brickwork up in front of gabions (it had been raining not damp coming through theres 120 tons of 100-200mm stone in gabions behind to its pretty free draining)
new car port area setts laid and pointed
scaffolders been and our new polish father/son/ very fit daughter team have just put the tin hat on. (she doesnt work but came with them, very pretty blonde)
for carberry 24lbs and 48lb sledge hammers and normal lump hammer for scale
catch up on this one
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
another job with new post knocker, paid for itself in two days
we did 1km of stock fencing last year with tractor client has two fields 10 acres and 6 acres but they are not connected, 2 4' gates between them and through her garden, installed 3 8' gates and built a new compound for them to use for veg etc
post knocker was great, using 8" x 8'6" driven gate post could install a gate in 45 minutes on my own.
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
they are held just in place with a 6" nail through the back, i normally notch them and use the spike then cut a new spike on the other end into a hole but its such a short run theres no point. then a piece of plain high tensile wire is fed from the base of the main strainer to the back of the second strainer, the second strainer is there to brace the top of the main strainer and then using a grapple fastener the fire is tightened to as tight as you can get it, basically like a piano string
i'll try find a photo
so in 30m of fencing there are 7 strainers and only 4 stakes, makes it rock solid though.
this video is cool id love one of those protech tracked carriers, but your wire should be so tight you can run over it
what ive learnt over the years is the double monkey strainers work ok on top and bottom strands, but the clamp across the whole wire is better, and i just use the digger or tractor to pull againsts.
joining two pieces with grapples is also a very good way to tension it but they are £1 each so £10 per join but allow for future adjustment, best also to stretch leave it under tension for 15 mins then try again as there is a lot of stretch in it.
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Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
mickg wrote:what is the extension being used for Giles as the walls don't have any vertical damp installed and the pillar looks like its been filled in ?
nice job though, nice legs on the first photo too
walls dont have vertical damp?
the bottom bit will be a glass roofed family room/ open plan dinner and then where the scaffold is there is a tower going up to be a gym/master suite.
the lower walls are cut into the existing cavity and combed in,
pillar filled in to take the loads from the tower sitting on the steels.
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
I'm not sure without looking at the construction drawings, they are filled with c35 concrete all the pillars. But all passed by building control so sure the engineer has addressed it
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
I dont want to get too involved in building regs but any new living accommodation must meet regulations
if an external door is maintained between the existing house and glass roofed area then it is exempt,however if it all becomes part of the habitatable area then you need regs
i am sure this has all been sorted,as if the piers are full of concrete they wont be very damp proof for living quarters
some kind of swanky orangery i imagine
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