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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:55 pm
by joydivision
I was also thinking the same. The pillars have been built solid, like you would on a garden wall. The inner/outer leaf dont appear to be built seperate and closed of at the openings with vertical dpc.
Nice job all the same, some work gone into it.
And i feel tired just looking at that sledge!
JD
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:17 am
by London Stone Paving
Nice stuff Giles !
It must be a pleasure to work in a rural location. I reckon London would drive you up the wall
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:06 pm
by lutonlagerlout
good stuff indeed
nice bread and butter stuff there giles
LLL
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:56 pm
by GB_Groundworks
had the building inspector out to give an opinion on the drainage, so we did as he wanted, bedded on the sharp sand that came out, the advantage of a wider trench, was due to the angle of the 1963 manhole. damn that grano took some breaking out, 5 hours with the hilti in the manhole. grim in 23 degree heat.
i had it laid out with a 90 degree straight through ic base, but bco wanted it like this, need to re read my sewers for adoption book.
will flood it with concrete when we pour the footing and he has signed off on it.
went to 4 travis trying to get chamber slips no look so had to slice a supersleve oblique junction, didnt work though, too much of a ridge so off to burdens on monday
ive temp fixed the existing at mo with the sliced in half oblique
last but not least, our new tractor 
shes a big girl
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:36 pm
by lutonlagerlout
so you are pouring foundation concrete over a drain run????
not in bedfordshire they wouldnt let us not a barn dance :;):
had to move 1 or the other many times
LLL
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:41 am
by GB_Groundworks
No I'll use the concrete from the foundations delivery rd the corner to bed the lower ring on, and seat the ic base, then I'll bench with grano
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:33 am
by lutonlagerlout
ahhh it all becomes clear now
are those voussoirs specials?
surprised the scaffs haven't monarflexed the sides of the tin hat?
lovely looking job though,the client has spent a pretty penny there
LLL
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:36 am
by GB_Groundworks
Scaffolders wanted £8k client wouldn't pay it so it's a compromise, our new polish joiners but the hat on with tin sheets we had at the yard.
Yeah triple arch windows special order with single cant bricks on outside on the windows and double cant on the two pillars. They are 560mm wide windows arrived and they are 650 window man has fecked up big style. They are some special window with these windy handle openers and maple clad interiors ridiculous expensive so we are going to have to cut some more slips to widen the windows,
Yes in an ideal world we'd send them back but they are 6 week lead time, so can't afford the time so they are going in and a hefty discount is being had.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:20 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:54 pm
by lutonlagerlout
nice work
but 1 question
has the polish carpenter got a ticket to put up scaffold?
to say the client didnt want to pay £8k is disingenuous after they have paid over 200k at a guess
i am having a scaffold put up tomorrow to point a chimney
on the pavement ,permit is £170 scaffold is £500 +vat and deposit for the council is £420 (£70 per metre squared)
i cannot imagine a time when i would let a non scaffolder put up scaffold,lives are at stake
did you have your hardhat on up that cherry picker
makes me feely giddy looking at those pictures
cheers LLL
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:10 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i'll have to start explaining more hehe
the polish lads didnt put the scaffold up, the polish lads screwed the sheets to the planks the scaffolders put up
the 8k was our usual scaffolders, for a full tin hat with sides etc, this is a firm thats been after our business and came in at £5k for the plank system,
although the attitude and behaviour of the new firm will mean its the last time we use them.
client has a phd in engineering likes to get involved and will happily spend 20k on a retaining wall but said our work around system would work for -£3k saving on it.
i had the harness on, i figured at that height a hard hat was useless, i took my time getting more confident, to be fair its got that many alarms and sensors on it it would be hard to over balance it, it wont let you over stretch it it lock out on lift and only lets you lower.
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:03 am
by London Stone Paving
Feel giddy just looking at that Giles. Tidy looking foundations.
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:59 pm
by lutonlagerlout
its always dodgy swapping subbies
we had some new lads do some fencing for us
they left all their spoil ,broken old posts, and all their offcuts in the clients garden
when i asked about clearing it he said "we dont quote to clear rubbish"
thats fine then they wont be quoting for me anymore
LLL
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:01 pm
by dig dug dan
might try to get the labourer to jet wash it while we have the cherry picker.
worst thing you can do to a roof. leave well alone
