Recent work

[cookiewales]

had to be £1500 plus i would say

[mickg]

do you reckon it was cost effective to crush what looks like 5 ton of MOT ?

[lutonlagerlout]

another pile at the bottom of the garden mick
I reckon 10 tonne in total
plus minus 2 skips
our grab man wont take any rubbish anymore just mud and hardcore, last lot of rubbish cost him £600 to tip
its not always economic but i reckon on this job it has saved me a few quid
the biggest thing you need is space to do the crushing
cheers LLL

[mickg]

OK cool

did the guy wearing the shades have to break the 450 x 450 flags into bite size pieces or will the crusher work with the flags that size ?

[lutonlagerlout]

450 by 450 will fit ,but we found it easier just to give them a quick knock and break into 4pieces
I have a feeling those old black slabs were home made as the thickness varied a lot,they didnt look like factory made
breeze blocks and bricks,straight in no probs
LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

due to various reasons we didnt get on the blocks yesterday
so today on my jacks i had 170 to lay


6pm tonight


owww my back is like the readybreak kid

and for those interested the allotment is starting to bloom


cheers LLL

[rimexboy]

Looking good tony that's a big area..

So what's in the pots on the allotment on the left carrots or what

[mickg]

looking good

what's under the nets strawberries ?

[lutonlagerlout]

pots = carrotts on the left
parsnips on the right (no show from parsnips)

the nets cover 60 cabbage, 40 brussels,20 swede and 30 lettuce

without the debris netting the pigeons would annihilate the lot in 2 days
best thing this year has been shallots,for some bizzare reason?
LLL

[GB_Groundworks]

looking great cookie and tony, back from usa and canada but straight back to it knocking walls out at factory 6metres wide x 8 metres high 9 inch english bond in imperial cheshire's worked everyday since landing on thursday

got loads of photos of paving rekated stuff from us but will take me a bit of time

poured 50m3 today into footings for big new build

starting a horse arena next week, and busy at the factory taken on a new guy im so busy

photos to follow

[rimexboy]

Looks good tony I don't know where you find the time or the energy lol my mrs done these with the kids she looks after, also growing carrots and peas in there pots ...



Some of them need a hair cut already

[TheRockConcreting]

On your retainer LLL, do you not use starter bars to stop the wall shifting on the footing?

[lutonlagerlout]

if it was higher we would have used *L* bars Jay
we started backfilling with the crush today and the wall is only retaining around 350-500 mm max
there will be a 225mm upstand around the patio
we filled up all the blocks with concrete as well today
so 400 wide by 500 deep concrete footing with that lot on top I would be surprised if it moved
a lot of flags turned up today ,bit of shaping up tomoz and probably start laying friday
LLL

[dig dug dan]

How come you jointed up those blocks tony. Are they going to be seen?

[lutonlagerlout]

they are being clad with this and capped with these
the jointing which takes just 10 minutes ensues that all the perpends are full and the mortar is compact in the joint
cheers LLL