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Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:39 pm
by mike builder/landscaper
Nice work tony, do you do your own rendering? And I've never seen the plastic edging before on the gable end, do they just screw into the tile lath like the dry verge.
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:55 am
by lutonlagerlout
I can do little bits < 5 m otherwise the plasterers do it
they did both coats at 5:1:1 sand: cement: lime with a litre of waterproofer in every mix
the whole roof is dry there
ridge ,verge, and valley
I am not over keen on the look of it but it means no hold up in the wet/cold weather
cheers LLL
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:29 pm
by mickg
was the wall only a single skin ?
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:45 pm
by lutonlagerlout
it certainly was mick
we built 2 extensions on the house 12 and 15 years ago and i told him then to cut the ivy down
but he wouldnt listen
also walls adjacent to a footpath legally are only supposed to be 750mm without planning
but you know what people are like
I have refused to rebuild it in 4 inch
IMHO a fence with concrete posts and concrete gravel boards would be a better job
LLL
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:47 pm
by r896neo
Those bloody screen blocks didn't help either. I swear those things are deadly, there is such awful suction between them combined with tight joints that make them so unstable.
I have a client that leant on hers and 6 courses of them about 6ft high just flopped over. god help any children that play around them.
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:16 pm
by lutonlagerlout
in places where the ivy had gone through the deco blocks it was an inch thick
the job we did last year with 13 inch piers and hit and miss fence panels worked much better
you cannot beat the wind
LLL
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:21 pm
by dig dug dan
Level loads only on the skip ???
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:47 pm
by msh paving
^^^^ who said that Dan 
MSH
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:33 pm
by Kuts
id get same again in that skip :laugh:
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:08 pm
by lutonlagerlout
as kuts said it was only half full :;):
it was an emergency and the footpath had to be cleared and it was done pronto
wish we could get that much on every skip
LLL
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:26 pm
by mickg
well if you had your own mini digger you could bash it down with the bucket and get more in - LOL
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:39 pm
by dig dug dan
what was the skip licence cost on that or did they cheekily ignore it?
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:59 pm
by lutonlagerlout
the wall came down at 4 AM friday night
our remit was to make safe and clear the footpath ASAP
and that was exactly what we did
sometimes as we all know you have to make it happen
LLL
