Recent work

[Tony McC]

My granddaughter has a crush on Fireman Sam. She would sit there, completely motionless, jaw agape, all day long if I let her. For me, as soon as that bloody theme tune starts...

"When he hears that fire alarm,
Tony thinks about self-harm...."

[lutonlagerlout]

I actually am sitting here laughing at the thought
i can hear the daughter ,nephew and niece down stairs now belting hell out of each other
god love'em
LLL :laugh:

[lutonlagerlout]

struggling against the cold this week
demolish barn







old concrete thicker than expected


shutter in and steel fixed


7.45 this morning


10.00 this morning


2.30 pm


3.30 today


a long old day waiting for the bleed to go but the slab had to be a good one
cheers LLL

[rimexboy]

Nice work tony nice to see the hoodies too, my mrs bought me a couple in the week very nice with the cold weather we have

[haggistini]

nice touch using DPC to float up the base
and the whacker/power floats a new one to me did you use steel channel for your spacer's

[lutonlagerlout]

vibrating beam tamp haggis,gets the fat up lovely
the spacers are some kind of plastic they use on big sites
the DPC trick is one I have heard about but only saw it yesterday
still learning stuff at 44
cheers LLL

[Dave_L]

Yeah the grey plastic strips are like plastic chairs, I've used them in the past, better than those stupid individual chairs that inevitably fall over.

[Tony McC]

You couldn't use steel as supports as it is in contact with the sub-base/sub-grade so liable to rust. That's why the usual fixes are either bits of old flagstone or the plastic support strips/chairs.

How come no DPM beneath the slab? I always think that's a good insurance as it protects the concrete from groundwater but it also helps maintain the w/c ratio so the concrete cures to the planned strength/hardness.

Around South Lancashire, because of the history of aggressive groundwater being pumped from mine workings, a DPM beneath a concrete slab was always considered essential by any BCO

[lutonlagerlout]

the folk putting up the timber garage do not require it,plus my erstwhile colleague, a steel fixer of 47 years experience(about the same stamp as sean i guess)
told me we would be there till midnight if we put DPM under it
as it was it was 6 1/2 hours wait just to brush and arris trowel
one of these yokes will be going on it in 6 weeks and they bed their own damp course
cheers LLL

[rimexboy]

A long haul for me and the mrs but now done

[haggistini]

She's gotta be happy with that browny points galore .

Driveway done but the client doesn't want me to point them to the top as they like the character :~( I've explained the reasons for pointing so I have to leve it about 5-8 mm recessed .... I'm using instamac ultrascape flowpoint in charcoal good stuff go off really hard and quite quick to use

[cookiewales]

nice bit of set laying bruce

[lutonlagerlout]

very nice, both simon and haggis
i know the modern kitchen has nice clean lines but i still miss my old eye level gas grill
ideal for proper welsh rarebit or bacon
whats next rimex?
haggis i thought it was essential to fully point?
5-8 mm recess spells dog ends and moss to me
cheers LLL

[rimexboy]

cheers haggis and lll, staircase is next well sort off lol, time will tell..

we changed from gas to electric and its one of them induction hobs, im told

simon

[lutonlagerlout]

the slab we poured saturday cured well under cover over the weekend




the lout then had to swing back into action hand digging a soakaway


2 1/2 hours to dig a metre cubed in clay and flint
LLL



Edited By lutonlagerlout on 1355170343