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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 96471Post lutonlagerlout

only by 270mm :;):
its one of those workarounds
the house is 1830 and when we did the extension we did a 600mm cavity tray up the wall internally
also we put a linear drain in where the steps are going to a soakaway
here was the tray detail
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to reduce the outside by 500mm would have undermined the existing founds so its a best of a bad job IYKWIM
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Post: # 96482Post Mikey_C

lutonlagerlout wrote:...

their idea of 450 below dpc and mine seem to differ somewhat in +/- 5mm :laugh:

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LLL
sorry about large pics
is the ecotherm around the edge dual purpose insulation and expansion gap for the concrete?

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Post: # 96484Post lutonlagerlout

different job mikey
its 25mm upstand and 125mm underneath for new build
all about heat loss
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Post: # 96486Post Mikey_C

thanks LLL, I've got replace a "lean to" garage floor soon, i can't decide if and what to use as a expansion material i thought this might be a good thing

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Post: # 96487Post lutonlagerlout

job cracking on at leagrave
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the reason there is so much brickwork above the windows is the warm deck we had to use 125mm celotex on this and if we didnt build the brickwork higher we would of had a 500 mm fascia
225 tanalised joists
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one for mike dermobate in :;):
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cheers LLL




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Post: # 96489Post dig dug dan

nice to see the noggins offset each other so they can be nailed in properly. I hate it when they are all in a straight line and you see a nail smashed in at an angle
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Post: # 96490Post sy76uk

Cracking job.

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Post: # 96499Post GB_Groundworks

on flickr for the brew cabin you have to click on the image them right click or option click on a mac and do view all sizes image then it offers you a variety of sizes i normally use 800px for the brew cabin then right click again and copy image location and then you can paste that into the image button on the post reply bit.



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Post: # 96500Post GB_Groundworks

super busy at mo, first job weve got on. we bought a house that was subsiding, been on the market a while average value on street £300k+ we paid £100k cash knocked it down, removed 1.5m of contaminated soil etc and concrete and ground beams and filled 700mm clean mot. 23 piles down to 8m some 250mm some 150mm then a ring beam.

weve also done next doors footings for an an extension and next door but 1 we are digging for underpinning as this has just fallen through sale at the last minute.


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the 2 max rebar tieing guns i bought have been so good since i got them, one of my best power tool buys ever.
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Post: # 96501Post GB_Groundworks

next job weve got on the go is a £50k welfare facility refit in leeds, new femal and male toilet facilities, new disabled toilet, new canteen, new kitchen and new first aid room and new office /meeting room.

240m2 of tiling think it was just shy of 11000 150x150 tiles!!

all new false ceiling and new vinyl floors

this room became the kitchen and first aid room

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male toilets

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this bit has become the female toilets and disabled loo

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large 13mx8m canteen

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more pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyberprop/sets/72157642789947173/




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Post: # 96502Post GB_Groundworks

next job is in uppermill near oldham, massive slope stabilisation job.

phase one small gabion retaing to base of 1 slope, counter fort drains cut into slope. drains are 1m wide, and cut into the bank level 7metre back eat drain will take about 30 tons of clean stone. then we will regrade the slope and build a 20m long 3.2m high gabion retaining wall at the top of the slope.

then a gabion retaining wall all the way along the path at the bottom, and the top.

demolish half built swimming pool extension, construct new build 2 storey drive through arch way and parking area at near, new drive and stabilise the other slope.

estimate £150-200k job


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exisiting drive was in a bit of a state this part of the slope is still on the move

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this part as been top loaded with 800mm stone for 12 months and is technically stable now, this is where we have to squeeze the additional counterfort drains in, the existing ones can be seen in mot type 2

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making a way in and removing the 800mm of 6f2 top loading

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brought in the big girls

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everything has to be tipped on the rd then rehandled

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the angle was too steep to all the stone to hold itself up so additional gabion wall now being installed at teh toe of the slope


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Post: # 96503Post GB_Groundworks

shows the awkwardness of the site, footpath has been closed untill we are finished

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gabions going in

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access and position is really tight i had to cut a terrace for the big machine then had very little room to work while i dug the drains underneath me down to 4m deep and then filled with clean stone

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Post: # 96504Post lutonlagerlout

serious groundwork there Giles
fascinating stuff
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Post: # 96505Post TheRockConcreting

GB_Groundworks wrote:23 piles down to 8m some 250mm some 150mm then a ring beam.

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I'm not so sure if thats a good idea trying to pour the piles at the same time as the ring beam.
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Post: # 96506Post GB_Groundworks

We will pour it with a pump start with all the piles, guy with a poker following up vibrating all the air out of them then top the ring beam off I working our way round in layers

Done it few times with no problems
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