Recent work

[lutonlagerlout]

good to see the safety bits on the rebar haggi
that is a proper size job you are on there
when will you be getting above DPC?
LLL

[rab1]

without the base pour i`d guess 6-8 wks.

[lutonlagerlout]

busy old week
started the flats conversion

very hefty steel fire door soon to come out





stone delivered for the patio






went and built a porch for a mate today





i was saddened when he told me he had bought reclaimed rustics,they are not the finest of bricks when brand new
plus these were 68mm whereas the ones in his house are 65mm
added up to an 9 hour day on a saturday


cheers LLL

[dig dug dan]

I like the stretcher pattern on that paving. It means the joints do not get thrown out. Its exactly what we have to do this week! never laid them like that before, so will be interesting
We have an awkward job, using an access road that goes to the back of peoples houses and garages to access a garden(no side access) and people are starting to get arsey, almost as if its their road and they own it. think its a bit of jealousy tbh
London stone dropped off the slabs and some woman came out and took details of the lorry "in case her fence got damaged".

[lutonlagerlout]

LOL
its the little green devil on her shoulder
I needed a Hiab drop on this one so butterfields did this stone,those pallet line drivers need a kick in the ......
we found with the 560 840 gauge that if you off set each row by 140 mm it still looks fairly random
laid 3 packs today just some cuts and border detail tomorrow


then the dreaded pointing

just as a side note laying them like this alerts you straight off to mis sized flags

had a fair few 295 by 295s that should have been 275 square,also some 560's were only 540 long

on 65 metres we used 14 tonnes of type 1 and 8 tonnes of grit sand and 36 bags of dust,plus 10 litres of sbr

LLL

[Dave_L]

Weather looks nice and dry for you Tone......better than what we are being served up down here

[Pablo]

Tony you're a confident man laying off the garden wall and not the house rarely are they square.

[lutonlagerlout]

as luck would have it pablo it worked exactly 10 courses :;):
ahh wait a minute ,who built that garden wall ?

TBH when we set it out i didnt give it a thought
the front pavement line was 350mm out of parallel with the houses,hence the herringbone tegula

but when i measured the side and the wall was 5700 off the house,i could have cried
cheers LLL

[haggistini]

Alright boyos how's it going ? I've been doing my bolloxs in of late for little reward
Update

Base and kicker poured scabbled and primed and vertical steel done ready for pour Tuesday



40T of 20mm stone for blinding tanking system and insulation



Got 110m2 ready for tar in a day .. Boss wasn't happy "to slow"!



Customer wasn't happy "to quick I thought it would take a week"! So she made me do this which took me 40mins!


Finnished job

[haggistini]

Kitchen 95% done ... Spent the browny points before I earned them ...again!



By the way I handed my notice in Friday and im starting a good cobble job on the 12th
My new van



The setts



New name a web all happening its like anything the more you "do it" the better you get!

[michaelthegardener]

very nice work an nice van i want a blue un :rock: had one of them as a hire van once was a nice drive thinking of getting one myself .... ive done nowt worth getting a pic of for ages

[lutonlagerlout]

nice work haggis
lovin' that personalised plate on your new motor :;):
I am surprised you lasted as long as you did with the PAYE job
so is g-tech revived?
cheers LLL

[specialbranch]

Been on this Yorkstone patio this week, Got 1800m2 of turfing to start tomorrow then back here to do a stabilised gravel driveway

[haggistini]

Very fitting paving and planters there SB! Nice job

[cookiewales]

tidy work nice setts