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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:21 pm
by Carberry
Mikey_C wrote:any body ever tried this stuff to help protect against frost, I didn't see till after I had actual gone out and brought some hessian, for this very purpose.
Never tried it, probably too expensive for me to justify using it. I'm happy with polythene and straw, especially since I get straw from farmer I rent land off of.
I do very little mortar / concrete work in the cold too, I have plenty of other things to do for money and recommend that my customers wait until it is warmer.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:23 pm
by DNgroundworks
Still off work here due to the cold, barely got above freezing all day, looks like the rest of the week is written off 
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:45 pm
by lutonlagerlout
same here ,3 days in 2 weeks for the lads
no good
LLL
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:29 pm
by dig dug dan
managed to dig out for a landscape job. Digger seat was frozen, and tracks were too!
nearly didn't get the digger out. kept sliding down the ramps!
building sleeper walls tomorrow, putting crushed in and a small fence. Paving friday?
had a job to load the crushed from the yard. its one big frozen lump!
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:00 pm
by London Stone Paving
my stone masons have been using a gas torch to seperate bits of stone frozen together. Today felt bloody cold, I was sat on a forklift truck for 4 hours, half frozen. The trick is to keep moving as much as possible
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:54 pm
by dig dug dan
too right. I had to keep jumping off the digger and using the shovel to keep warm.
Mind you, heated gloves have helped!
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:18 pm
by Pablo
I was wearing a t shirt today we've not seen a flake of snow and no frost for weeks. Lovely blue sky and about 7-8 deg it's strange how the weather can be so different a few hundred miles away. Makes a change though I'm normally up to my knees in water whilst you guys are getting a tan.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:23 pm
by digerjones
builing big double garage at moment, managed to get to wall plate last wednesday, put the trusses on and been felt and batterns on today. no good on a roof, i had to nock the ice off the lathe first befor i could get a nail in. its water tight now apart from no gables. waiting for the big thaw now. warming up next week i think. out on the mini digger tomorrow to put a water service in for another builder. dan get a mini with a cab and heater. 
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:29 pm
by dig dug dan
dan get a mini with a cab and heater.
as soon as they do one that goes through 2' 6" i will
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:01 pm
by seanandruby
not everyone has acess to hay/straw. Would be wise to invest in a roll of frost blanket to cover concrete with.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:51 am
by lutonlagerlout
can you scrape the windscreen for me?
this poor sod parked next to lake geneva
LLL
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:02 pm
by lutonlagerlout
-18 in chesham last night
bet suggers was still out in his speedos 
that is proper pearl harbour
LLL
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:47 pm
by Dave_L
Even the tar plants are having trouble getting going in the mornings at the mo, diesel freezing up, apparently!
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:44 pm
by mickg
was it the same with the tar plants in 2010 and 2011 then dave as it was just as cold
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:08 pm
by seanandruby
Thought diesal freezing was a thing of the past, when in the sixties the big freeze brought the country to a standstill for months. Then they developed antifreeze in the diesal. My mates gas bottle froze in his caravan. On m25 last night was showing -9 in some areas on my way home. Think deisal 'gels' up rather than freezes below-12. There is summer and winter additives the fuel company uses. You can add some petrol to a tank of deisal which will stop it gelling up also.