The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:30 pm**

had an emergency call today
a client of ours was trying to have a hot tub delivered but it wouldnt fit through his gate
so off to knebworth for a fry up as detailed elsewhere

the only other option was lift it over the house for a grand with a crane

since we did some work there last year he has had a patio laid but now has problems with damp

I wonder why?????? :laugh:

when he asked me how to fix it i said drop the high level 150mm
shame cos it has a fair design to it,just shame about the levels

few crosses etc but overall a fair job
LLL

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:47 pm**

We are a minority of tradesmen in this country who give a monkeys and know or try and do jobs right I'm falling out of love with paving and (construction) in genral!
Even that penis wannabe biker from rouge traders been fcuking us over claiming benefits ...

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:52 pm**

He should have it easy inside tho ....
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Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:53 pm**

Nice job btw LLL weathers looking better for us :-/????

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:01 pm**

the chipies pitched it today, I was breaking up a 15 year old readmix garage floor laid by guess who?
at the time if i had known they would want to convert the gargae 15 years later i wouldnt have laid it 150mm thick
completely wrecked 3 SDS max points on the breaker and only done half of it

c'est la vie
looks like that yellow thing may be coming out next week

LLL

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:15 pm**

Sds on that LLL? Where was your fork??

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:53 pm**

Surely would have been quicker and cheaper to go and hire a beaverpack Tone?

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:56 pm**

Dave_L wrote:Surely would have been quicker and cheaper to go and hire a beaverpack Tone?

You're talking to the man who'd rather hand dig a swimming pool than do it with a digger that would be far to easy an option.

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:05 pm**

Pablo wrote:
Dave_L wrote:Surely would have been quicker and cheaper to go and hire a beaverpack Tone?

You're talking to the man who'd rather hand dig a swimming pool than do it with a digger that would be far to easy an option.

"Hand dig a swimming pool" - I don't think you're far from the truth Pablo!

Call me lazy but I hired a 008 Micro to dig a base for an 8' x 6' shed base last week, I was constantly asking myself if I would have wanted to hand dig it and the answer was "No!!"

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:06 pm**

in retrospect a compressor and jackhammers would have done it quicker,but when i tried a test spot it was only 100mm thick
sds max are great demolition hammers
just not on old thick and strong concrete
re:plant
i love diggers but a time and a place
if it is going to reduce someones garden to the somme for the sake of 2 days hand digging then i hand dig
but if the access is right and the job warrants it then i use whatever i can
sadly most of the council stuff we do is very tight access
LLL

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:26 pm**

lutonlagerlout wrote:in retrospect a compressor and jackhammers would have done it quicker,but when i tried a test spot it was only 100mm thick
sds max are great demolition hammers
just not on old thick and strong concrete
re:plant
i love diggers but a time and a place
if it is going to reduce someones garden to the somme for the sake of 2 days hand digging then i hand dig
but if the access is right and the job warrants it then i use whatever i can
sadly most of the council stuff we do is very tight access
LLL

Get the sledgehammer out!

wish i could find one heavier than 16lbs, if i don't have concrete to hit with it then i hit a truck tyre for a workout.

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:35 pm**

i extended a pond by 18" yesterday and increased the depth by 6".
I did it by hand, and counldn't understand why when i have a digger sitting in the yard??
a moment of madness.

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:38 pm**

try chopping out tree stumps with a mattock stewart
2 -3 hours of that and you will feel it
LLL

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:31 am**

Carberry wrote:
lutonlagerlout wrote:in retrospect a compressor and jackhammers would have done it quicker,but when i tried a test spot it was only 100mm thick
sds max are great demolition hammers
just not on old thick and strong concrete
re:plant
i love diggers but a time and a place
if it is going to reduce someones garden to the somme for the sake of 2 days hand digging then i hand dig
but if the access is right and the job warrants it then i use whatever i can
sadly most of the council stuff we do is very tight access
LLL

Get the sledgehammer out!

wish i could find one heavier than 16lbs, if i don't have concrete to hit with it then i hit a truck tyre for a workout.

weve got a 24lbs and a 48lber i'll get some pics on tuesday when im back at the yard, got them out of an old crane yard we demo'd for gallifords.

one swing with the 48lb is hard work and pretty dangerous hehe

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:10 am**

14lb had no effect whatsoever on that slab
like i say we used readymix around about my 28th birthday and it has been covered ever since
hard as you like
photos to follow it will be out today come hell or high water
LLL

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