New alderly edge job

[GB_Groundworks]

ive got to have the shell up roof on for end of september so anything that'll speed us up is a plus, plus if youve got it in the yard might as well use it, the block grab has been one of the best things weve ever bought, makes moving packs of 4" and 6" blocks or bricks so easy

[GB_Groundworks]

catch up



had a wet week



attempting to stop the polysterene bead insulation, drilled into the cavity every 200mm and inserted 2 cans of spray foam, still had 15 bags of beads, what a mess



the front wheel bearing off my navara, fubared indeed



the guy we did the fencing and turf has had his pic drive installed, had a company up from surrey to do it, theyd done his old house. to be fair and im no lover of pic theyve done a good job, plenty of grip and good colouring.



soiled it up



gotta love genie lifts two 5m beams in, big girls these 400kg each, 350mm concrete filled bearing pillars.



one for tony, 13 packs of block direct load, 50p a block for 100mm 7 newton. covered ready for the bricklayer, nowt worse then wet blocks.



block grab one of the best things we have bought

[GB_Groundworks]

turf doing fine



scaffold up and ready for the brickie andy to hopefully return tomorrow am after 5 days in spain on the lash....



put the post up on the pitches we built last year all ready for their first games, not been levelled yet or cross bars on



my boy starts school tomorrow so we planted a little oak tree at the yard...





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[lutonlagerlout]

good solid stuff giles
i dont trust those strongboys though
that turf looks fine from where i sit
brickie will love you covering those blocks,long time since i paid 50 p a block
LLL

[henpecked]

Nice work Giles. Did a job back in 2006, the Olaf Melburg site, had to load the second floor of the apartment block with the internal block work. The agent was going to get a crane in when I told him we could load it from one corner using a grab and the labourers could trolley them off across the bison beams. Worked like a charm. Did teach the ground workers not to put the kerbs in so early as I popped them out getting to the lift. Was a 17mtr boom and ,by time it was clear of the beams and ready to land, the boom was 3/4 extended and the outriggers were down.

[GB_Groundworks]

on the big 16 ton js130's its alright all the way even at full reach and across the tracks if your steady if you drop it fast not that you would you can get it to bounce.

tony those strong boys are made by our fabricator out of 12mm plate, the standard 4mm ones bend like feck i dont like them

we couldnt needle it as the "presidents room" above was still in use, just been told there are 3 teams at home on saturday so need to board it off now so they can use that changing room.

we had 4 strong boys on the outside and 4 acros on planks on the joist on the inside

and the brickie hasnt showed yet......

tony we are lucky that the cemex block factory is only 5 mile sup the road from our yard or 10 miles from the job so direct loads are super cheap. i'll have had 39 packs of blocks, 8 brick and 7 packs of 150mm dense by the time we are done.



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our old boy architect sadly died last week so dad was at his funeral so i was jumping between sites yesterday

big house coming along nicely, weve gone to appeal after two refusals on sunken double garage despite normal planning officer recommnending approval head planer has veto'd it twice, we think the ricj neighbour next door has some influence, weve beaten east cheshire 3 times at appeal so here hoping for 4th?

new girl is great 160hp vs our old 80hp and 30 mph



waiting on the glass for the back

as it was



yesterday





this is the inside window detail, windows are adnderson windows, i dropped 1 ton rough cut maple at the local joinery workshop last week, they are machining all the trims.



inside the tower/gym



ceiling detail and remote control velux



im off today due to my boys iunduction to school half day stuff, monday all beam and block coming for changing rooms. picked a one day clean up rd some stables for good money so looks like going ot be a busy week,

[GB_Groundworks]

grim wet week here but cracking on last weeks progress



our extended jib was very useful

[lutonlagerlout]

nice work giles
gonna be tough cutting those old joists off now :;):
is it a wall or railing round the balcony bar?
cheers LLL

[GB_Groundworks]

we cut them back off the old balcony but waited till the new floor was near to cut them off as was safer than on a ladder, new hand saw had them off in 20 mins

was a railing but doing a wall, finding it hard to find a cheapish double saddle back coping ibstock cp.2.1-c are £7 each ouch

had a price for £30 for 600mm long 350mm wide, 140mm high saddlebacks trying to find cheaper options

[lutonlagerlout]

you need 400mm wide for a cavity wall coping
think we get them from dandys
900 long 400 wide saddleback around 80mm thick in the middle
they must be well over weight , weigh about 50kg each
cheers LLL

[GB_Groundworks]

trying to keep the inside over hang down as its where people lean to watch the games, inside wall will be sika rendered

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day 1:

we are doing a big extension on the back and re doing the landscaping etc, its a dark damp corner everything mossed up and they'd fitted decking when it was built in 2000. possible the worst choice its like an ice rink.

originally we were going in the back with the 16 tonner sat at the top acting as a crane to lower minis and we bought a 1000l crane skip. but the rd at the pack is single track, mean backing tractor and trailer up it and the neighbours are rio and ronnaldo still as a house up it so we decided to go in the front, which was fun hehe.

getting near the end, just the landscaping and internal finishing touches and teh car port roof to go.

[lutonlagerlout]

that is a quality big bucks job there giles
excellent work
LLL

[flowjoe]

Nice work Giles, hope that manholes being raised or is there a big pot going on it ???

I will be calling next week to check