The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:42 am**

Recent 200m2 driveway edged and finished to binder level. Had to contend with hideous weather (snow, ice and rain) so the soiling up around the edges isn't as pretty as I'd like.

There's some hefty drainage under that driveway - big Aco's at the top of the drive into a 225mm pipe, second set of Aco's into a 160mm pipe, into a collector sump in the middle of the drive where the flows are 'adjusted' (long story, grumpy farmer)

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:44 am**

The 10mm pipe takes the everyday water into the combined sewer (as before) the 225 and 160mm pipes take the storm surge conditions directly out to the farmers field beyond the property. Not quite as it was planned but the farmer changed his mind about the water.........

All we were basically doing was taking it underground during storm conditions - before it used to surge all down the driveway and into his field - so no real difference!

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:46 am**

..........and the eagle-eyed amongst you will spot the baffle on the 225 pipe - the farmer wanted the same invert on both pipes - the 225 was as high as we could get it, so a bit of deft manufacturing from a fibre cutting disc and a few screws kept the old boy happy.

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:23 am**

The dig up the pathway for the pipes was 'interesting'

It was a busy service trench - 2 x pipes, 50mm duct for futureproofing, new 25mm water supply

Header course for step area

You simply cannot beat Plasson connectors to go from differing sized pipework. Use the proper spanners to tighten the gland nuts and you can rest assured of a leak-proof joint.

And connected to the tail out of the meter

I must go back and take some pictures of the finished job.

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:21 am**

looks a very professional job dave
lovely work
LLL

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:04 pm**

cracking kerbing them farmers do have some funny ways:laugh:

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:17 pm**

lutonlagerlout wrote:looks a very professional job dave
lovely work
LLL

Thanks Tone - it was one of those jobs I was sort of forced into starting just after Xmas, the weather came down and hit us hard, it became hard work. But in the end, the weather broke and we got it finished. Had to move pretty quickly to top it off, got a bit windy and that kills bitmac before it is rolled - so I was super-busy that day.

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:28 pm**

i always feel like 99% on here that the finish is the important bit
there are a lot of local builders,who leave some scratty half bulk bag of sand or a pile of bricks when they are done
LLL

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:27 pm**

Nice job dave hard to earn a buck last month.....!!!!
We been slogging away at this drive since the red warning of snow hit us...it's kept us ticking over tho but the profits gone outta the job a few weeks ago
Still nothing sizeable starting until a fortnight / 3 weeks but lots of pricing again tomorrow

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Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:48 pm**

Nice work Hag but I can't stop thinking that border looks a little busy - but like a double yellow line running round the lot!

Thats a whole lotta work there.

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:58 pm**

@Dave
That looked like a messy job, i bet a few f-bombs were flying about when the wind hit!

@Hagg
looks good

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:13 pm**

Dave_L wrote:Nice work Hag but I can't stop thinking that border looks a little busy - but like a double yellow line running round the lot!

Thats a whole lotta work there.

very neat. the lines for no parking

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