 with the stump destroyer!!! i had a good day today all edges in and ready to slam the blocks in

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knocked the bollox out of it now :D :D :D
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Pablo
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Post: # 59243Post Pablo

The turf should take just fine Tommy. Grass is normally totally dormant at 6deg or lower so lack of light and water doesn't harm it. I've got away with much worse.
Can't see it from my house

lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 59245Post lutonlagerlout

when are you pointing up those coping stones haggi? :;):

just out of interest i see you have laid edging blocks on screed but they are against brickwork and drainage abutments
is this necessary?
I normally only lay blocks on sand and cement if its a free edge,
cheers LLL :)
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haggistini
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Post: # 59259Post haggistini

will point them soon LLL .. i always have layed my edges on a wet screed or a concrete bed and haunch free edge or not. is this overkill? or not good practice?
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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 59268Post lutonlagerlout

i have done it both ways,but that method i use more for a screed board on paths etc
if the subbase is good enough there should be no need for edge blocks first
also when you wack it the edge blocks may spall if they are on concrete
looking good anyways :)
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digerjones
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Post: # 59272Post digerjones

could you have screeded straight off the acco's. then you would'nt have to concrete the edge blocks in.
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haggistini
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Post: # 59275Post haggistini

oh the sub-base is good LLL!

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good point but i just like to screed my bed off solid edges and run my whacker just over the edges until the main blocks are flush this method has'nt let me down yet i know there are quicker ways so ill have to give them a try in the future but i know this works for me and thats why i have done it this way for years :)
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mike builder/landscaper
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Post: # 59279Post mike builder/landscaper

thats exactly the way i do it haggi, probably right with the overkill statment but like you i like to run my notched 4x2 timber over my blocks instead of the aco. set it our ways probably. to old to change and all that.
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Post: # 59285Post lutonlagerlout

i use lines and electrical conduit now,and as the saying goes I've never looked back
horses for courses, but time is money etc etc
looks great though,thats the main thing
LLL :)
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Mikey_C
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Post: # 59287Post Mikey_C

the recommendation on the website is to have 50mm of concrete under non free edges.

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