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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:08 pm
by lutonlagerlout
oops sorry mick,did the wizzer sound ok?
sand screeded,wacked and rescreeded yesterday and areas in
all cutting and sanding today
2 of us
i wore gloves and glad i did ,my mates fingers were bleeding from the wet blocks
silly sod
LLL
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:10 am
by mickg
yeah sounded very good 
I have not laid that pattern for a few years but it does look good
I don't normally wear gloves but I always keep my finger dry by wiping them on my jeans or sweat shirt as all it takes is wet finger tips and the smallest piece of swarf off the paving and it will pierce the skin and feel like a needle
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:34 pm
by lutonlagerlout
looks very good dan
the reason i like the herringbone on smaller drives is that tegula in lines looks horrible if the house and pavemnet are not parrallel
cheers LLL
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:37 pm
by mickg
nice job Dan
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:41 pm
by dig dug dan
thanks guys. wasnt easy with a shallow gas pipe, and a steep incline. the grabber was not happy!
but the customer was one of the best i have had, tea on the go, and smashing people. Shame they are few and far between these days
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:18 pm
by lutonlagerlout
did you grease the cover dan?
I had to get my own clark cover out the other week,same as that one
I had to practically wreck the thing to get it out,took over an hour and 3 sides of block had to come out around it
so on the last drive i greased up all the inside and ran a bead of grease around the top before any sand went near it
I said it before but I am seriously considering going back to old school man hole covers
so much more user friendly
LLL
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:27 pm
by msh paving
best way is take lid out b4 wacker, put a bundle of poly blockwrappers in hole to keep sand out, wack and sand, sand lid while sitting on drive and then put it back , no problems with grit locking it in
i dont vey often use clarksteel lids, MKM sell "wrekin lids" with the corner keys MSH
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:29 pm
by dig dug dan
what msh said. foolproof!
this manhole was a 600x 600 and needed two of us to install
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:36 pm
by msh paving
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:52 pm
by lutonlagerlout
yeah but the frame on these is plastic
if you wack without the cover in the blinking frame will deflect!!
anyway they still get clogged up with crap
LLL
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:34 am
by specialbranch
Got through 2 small patios this week 15m2 reclaimed stone to replace a deck over a Koi pond, lovely stone for £55m2 
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:06 am
by mickg
nice job, I have just changed to pink lines and they are so much easier to see than the lime green
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:19 am
by specialbranch
I still manage to fall over the pink lines twice a day, and scratch my shins on the line pins even though I paint the tops bright yellow.
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:51 am
by dig dug dan
That subbase does not look very well compacted
