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Posted: **Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:42 pm**

the day came and we decided to barrow in the concrete
the road was too tight for a pump and a volumetric

4 of us barrowed 7.75m3 in 90 minutes which i thought was good going considering the 150ft run and the mesh and ramp

just in at 9.30 AM

first hit with the little powerfloat at around 4pm

finished at 7pm

just in time to go and watch luton play bury

just got home and Mrs lout informed me it was our wedding anniversary

doh!

LLL

Posted: **Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:43 pm**

cracking finish. how do you get it level with no formwork, and how do you know when its right to powerfloat??

Posted: **Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:28 pm**

we had a T-bar with the receiver and the laser set to dpc

so we levelled it as we went

then its just a matter of time and patience

and experience

when the concrete could support a mans weight we sued the little one to take out any small dents or rises

then it was waiting for the point where you didnt leave bootprints

8 1/2 hours as it turned out

cheers LLL

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:54 pm**

did some finishing last week and started this wall tuesday

2 m boundary wall collapsed in feb,we now have the job to rebuild it properly

hand dig as the council wanted a Â£60 per metre bond in case of digger dame to the pavement

saw this block drive I did 22 years ago
I know its that long because the lady saw us and came out and she mentioned her daughter had her first baby while we did the drive and its that long

still looks ok but 22 years is scary :;):

lastly a lesson of why soakaways do not work in clay soil

this one is 1.5M 3 but its what building control asked for

when I asked what happens to the water he said it filtrates through the topsoil

cheers LLL

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:59 pm**

cracking job tony, did luton win?

what's with the walls on the garage, no cavity at all?

the joys of power floating we did a slab in November once took 3 days to get to the point of being ready to float

i pan it when my size 13 boot leaves a 1-2mm impression then polish it with paddles when you can put your hand on it and it comes away clean

ive bought a 900mm one but im after a little 600mm one the ride on ones are good fun as well.

heres the big 650m2 slab we did being floated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWu_QM_fcUM&feature=youtu.be

ive been learning to slate/roof this week, me and my 23 apprentice joiner had to do it as my dads roofer to busy on with him ill post some pics up at the weekend,

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Posted: **Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:29 am**

we are finding that more and more recently giles
all our best blokes are being drawn down to london getting big money
Â£250 a day day work and even more on price, so the local money is up to Â£200 a day now

cant blame them as they have been on Â£140-160 for the guts of 10 years

I remember in the late 80s brickies money went from Â£35 a day to Â£70 a day in a matter of 3 years

the boom is most definitely back!

LLL

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2014 10:52 am**

on with the footing

16mm rebar and c30 concrete

all steps @ 75mm 600mm from top to bottom so ready to go monday

for all the groundworkers and concrete lads it makes life so much easier if a little care is taken with this stage

cheers LLL

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:21 pm**

Any Groundworker worth their salt levels and steps a footing accordingly

The piss it up firing it in let it self sort out are for the cowboys so about 50% the building game lol

But it's always fun to make it a little hard for the brickies

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2014 6:59 pm**

Nice to see youve changed your tune giles. When I showed a picture of a stepped footing I'd done you said " just pour it and let the brickies sort it out"
your learning day by day

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:08 pm**

lutonlagerlout wrote:for all the groundworkers and concrete lads it makes life so much easier if a little care is taken with this stage

cheers LLL

A good brickie can get out of anything

:;):

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2014 11:02 am**

you know dat Kuts
LLL

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2014 12:04 pm**

dig dug dan wrote:Nice to see youve changed your tune giles. When I showed a picture of a stepped footing I'd done you said " just pour it and let the brickies sort it out"
your learning day by day

Didn't you step it like 6 times across about 6 metres though?

Any major level changes where it's gonna be hard or unsafe for brickies then yes but that was overkill for them throwing a few commons in, wasn't it almost on the surface as well with your concrete not 200mm down for the frost if I remember but it was a while ago,

credit it to you for the pettiness though. Learning is always good, I like to try to learn something new everyday like not hiring expensive crushers out without any payment or credential checking.

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Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2014 1:11 pm**

handbags ready :laugh:

i read some brickwork.org site recently and they stated that there should be no more than 3 course of brickwork below ground where possible

and also for a 1.8m high wall the footing should be 500mm deep
I will see if I can find it

cheers LLL

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:11 pm**

i don't think i will enter into any cross fire with this one, as entertaining as it would be for others. some people take criticism, other cant.

Posted: **Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:44 pm**

my usual view luton versus plymouth

then this little baby turned up

and a new view after 30 years of buying bricks from dandys

a nice touch from them

back to basics on with the wall

nearly there only another thousand to go

why did I suggest flemish bond ???

it looks great but is so slow compared to stretcher bond

also on the subject of indian stone driveways i did this one before I even joined this forum (pre 2006) we laid it on 100mm of wet floor screed with cement over hardcore that was wacked
of course he wanted an extra row added later but it has held up well considering its 10 years old and he drive a shogun type motor

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