The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Mon May 13, 2013 7:29 am**

bought this 100mm-168mm no more slightly squiff cuts with stihl saw

bank holiday monday

its an awkward site this one, still 100s of tons to shift out of it

pilers been in at teh factory piles going 4m deeper than expected refusal around 8.5metres 150mm piles

lots of steel fixing making our own h16 mesh and a393 on top

this is what goes on the slabs

making h20 mesh up(bring on the new tying guns)

Edited By GB_Groundworks on 1368426647

Posted: **Mon May 13, 2013 7:30 am**

setting out 9 bolts for a Â£6m grinding machine(stessful few hours as the drawing was useless, got 10m3 for this one pit c40) the 9 piles at 150mm and 8m will swallow 1.3m3

lots of funny little pits etc in other slabs

Posted: **Mon May 13, 2013 7:33 am**

nice work both dave and giles
LLL

Posted: **Fri May 17, 2013 9:32 pm**

new job started. rear garden landscape
day 1

end of day 1:

got this drain to try and lower!

Posted: **Fri May 17, 2013 9:34 pm**

end of day 2:

as low as i could get it (steps going here so it should be built in!)

All the hardcore from the plot ready for the crusher. note the large block at the front. thats the old drain!

back on monday

Edited By dig dug dan on 1368822934

Posted: **Fri May 17, 2013 10:44 pm**

Giles does that pipe cutter de-burr the end of the pipe in the same action as it cuts the pipe or do you still have to file the end ?

Posted: **Sat May 18, 2013 5:26 am**

just a quick thought Dan
I always try and use a gully or pea trap even on rainwater now
every old pipe i find is full of compost

nice tidy site
LLL

Posted: **Sat May 18, 2013 6:34 am**

mickg wrote:Giles does that pipe cutter de-burr the end of the pipe in the same action as it cuts the pipe or do you still have to file the end ?

A little bit, not to the extent like when cutting copper but they connect easy enough not had to file the ones we've done so far, just makes getting a good cut easier. I made a deeper mitre block and used to usa a hand saw but didn't always have it with me and nothing worse on new ics than not square cuts perfect poo catchers

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Posted: **Sat May 18, 2013 7:55 am**

Can't help thinking Giles but is a building site a safe place for kids these days? I know he is away from your machine but he is also on your blind side. Makes me think of the young lad in Cyprus who they think got buried. Not condemning you, it's just my opinion.
Also it's not making mats it's prefabing ( prefabricating ) them, it's akin to saying: the cement has arrived instead of concrete. Sorry just a little bug bear :;):

Posted: **Sat May 18, 2013 8:04 am**

I hear you tony, but since there is a manhole for the soakaway nearby, I assumed it was ok to clean it out there?

Posted: **Sat May 18, 2013 9:19 am**

dig dug dan wrote:I hear you tony, but since there is a manhole for the soakaway nearby, I assumed it was ok to clean it out there?

what about the smells coming up the gully on a combined system ?

we always use a P trap and a single hopper head, its easier to cut paving in to a square gully than a round bottle type trap even though the bottle trap has a rodding access

nice tidy job though

Posted: **Sat May 18, 2013 10:33 am**

No smells as its a soakaway only.
How about I fit one of these
It will help me reduce its height

Posted: **Sat May 18, 2013 10:53 am**

Yeah thats what I use, square topped roddable bottle gullies. Easy to work around both in tar and paving.

Posted: **Sat May 18, 2013 12:22 pm**

Right. Is this a first for the brew cabin. I am going to undo that drain and install that one on monday, on the advice give here!

Posted: **Sat May 18, 2013 5:19 pm**

its not the smell issue
its the crap that comes down the downpipe and inevitably blocks the pipe
if height is a big premium i used a p-trap

you know yourself dan every soakaway pipe that comes out is full to the brim of compost :;):
cheers LLL

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