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[haggistini]

thats my 3m ally screeder in the pic £40 bargain!!! the sub base was topped up today by about 50mm right through dipped off a string line off edges total depth about 150mm. 100mm first compaction and all voids were filled with sharp sand dusted over them its like a pool table well with a fall

[haggistini]

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

there you go.... tidy darts

[lutonlagerlout]

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

where is that then mikey?
cheers LLL

[Mikey_C]

I knew someone would ask, and if I had been a betting man money would have been on you LLL.

here

about half way down, under the sub header edge course

[rab1]

my money was on tony lll

[lutonlagerlout]

solely to ensure that the blocks will not move or settle when used as a level guide for subsequent screeding of the bedding layer.

Tony Mc

as you can see ,you only need to bed the blocks in this manner if you are using a notched board to screed your main area

if the subbase is good there is no requirement to introduce more concrete
Plus personally i always tend to do the edge course last,
screed the area off
lay pattern to edges
use the edge course to scribe the cuts
cut the blocks and insert the edge courses as i go

as i say its not wrong,but it is slower
cheers LLL

[haggistini]

i will give it a go next time see how i get on

[Tommy]

Some more assorted pictures...

Had to move the 'green' waste into a spare field.


The old main entrance for Keele Hall



Turf tires + ploughed, heavy clay soil = sliding

[lutonlagerlout]

what camera is that tommy?
the quality is excellent
cheers LLL

[Tommy]

Its my iPhone 4's camera. hasnt got the HDR feature turned on though.

[Tommy]

Was continuing to shift the muck pile into the field. We've had a fair bit of rain, and its the wettest corner of the field, but the only accessible one...or so we thought







Had our loader tractor try and tow it out, but nothing doing, so we called in at the farmhouse up the road, and he came down with his beasty new John Deere 7030.

Pulled out Tractor, trailer and all out backwards without the engine revving above idle

[ambient]

this weeks drive

[haggistini]

slick cuts there nice job ..again! plaspave?

[dig dug dan]

slick cuts there nice job

i agree. did you use a block splitter? very nice job indeed!

[ambient]

yes plaspave modena granite stone
cuts no use stilly block splitter dont cut em neat enough