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dig dug dan
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Post: # 78349Post dig dug dan

not sure what you are on about. the are in a straight line, levelled to exsiting concrete driveway levels, with an upslope near the house for water run off.
how would you have done it then??
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Post: # 78350Post local patios and driveway

Dan i would have insisted on straight levels with a linear drain and crates, if the client had asked for any other way i would have declined but thatseasy to say when its busy i guess. Probably wouldnt have got the job though because you would have come in way cheaper than us.

dig dug dan
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Post: # 78353Post dig dug dan

everyone would have done, as what you are proposing would have been a complete drive rip out, and start again, something the customer did not want, no had the funds to do!
I should add that the gutter downpipe at the side went straight into the concrete, but the soakaway was blocked, so she cut the pipe off and jammed a length of gutter under it to guide the water away.
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Post: # 78355Post local patios and driveway

Im feeling bad about knocking you so hard now. I dont want to harp on, but im certain you could have done better

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Post: # 78357Post haggistini

Any comments great fully accepted lpad

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Post: # 78359Post local patios and driveway

Get your fingers off the lens haggis?

ilovesettsonmondays
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Post: # 78360Post ilovesettsonmondays

the guy in the red hat is not wearing hi vis pants hag . :D

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Post: # 78362Post rimexboy

ilovesettsonmondays wrote:the guy in the red hat is not wearing hi vis pants hag . :D
or gloves lol

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Post: # 78363Post haggistini

local patios and driveways wrote:Get your fingers off the lens haggis?
Pull your finger out ya ass lpad !..... I lifted and relayed this Wednesday 63M2 cos it got a banana effect!

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100mm out over a few courses !
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Post: # 78372Post lutonlagerlout

that haggis is why i wont work on commercial sites,too many people all over the work
those clays are a PITA anyone thats ever laid them knows that,the baggeridge ones are better IMHO

the thing to remember here is that its easy to criticize
but being able to take criticism is another level entirely
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Post: # 78374Post haggistini

Without out id be shit..?

And not The best in south Wales!

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DNgroundworks
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Post: # 78380Post DNgroundworks

jeez didnt know they where that bad? 100mm? whats the problem with them, tolerances?

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Post: # 78384Post lutonlagerlout

you need a line dan to almost lay them like bricks
baggeridge are better than blockleys IME as they only have nibs on 2 sides so you can flip them to get your line back
are blockleys nibless haggis?
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Post: # 78387Post haggistini

I've sussed them out now they need constant correction with a mallet to a string line as you go but these were laid by boys who normally get away the crashing them in any old shape but to run out that far was just a no brainer in my eyes I had no answers for the site agent other than lift and relay
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They have one side without nipples and really need to be flipped about so that the nipples are always out and dont clash on the small end(so basicly only one way to lay them)so I have told the boys to remember "tits out" that seems to work..... Still not quick enough for the boss tho who wants 120M2 a day!
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Post: # 78388Post Dave_L

Nice work Haggis but not sure about that horrible plastic Osma cover?
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