Recent work

[Brucieboy]

Never done tuck pointing myself - only seen one guy restoring a section of brickwork on an old building. Took him an age - from a distance all the joints looked dead straight and square and about 4mm wide. It looked as if they'd been painted on - superb finish.

[lutonlagerlout]

sad day today,we finished a ramp just before xmas for an old lady and i went to dig the holes for the railings




I was knocking on the door to get power and a neighbour came across to tell me that sadly the lady had passed away over xmas

I asked had mrs X managed to use her new front door and ramp?
to which the neighbour replied " just the once ,on the stretcher"

even though we only met her for a week or so its sad that she waited so long for something then never got the use of it
LLL

[Bob_A]

Yes that is sad.
It always seems that more people die or get ill around Christmas.
I know it's not probably the case but it just seems that way.

[dodger41]

Cheers for the replies LLL & Bruicyboy, i have (potentially) to rebuild some chimneys on an old hotel in Chesham in the new year, & in the Spec. that ive seen it mentions washed sharp sand and lime mix, something that i have never used !!, if the job happens i will let you know how it goes (pick your brains), cheers !

[lutonlagerlout]

pratts yard sand from Leighton buzzard is a good example of washed sharp sand
enjoy epoxy resining broken bricks together !!
LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

new year and a new job
managed to shake off the xmas blues with some hard manual graft this week



topcon laser at work

skip loader

concrete barrowed in all 5 .5 cube of it



and lastly its always important to have a site toilet,as demonstrated by my accomplice darren

cheers LLL

[dig dug dan]

nice and tidy as ever tony!
in picture 6, whats the gap in the footing with the rebar sticking up for?

[lutonlagerlout]

thats the existing foul run which we need to lintel over with R15s
got quite a bit of drainage work to do next week,new IC outside the building @900 invert means lots more hand digging
all good fun
LLL

[mike builder/landscaper]

that hand digging and barrowing will be doing the diet good lll.

[local patios and driveway]

You crazy dude! Theresl penty of room for a 1.5t machine let alone 3/4t.... Sod that by hand. dig and pour in one day

[msh paving]

You crazy dude! Theresl penty of room for a 1.5t machine let alone 3/4t.... Sod that by hand. dig and pour in one day

Thinking the same as me.................

[dig dug dan]

i disagree on the "dig and pour" in the same day tbh

i would dig, and yes would use a machine, on day one, but how do you know what time to book the concrete, or how much to order until you have finished? if you hit a pipe and have to repair it that could set you back an hour, and a lorry load of concrete going off is expensive!

[local patios and driveway]

We use mixamate. Im probably being fecesious. But on a run of footings under 18m without any services involved we would expect to start at 7 pour at 3. Job im digging this week has 3 sections of pipework crossing the new footing and the adjacent building was never underpinned as it was suppossed to be so one side of my trench has to be be poured in section with rebar! One day job... 3 days.

[lutonlagerlout]

yes you could have pulled the long trench,but access is only 700 wide and 1900 high
also how would you pull the trench by the toilet ?
we had 3 foul runs that we had to hand dig around and 3 water mains?
believe me i am no masochist,but if you saw it with your own eyes you would understand
plus the garden was unbelievably soppy wet,small digger would have churned that to mush
keep 'em coming hehe
LLL :;):

[lutonlagerlout]

cracked on a bit since last post
footing built and oversite prepped


existing run exposed



new ic installed



3m soakaway dug



crates,lots of £££


crate and terram in


ready for backfill

we did backfill it but i was soaking wet etc so didnt bother getting the camera out
after 11 days of hand digging since xmas I have lost 7 lbs





its easier putting it on than losing it
LLL :;):