Recent work

[ilovesettsonmondays]

i used them genies once to put a couple of rsj up ,over an indoor swimming pool . didnt they were going to be able to do the job to be honest . was proved wrong . great bit of kit.

[rab1]

we use them (genie hoists) every day, carrying them up and down stairs etc and i still want to meet the man that called the genie sl 25 a lightweight hoist and then drop one on him so he can the find out how lightweight it is. :;):

[GB_Groundworks]

we lifted a 2 ton steel (30 foot long 12"x18") in to 40 foot high with two of the big uns, had them creaking and deflecting hehe, on the second steel we got another genie in the middle hehe.

going for about a grand on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genie-S....wt_1156

[Bob_A]

That made laugh

[lutonlagerlout]

keeping it real bob_a :;):
the reason we did the steel now is that once the roof goes on it will be nearly impossible to get it in
we managed to do it without any loss of plaster in the living room or kitchen,sadly the steel is 205mm and the bedroom floor joists are only 150 so we did lose some plaster in the back bedroom but thats getting sorted wednesday

re: genie lifts, on first sight you think uh oh?
but they are a great bit of kit
a steel like that would have needed 5 men and a lot of mucking around
as it was 2 of us managed it no problem
cheers LLL

[rab1]

we use the hoists to lift major bits of plant etc, only ever seen a fail once in 20yrs.

[lutonlagerlout]

saw this plonker pull out in front of me today
candidate for a darwin award surely?


anyway cracked on at knebworth,all brickwork is finished now but i only had the camera at the half way stage


started on the school job,lots and lots of fencing etc etc.
all in a good cause


2 days in and we will be pouring the oversite tomorrow at 2PM BCO permitting

cheers LLL

[Stuarty]

The guy driving the silver motor must be as thick as two short planks!


(can you see what i did there... yeah, ill grab my coat :p )

[digerjones]

tony, what gavity size do you do, and insulation. last few i have done was 100mm gavity and kingspan clipped to block work.

[lutonlagerlout]

its been 100mm cavity for 3-4 years now round here
we use a special fibreglass called dritherm32 that is 85mm wide,but once opened fits nice in a 100mm cavity
in certain areas they want celotex but not here yet

the guy in the car was risking his own and other peoples lives
what a donut!
LLL

[haggistini]

last time i had the joy of fitting an RSJ was at my sisters house, we pushed it through an upstairs window and i stayed ground level holding it while everyone ran up stairs and just as it got passed the tipping point it flew up ripping my hand to bits on the cut steel and lifted me off my feet NOT NICE
LLL nice work there...!!! ive had a nightmare over the last few days waiting for the right size blocks and dealing with a customers ever changing needs.....

[digerjones]

sorry tony, i ment to say cavity. with the 100mm, you put 50mm celotex and have 50mm open cavity. i thought full filled cavity was not done anymore, but hey i'm only a digger driver.

[lutonlagerlout]

yeah i spotted that but hey ho!
I just build to building regs Dylan,what they ask for, we do
same yourself I am sure
LLL

[Mikey_C]

i had a national company round to give me quote for cavity wall installation. on a reasonable sized 4 bed detached house they wanted £150 from me, the rest would be obtained from the energy company. he said they do alot of new builds, instead of buying and brickies pi55ing around fitting insulation, they just pitch up afterwards and bob's your uncle.

[haggistini]

drilling face brick nasty??