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First layer compacted and spot levels in. Yeah that is type1 nice colour eh
Reg layer in, screeded and ready for final compaction. Different quarry different colour.
9t of sharp sand delivered, gives the base a good test and always the time I want to look away. Yeah I'm a worrier.
Am I posting these pics in too large a format?
Reg layer in, screeded and ready for final compaction. Different quarry different colour.
9t of sharp sand delivered, gives the base a good test and always the time I want to look away. Yeah I'm a worrier.
Am I posting these pics in too large a format?
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size is fine for me
we get either pink or purple type 1 ,i just like it to have some fines
any plans for drainage?
and i know it seems easier to tip the sand but i prefer to have it tipped on the road then barrowed in to levels
me and my mate did a drive years ago and we over ordered on the sand,it was a bugger moving the excess as we ordered 5M instead of 5t
LLL
we get either pink or purple type 1 ,i just like it to have some fines
any plans for drainage?
and i know it seems easier to tip the sand but i prefer to have it tipped on the road then barrowed in to levels
me and my mate did a drive years ago and we over ordered on the sand,it was a bugger moving the excess as we ordered 5M instead of 5t
LLL
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Don't highways get a bit upset with you tipping sand on the road Tone?
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Linear Drainage just offset from house going into aquacell soakaway.lutonlagerlout wrote:any plans for drainage?
and i know it seems easier to tip the sand but i prefer to have it tipped on the road then barrowed in to levels
me and my mate did a drive years ago and we over ordered on the sand,it was a bugger moving the excess as we ordered 5M instead of 5t
LLL
We'll use a good portion of the sand at the entrance, by the time we pave to it the amount left will finish the main area and the rest will be used down the side path. It can be a bugger if over ordered but I hate paying for the bagged stuff, when it says a minimum of 850kg on the label I reckon you don't get much more than that.
Hopefully by the end of play today it will all be ready for laying on Monday. Bit of edging to set and lawn to be turfed. I like to get all the bits and pieces out the way so we have a clear run on the paving.
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catch up
got a new mini
some of the kit heading off to leeds
the factory we'll be at for a few months, shes a big girl. 67 metres long and each span is 50m so 100m wide,
first job two sunk concrete tanks, excavation will be 4.2 long, 3m wide and 2m deep, stuck between embankment and b
uilding. had to cut out a pallisade fencing panel and its a bugger of a job.
took the 3cx out, wheel came of teh rim 1 mile from the yard on the main rd grrrr
got it reseated with a can of easy start and a lighter..... boom
250 ton press weighing 28 tons being lifted onto our 2.4m deep pit and 4 30mmx600mm hold down bolts, fitted perfectly phew
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got a new mini
some of the kit heading off to leeds
the factory we'll be at for a few months, shes a big girl. 67 metres long and each span is 50m so 100m wide,
first job two sunk concrete tanks, excavation will be 4.2 long, 3m wide and 2m deep, stuck between embankment and b
uilding. had to cut out a pallisade fencing panel and its a bugger of a job.
took the 3cx out, wheel came of teh rim 1 mile from the yard on the main rd grrrr
got it reseated with a can of easy start and a lighter..... boom
250 ton press weighing 28 tons being lifted onto our 2.4m deep pit and 4 30mmx600mm hold down bolts, fitted perfectly phew
Edited By GB_Groundworks on 1385759281
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
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Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
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It forms the backing plates for HGV brakes, it's a hydraulic ram that's about 12 inches some bit of kit. That forklift can lift 60 tons.
New mini is a kubota, I'm eventually going to have all our mini and midis kubota then just the js130 from jcb
New mini is a kubota, I'm eventually going to have all our mini and midis kubota then just the js130 from jcb
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
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New mini is a kubota
whats did dad pay for it in the end and how old/many hours?
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We've got a dividing wall to build down the length of the factory for noise control full height, so 67m x 8.5m to ridge
Then cable trenches and foundations for production line
Then we've got a load of internal fit out to do as well new offices welfare etc
Hoping to pick up 300m2 car park job as well while we are up here
Then cable trenches and foundations for production line
Then we've got a load of internal fit out to do as well new offices welfare etc
Hoping to pick up 300m2 car park job as well while we are up here
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
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Not laid by me (obv!) but a job I've just finished project managing. I'll let the installer reveal themselves if they wish.
Reclaimed Penmaenmawr blues for the edge courses with reclaimed Mountsorrel pinks for the body and all pitch jointed for that traditional look.
The blues are near perfect, lovely cubes with clean faces, but the pinks, bought by the customer and from a different supplier based in Preston (saying no more), are a right set of mongrels and the mystery installer spent at least a day sorting them into something vaguely resembling courses.
Reclaimed Penmaenmawr blues for the edge courses with reclaimed Mountsorrel pinks for the body and all pitch jointed for that traditional look.
The blues are near perfect, lovely cubes with clean faces, but the pinks, bought by the customer and from a different supplier based in Preston (saying no more), are a right set of mongrels and the mystery installer spent at least a day sorting them into something vaguely resembling courses.
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