The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:00 pm**

only by 270mm :;):
its one of those workarounds
the house is 1830 and when we did the extension we did a 600mm cavity tray up the wall internally
also we put a linear drain in where the steps are going to a soakaway
here was the tray detail

to reduce the outside by 500mm would have undermined the existing founds so its a best of a bad job IYKWIM
cheers LLL

Posted: **Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:10 pm**

lutonlagerlout wrote:...

their idea of 450 below dpc and mine seem to differ somewhat in +/- 5mm :laugh:

...

LLL
sorry about large pics

is the ecotherm around the edge dual purpose insulation and expansion gap for the concrete?

Posted: **Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:21 pm**

different job mikey
its 25mm upstand and 125mm underneath for new build
all about heat loss
cheers LLL

Posted: **Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:49 pm**

thanks LLL, I've got replace a "lean to" garage floor soon, i can't decide if and what to use as a expansion material i thought this might be a good thing

Posted: **Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:28 am**

job cracking on at leagrave

the reason there is so much brickwork above the windows is the warm deck we had to use 125mm celotex on this and if we didnt build the brickwork higher we would of had a 500 mm fascia
225 tanalised joists

one for mike dermobate in :;):

cheers LLL

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Posted: **Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:51 pm**

nice to see the noggins offset each other so they can be nailed in properly. I hate it when they are all in a straight line and you see a nail smashed in at an angle

Posted: **Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:36 pm**

Cracking job.

Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:40 pm**

on flickr for the brew cabin you have to click on the image them right click or option click on a mac and do view all sizes image then it offers you a variety of sizes i normally use 800px for the brew cabin then right click again and copy image location and then you can paste that into the image button on the post reply bit.

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Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:49 pm**

super busy at mo, first job weve got on. we bought a house that was subsiding, been on the market a while average value on street Â£300k+ we paid Â£100k cash knocked it down, removed 1.5m of contaminated soil etc and concrete and ground beams and filled 700mm clean mot. 23 piles down to 8m some 250mm some 150mm then a ring beam.

weve also done next doors footings for an an extension and next door but 1 we are digging for underpinning as this has just fallen through sale at the last minute.

the 2 max rebar tieing guns i bought have been so good since i got them, one of my best power tool buys ever.

Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:01 pm**

next job weve got on the go is a Â£50k welfare facility refit in leeds, new femal and male toilet facilities, new disabled toilet, new canteen, new kitchen and new first aid room and new office /meeting room.

240m2 of tiling think it was just shy of 11000 150x150 tiles!!

all new false ceiling and new vinyl floors

this room became the kitchen and first aid room

male toilets

this bit has become the female toilets and disabled loo

large 13mx8m canteen

more pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyberprop/sets/72157642789947173/

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Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:21 pm**

next job is in uppermill near oldham, massive slope stabilisation job.

phase one small gabion retaing to base of 1 slope, counter fort drains cut into slope. drains are 1m wide, and cut into the bank level 7metre back eat drain will take about 30 tons of clean stone. then we will regrade the slope and build a 20m long 3.2m high gabion retaining wall at the top of the slope.

then a gabion retaining wall all the way along the path at the bottom, and the top.

demolish half built swimming pool extension, construct new build 2 storey drive through arch way and parking area at near, new drive and stabilise the other slope.

estimate Â£150-200k job

exisiting drive was in a bit of a state this part of the slope is still on the move

this part as been top loaded with 800mm stone for 12 months and is technically stable now, this is where we have to squeeze the additional counterfort drains in, the existing ones can be seen in mot type 2

making a way in and removing the 800mm of 6f2 top loading

brought in the big girls

everything has to be tipped on the rd then rehandled

the angle was too steep to all the stone to hold itself up so additional gabion wall now being installed at teh toe of the slope

Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:23 pm**

shows the awkwardness of the site, footpath has been closed untill we are finished

gabions going in

access and position is really tight i had to cut a terrace for the big machine then had very little room to work while i dug the drains underneath me down to 4m deep and then filled with clean stone

Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:01 pm**

serious groundwork there Giles
fascinating stuff
LLL

Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:49 pm**

GB_Groundworks wrote:23 piles down to 8m some 250mm some 150mm then a ring beam.

I'm not so sure if thats a good idea trying to pour the piles at the same time as the ring beam.

Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2014 4:23 pm**

We will pour it with a pump start with all the piles, guy with a poker following up vibrating all the air out of them then top the ring beam off I working our way round in layers

Done it few times with no problems

The Brew Cabin

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