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Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 12:12 am
by lutonlagerlout
bodgeitandscarper wrote:I hope that wacker is ERGONOMICALLY designed!! Oh and make sure your:
Shovel
Level
Chisel
Mallet
String
Pencil
Kettle
Blocks
and your mug are all ERGONOMICALLY designed!! :laugh:
When are we going to see some pics of work in progress ???
sorry for using words longer than 3 letters bodge,
Ergonomics is the science of designing the job, equipment, and workplace to fit the worker.
i.e. to make life easier and the job more efficient
LLL :;):
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:30 am
by n0chex
I have some tools being delivered tomorrow including a nice shinney wheelbarrow which i will need to move the sand and the blocks from the alley way at the back of our house to the backyard......Sounds like hard work to me on it's own but i am sure it will pay off when i see the end result.
As for more pictures ask the rain gods to give us a break in the weather and the wheelbarrow will be in top gear , that's when i order the sand and blocks ( same day delivery usually so not to bad , but they need moving the same day.
I will post more pictures as the work is in progress.
I have also decided that i will be doing the block paving from the french doors to the gate 16 mtrs x 1.7 mtrs wide and then making a patio area outside my back door to the wall to the back of the house.
Would i need to cement down the pavers where the house finishes and the patio begins to speak or would it be sufficient for the flags which will be butt up to them to hold them in place.
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:56 am
by Suggers
I'm coming down on the ergonomics side of debate - brute force & ignorance never seemed seemed a clever solution to me. Balance is all.
In dim & distant past remember (part of 3D design) "design ergonomic door-handle" -
Hey Bodge - my mum was born in Preston & my dad in Pudsey - war of the roses - I'm born a southern softie... :p
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:11 am
by bodgeitandscarper
Im only taking the pi55, LLL.
Most people you ask about the science of Ergonomics will not know what your on about!! or bothered about!!
I can spell big words too!! :0
Get a book on Ergonomics
Chill out!!
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:59 am
by GB_Groundworks
regarding barrowing i always find on a long day barrowing its better to do more 60% full loads then a couple of staggering 120% full loads. we've all seen it on site men needing to assert their masculinity and filling the barrow full then taking twice as long to struggle with it. many trips are better than a fecked back haha. happy barrowing
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:42 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i'm sub- zero 
the young fella that works with me said to the sparky the other day " we never rush on this firm"
I had to explain to him, as it was to me that rushing a job actually slows it down, we call it " plodding" but plodding is working for 7.5 hours,pushing barrows ,digging,laying bricks whatever===> grafting
we have all seen the flash in the pan merchants,go like lighting for 2 hours then are shot for the rest of the day
get more work done plodding or tiggling on
LLL
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 11:58 am
by n0chex
Weather is looking totally crap for the next week or so.
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:08 pm
by GB_Groundworks
just get wet and get it done, its what we all do all day haha
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 5:21 pm
by n0chex
Impossible to wacker it when or after it has been lashing it down , also i'm getting to old now to be working outside in the rain even though i still have some hydraulic fluid left in my veins.
I'm in no rush as i just want to take my time and do it right or at least half right , unless you want to volunteer and give me a few days of your time as you would still have 363 days to do what you want :p
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:40 pm
by Pablo
bodgeitandscarper wrote:I can spell big words too!! :0
Chill out!!
Is that because you can't write words small enough with those crayons bodgeit. :laugh:
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:36 pm
by lutonlagerlout
it dont half rain oop north nochex
i remeber working with a brickie from bury in the 80's he was astounded how few days we lost to rain darn sarf
he reckoned on losing 1 a week on avg in manchester
LLL
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 10:42 pm
by bodgeitandscarper
I will have to keep using my crayons, got a job today but the weather changed and got rained off and as Nochex says its in for the week. Twat!!
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 11:34 pm
by n0chex
Well got a good run of MOT1 down today and a few ton of sand barrowed into my yard , but rainned off again and i will have to give it a few days to dry out before i wacker it down should be ok ?
Pretty pleased with the level and falloff as below and i need some more MOT1 to finish the bottom of the yard.
Do i wack it then put the tarram down and then a few inch of sand an another wack then 1" sand and lay the brick ....i hope i have that procedure right.
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 6:03 am
by GB_Groundworks
the geotextile should be under the sub base
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 6:48 am
by seanandruby
You said " the ground is very firm and quite hard in places". Why would you want terran? The terran should of gone in before the dtp1. I would of raised the manhole cover by now as you have extra 150 dtp 1 to move out the way plus the old surrond. But you are making progress, well done.