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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:50 pm
by lutonlagerlout
saw this bike today
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told its a 5 litre chevy with 500 BHP

boss hoss weighs 1100lbs dry <gulp> fella asked me did I want a spin on the back "no thanks!"

soakaway construction with crates

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cheers LLL

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:39 pm
by GB_Groundworks
funny week for us, finished off the factory bits and bobs apart froma few extras, we were meant to move straight onto a £60k car park job at the afactory but its been moved back a month now so left a hole in our schedule, mad scramble to fill it as got 7 -9 lads on most days today landed 3 jobs, small 40m2 slate patio and retaining wall and steps, £42k extension to the house weve been doing the slope work on and back at manage we did last year to rip out small swimming pool and convert to bedroom and en suite, then off to milton keynes in the summer holidays to a school gonna be a busy few months, need to buy a van now for the tools and lads. ill add some photos when ive got a minute but need to finish of the vat return :(

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:49 am
by GB_Groundworks
first off leeds job is finished, we were tasked with building new, server room, lab, office, workshop with a roof suitable for storage, new female wc and locker room with 2 showers. now just doing a load of extras like painting other bits and fitting extra sinks etc to other areas of the factory.


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managed to get a week in spain :)

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the view from the terrace

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ok next gabion job

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:16 pm
by GB_Groundworks
cabin has been a dumping ground for 6 months so had the lads rip it all out and gave them 2 days to shelf it and they went to town :)

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most importanly the pencil holder

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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:17 pm
by GB_Groundworks
42m 3.2 high gabion retaining wall about 4m3 a linear metre of stone

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demolished all the old walls and some of the footings, new footings going in on monday then 10-12 weeks to do the extension

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some nice details in the existing we are going to have to match, hardwood and stone mullioned windows

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first job though 100 tons mot on the driveway

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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:35 pm
by henpecked
Nice pics Giles.
I have a brother in Fuengirola , been there 30 years or so, great place to go. :cool:

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:22 pm
by dig dug dan
Tony, where did you get that roll of terram? Butterfields dont do it that big

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:31 pm
by lutonlagerlout
SDE luton

got the crates off them as well £28 each,bargain

LLL

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:50 pm
by dig dug dan
blimey thats cheap. Will have to pop in and
stock up!

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:42 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I thought that too!
they rang me and said they had some offers on
of course plus VAT
I have been paying around £1 a metre for smaller bits of non woven
cheers LLL

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:42 pm
by dig dug dan
Started at the old folks home monday for the local council. 210 flags to lay, plus repair a trackway in the lawn made by a forklift in february

previous contractor left some rubbish so sent a guy to clear it to a skip.I nabbed two sheets of unused ply, a lenght of drainage pipe and half a dozen bags of unopend ballast, all going in the skip!!
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got the toys out. tree to be removed
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todays pics:

three tonner to play with

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the trackway levelled ready for the stoneburier next week:

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:23 pm
by sy76uk
My latest project.
https://flic.kr/p/o9BcQq
https://flic.kr/p/obm5KM
It's all dug out, just got to build up the rest of the garden now.

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:25 pm
by lutonlagerlout
nice work all 3 of you
good to see pretty much everyone is busy right now
happy days!
LLL :)

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:35 pm
by sy76uk
Thanks Tony, got the steps in today. I'll hopefully get the rest of the garden edged out ready for the circle, footpath and astro turf next week.

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:41 pm
by dig dug dan
start of yesterday:

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this morning:
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final photo, i was criticised for suspending the slab lifter from pallet forks. Here is it on a jib boom . hope that solves the worry

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