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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 1:03 pm
by Tony McC
My granddaughter has a crush on Fireman Sam. She would sit there, completely motionless, jaw agape, all day long if I let her. For me, as soon as that bloody theme tune starts...
"When he hears that fire alarm,
Tony thinks about self-harm...."
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:47 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I actually am sitting here laughing at the thought
i can hear the daughter ,nephew and niece down stairs now belting hell out of each other
god love'em
LLL :laugh:
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:22 pm
by rimexboy
Nice work tony nice to see the hoodies too, my mrs bought me a couple in the week very nice with the cold weather we have 
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:41 am
by haggistini
nice touch using DPC to float up the base 
and the whacker/power floats a new one to me did you use steel channel for your spacer's
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:14 am
by lutonlagerlout
vibrating beam tamp haggis,gets the fat up lovely
the spacers are some kind of plastic they use on big sites
the DPC trick is one I have heard about but only saw it yesterday
still learning stuff at 44
cheers LLL
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:42 am
by Dave_L
Yeah the grey plastic strips are like plastic chairs, I've used them in the past, better than those stupid individual chairs that inevitably fall over.
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:41 am
by Tony McC
You couldn't use steel as supports as it is in contact with the sub-base/sub-grade so liable to rust. That's why the usual fixes are either bits of old flagstone or the plastic support strips/chairs.
How come no DPM beneath the slab? I always think that's a good insurance as it protects the concrete from groundwater but it also helps maintain the w/c ratio so the concrete cures to the planned strength/hardness.
Around South Lancashire, because of the history of aggressive groundwater being pumped from mine workings, a DPM beneath a concrete slab was always considered essential by any BCO
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:08 pm
by lutonlagerlout
the folk putting up the timber garage do not require it,plus my erstwhile colleague, a steel fixer of 47 years experience(about the same stamp as sean i guess)
told me we would be there till midnight if we put DPM under it
as it was it was 6 1/2 hours wait just to brush and arris trowel
one of these yokes will be going on it in 6 weeks and they bed their own damp course
cheers LLL
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 1:23 pm
by rimexboy
A long haul for me and the mrs but now done
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:25 pm
by haggistini
She's gotta be happy with that browny points galore .
Driveway done but the client doesn't want me to point them to the top as they like the character :~( I've explained the reasons for pointing so I have to leve it about 5-8 mm recessed .... I'm using instamac ultrascape flowpoint in charcoal good stuff go off really hard and quite quick to use
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:13 pm
by cookiewales
nice bit of set laying bruce
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:16 pm
by lutonlagerlout
very nice, both simon and haggis
i know the modern kitchen has nice clean lines but i still miss my old eye level gas grill
ideal for proper welsh rarebit or bacon
whats next rimex?
haggis i thought it was essential to fully point?
5-8 mm recess spells dog ends and moss to me
cheers LLL
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:52 pm
by rimexboy
cheers haggis and lll, staircase is next well sort off lol, time will tell..
we changed from gas to electric and its one of them induction hobs, im told
simon
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:10 pm
by lutonlagerlout
