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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:15 pm
by cookiewales
lutonlagerlout wrote:who has the 8 tonne ones cookie?
we were looking at 20 tonne of red mortar mix which would lay 18000 bricks plus all the block and roofwork
but they couldnt get the swing to offload it
8 tonne would be ample for most small extensions, thing is you have to site it
LLL
CPI mortar mix go on there web site they have them on there cheers cookie
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:05 pm
by lutonlagerlout
cheers mickey from eurocell didnt mention any thing smaller
LLL
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:09 pm
by lutonlagerlout
nice work tony
like the border and tarmac but not keen on the circle
execution is perfect ,but just too bling for me
LLL
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:10 pm
by Dave_L
I like that block/tar mix, not too much of one or the other. That would have taken some laying and tidying up around the edges. You'd have needed some good rake hands there. Nice job.
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:48 pm
by DNgroundworks
A quick photo of the job we are on at the minute....we have been here years lol, all the road has gone in since i last posted pictures, the tarmac gang finished today, took them two days and 250t of tarmac. The job has taken 3000 tonnes of aggregate so far in MOT, crush, drainage stone etc
All services in, bt, electric, 3 phase, ground source heat, fibre optics, electro magnetic loop for the gates, 3 lots of water gas, plus 3000m of land drainage.
Lake, gabions and pier done, cut and fill nearly done.
ill get pics of the 50k gateway tommorow 
Just on next doors at the min which is a big barn that another building outfit has done, we have got the muck shifting work at the mo, and im doing the landscaping, lots of upright oak sleepers etc.
The big house you see caught fire last year so it has been de-listed and will be demolished and moved along with the little cottage, the pics of the lake i posted are at the other side of the house, the barn that has been refurbed is just out of shot.
Next up is a 1000m square steel frame workshop.
I must admit i do enjoy this sort of work much more than laying driveways etc.
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:06 pm
by DNgroundworks
Another one i managed to take before my phone battery died.
Its a mini substation where the 3 phase comes down the field and up into this, Electric board specd a red brick building with a flat roof.....this didnt fit the customers agenda lol, built out of block with cavity, stone and cedar clad 
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:36 pm
by local patios and driveway
Lovely stone work, especially considering what the building is for.
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:24 pm
by lutonlagerlout
nice work dan
i like a bit of variety at work,but having said that i have 50m2 of sandstone to lay monday courtesy of london stone :;):
LLL
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:26 am
by DNgroundworks
Aye its all good, and had kept me going through the winter, the building pictured isnt my work i just put the little raft in for it, i just thought it was a nice little thing to show you fellas
I might get a load of pics of all the bits of the job and put it in a seperate thread.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:26 pm
by cookiewales
shame about the tarmac stone setts would have been more suitble and looked better 
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:47 pm
by DNgroundworks
As it happens Cookie i spent an afternoon with the customer on the laptop showing him your site, it all sounded as if he was going to ring you, the tar from the road is a dead staright drive 300mtrs long x 3 mtrs then the same again in a horse shoe shape down the bottom. But i think after buying up all the land surrounding the property and spending nigh on a mil and he hasnt started the house/cottage or workshop yet i dont think the budget would stretch!
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:05 pm
by GB_Groundworks
What size tracked dumper is that looks like a 10-12 tonner, I love our 5 ton one goes anywhere and less damage than your boots make.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:47 am
by cookiewales
DNgroundworks wrote:As it happens Cookie i spent an afternoon with the customer on the laptop showing him your site, it all sounded as if he was going to ring you, the tar from the road is a dead staright drive 300mtrs long x 3 mtrs then the same again in a horse shoe shape down the bottom. But i think after buying up all the land surrounding the property and spending nigh on a mil and he hasnt started the house/cottage or workshop yet i dont think the budget would stretch!
would have increased the value at the end thanks for trying gravel whacked into lean mix would have looked good with the stone edging
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:13 pm
by DNgroundworks
12 tonne giles, it has a steering wheel, never seen one like this before, we did have an 8t swivel tip takeuchi tracked dumper before christmas, that was cool, you steered it with the left hand lever and operated the skip with your right.
Gravel whacked into leanmix, how dya mean Cookie? Or i have i missed a joke lol
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:43 pm
by msh paving
DNgroundworks wrote:Gravel whacked into leanmix, how dya mean Cookie? Or i have i missed a joke lol
screed lean mix as you would for paving, spread a layer of say 14mm gravel over area then run plate over it,very similar idea to tar and chip but far better job, MSH