Page 63 of 315
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:32 pm
by Brucieboy
Never done tuck pointing myself - only seen one guy restoring a section of brickwork on an old building. Took him an age - from a distance all the joints looked dead straight and square and about 4mm wide. It looked as if they'd been painted on - superb finish.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:30 pm
by lutonlagerlout
sad day today,we finished a ramp just before xmas for an old lady and i went to dig the holes for the railings
I was knocking on the door to get power and a neighbour came across to tell me that sadly the lady had passed away over xmas
I asked had mrs X managed to use her new front door and ramp?
to which the neighbour replied " just the once ,on the stretcher"
even though we only met her for a week or so its sad that she waited so long for something then never got the use of it
LLL 
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:36 pm
by Bob_A
Yes that is sad.
It always seems that more people die or get ill around Christmas.
I know it's not probably the case but it just seems that way.
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:10 am
by dodger41
Cheers for the replies LLL & Bruicyboy, i have (potentially) to rebuild some chimneys on an old hotel in Chesham in the new year, & in the Spec. that ive seen it mentions washed sharp sand and lime mix, something that i have never used !!, if the job happens i will let you know how it goes (pick your brains), cheers !
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:25 am
by lutonlagerlout
pratts yard sand from Leighton buzzard is a good example of washed sharp sand
enjoy epoxy resining broken bricks together !!
LLL 
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:40 pm
by dig dug dan
nice and tidy as ever tony!
in picture 6, whats the gap in the footing with the rebar sticking up for?
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:48 pm
by lutonlagerlout
thats the existing foul run which we need to lintel over with R15s
got quite a bit of drainage work to do next week,new IC outside the building @900 invert means lots more hand digging
all good fun
LLL
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:06 pm
by mike builder/landscaper
that hand digging and barrowing will be doing the diet good lll.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:01 pm
by local patios and driveway
You crazy dude! Theresl penty of room for a 1.5t machine let alone 3/4t.... Sod that by hand. dig and pour in one day
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:08 pm
by msh paving
local patios and driveways wrote:You crazy dude! Theresl penty of room for a 1.5t machine let alone 3/4t.... Sod that by hand. dig and pour in one day
Thinking the same as me................. 
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:37 pm
by dig dug dan
i disagree on the "dig and pour" in the same day tbh
i would dig, and yes would use a machine, on day one, but how do you know what time to book the concrete, or how much to order until you have finished? if you hit a pipe and have to repair it that could set you back an hour, and a lorry load of concrete going off is expensive!
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:50 pm
by local patios and driveway
We use mixamate. Im probably being fecesious. But on a run of footings under 18m without any services involved we would expect to start at 7 pour at 3. Job im digging this week has 3 sections of pipework crossing the new footing and the adjacent building was never underpinned as it was suppossed to be so one side of my trench has to be be poured in section with rebar! One day job... 3 days.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:57 pm
by lutonlagerlout
yes you could have pulled the long trench,but access is only 700 wide and 1900 high
also how would you pull the trench by the toilet ?
we had 3 foul runs that we had to hand dig around and 3 water mains?
believe me i am no masochist,but if you saw it with your own eyes you would understand
plus the garden was unbelievably soppy wet,small digger would have churned that to mush
keep 'em coming hehe
LLL :;):
