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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:31 pm
by seanandruby
GB_Groundworks wrote:if we haven't worked for someone before then we insist on 25% up front then defined stage payments otherwise you leave yourself vulnerable if they don't pay.
i have a nylon concrete brush that goes on our big bull float and use that for stable bases etc nice neat finish, for roads and yards we hire in a roller striker, been keeping my eye out for one on ebay. as tony the tiger would say they're great........ haha
http://www.speedcrete.co.uk/ can register and get the brochure some great tools and bits in it.
cant beat the bunnion tube. no goggles for the boys, or white disposable suits for the lads ???
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:41 pm
by topgrafter2007
not that im suspicious or anything, but the guys sounds like he,could be setting the job up to knock you from the start. wont pay upfront then wont sign out then pulls job apart. prob aint to bothered what it looks like for free anyway.... to many like that around nowadays. im sure you wouldnt wana rip it up? :rock:
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:50 pm
by DNgroundworks
White disposable suits?
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:08 pm
by GB_Groundworks
seanandruby wrote:GB_Groundworks wrote:if we haven't worked for someone before then we insist on 25% up front then defined stage payments otherwise you leave yourself vulnerable if they don't pay.
i have a nylon concrete brush that goes on our big bull float and use that for stable bases etc nice neat finish, for roads and yards we hire in a roller striker, been keeping my eye out for one on ebay. as tony the tiger would say they're great........ haha
http://www.speedcrete.co.uk/ can register and get the brochure some great tools and bits in it.
cant beat the bunnion tube. no goggles for the boys, or white disposable suits for the lads ???
thats a google image search for roller striker not us haha i have far more hair than that man lol
gi 
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:37 pm
by seanandruby
DNgroundworks wrote:White disposable suits?
contamination suits like the forensics wear. save getting clothes covered in concrete, then throw them away. and should have goggles, task specific for concrete, save the eyes
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:33 am
by oioisonnyboy
only trouble with the bunyan tube is it does fling concrete everywhere and you have to have good lads in the middle to keep up with it. Nice flat bays though.
Does your firm have one sean or hire it in? To keep the tube nice and straight they say you have to store it on a special trailer looks like a nuclear missile carrier almost. probably a bit involved for smalish firms.
That pic is straight out of their catalogue...probably taken about 1980 something judging by the mush in the shellsuit :p
p.s I wil post some scans of my "Concrete society publications from the olden days"...white disposable suits??? goggles??? WIND 'ER OUT ...DOG IT IN BOYS!!! 
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:27 pm
by seanandruby
As well as advising DIYers etc on how to do a job, we should also advise on the health and safety issues. Correct ppe is very important. have'nt you ever had a splash of concrete in your eye, concrete burn on your skin ??? Contact dermatitis, or other skin infections may occur. Also why ruin your own clothes with wet concrete? :;):
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:35 pm
by oioisonnyboy
seanandruby wrote: Also why ruin your own clothes with wet concrete? :;):
and your mums wahing machine too :p
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:59 pm
by enigmaenigma
Talking of concrete burns and the like
Is it just me, or does Mr. Orange hard hat look like he’s just wearing boots and not wearing any wellies
The unsoiled or dark trouser line upon his leg, makes it look like his trousers might have been pulled outside of any Wellingtons he’s wearing, but it’s hard to see properly – well hard for me to see, so is it time I gave Specsavers a ring then 
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:43 am
by lutonlagerlout
its the mystery of the missing welly,whenever we are concreting i go the the welly bag in the lock up,and 1 welly boot has done the off!! i am pretty anal about cleaning tools equipment etc ,but everytime i look there are always an odd number of wellys
its lagerlouts last theorem
x1+Y1=(number of boots/number of workers -1)
LLL :;):
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:58 am
by seanandruby
...you'll find it in that black hole, along with sock, gloves teaspoons etc :laugh: sorry onionboy but my mother sadly passed away. I would'nt of brought concrete covered clothes home to be washed by my mother anyway. and the dust off them, as in asbestos is a killer so best to wear a disposable suit so you can peel it off and skip it :p
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:50 am
by Dave_L
seanandruby wrote:DNgroundworks wrote:White disposable suits?
contamination suits like the forensics wear. save getting clothes covered in concrete, then throw them away. and should have goggles, task specific for concrete, save the eyes
I wonder if they had a method statement for the job??
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:22 am
by oioisonnyboy
sorry to hear that sean
For the record I do all my own washing & ironing all my work gear goes in a bucket of water before its allowed in the washing machine, and diesely stuff gets washed in brown malt vinegar first. the vinegar cuts the oil and takes away the diesel stink.
I have put the old concrete photies in nother thread for your enjoyment...seanandrhubarb
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:11 pm
by danensis
Surely the white suits are for when they're digging out the bodies, not when you're burying 'em?
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:42 pm
by Dave_L
Vinegar gets rid of the diesel smell? That's useful to know oioi.
Got a machine at our yard for overalls etc but sometimes me clothes etc get a little diesely. Not that we use diesel when we lay tarmac errrr
