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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:33 am
by lutonlagerlout
got a fair bit booked in,but feel vaguely depressed
(looking out of the window doesnt help)
anyone else got the back to work blues?
cheers LLL
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:21 am
by msh paving
should be back to the smoke this morning,but we looked at weather and give it a miss till tommra,floor joist to on this week and 12 bit of steel,and a bit off block work, looks like we will be a bit behind , MSH 
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:49 am
by local patios and driveway
Im back today, concrete shed base, really cant be arsed
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:01 am
by Pablo
Was due to start this morning but after going out to the van and finding that the wind had blown it across the yard and no one can get here due to fallen trees I took it as a sign that I need to do some more office work today. The van was left in gear with the handbrake off it seizes if you leave it on to long but thats some force to push it for 10m there have been gusts recorded at 85mph just down the road I reckon that could blow it over if I was driving.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:21 am
by Carberry
Got in to yard today, 1 side of fence had blown over. Went to see customer I did some work for last summer because her I saw her house was up for sale, turns out she has sold it already and pissed off back to ireland. New owners want the newpatio gone (60m2 of indian sandstone) and replaced with monoblocks. Got a few messages on answering machine from folk looking for some small jobs done too which is a first for me, messages on answering machine for landscaping at this time of year I mean.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:05 pm
by mike builder/landscaper
back to work 2day. demolished an old wall. ordered 4000 bricks and f...ed off home. were not working in that weather. time to look at icelolly for a holiday.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:09 pm
by DNgroundworks
Got in at around 10am, crap weather, re-routing a dyke with 220mm twinwall in a raging torrent, didnt last long :p
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:43 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i thought you northern lads were made of sterner stuff :;):
I never saw a man go rusty
we stopped for tea around 10.am and it seriously give it for about an hour and a half,there was 4 inches of water in the new skip
but we persevered and got the skip 3/4 full, lots more hand digging tomorrow
yummy
LLL
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:05 pm
by DNgroundworks
you do love your hand digging eh Tony? If i can get a digger in....then were using the machine!
I was up at 6, only got light at 8.00! Plus my right hand man has stomach ulcers, so we are on a go slow for a while.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:40 pm
by local patios and driveway
I ended up boxing in an rsj, insulating a bedroom and plumbed in a new shower at my place. Makes a nice change to have some indoor work
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:46 pm
by rab1
start back monday but will be thinking of you boys back at work. :p
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:56 pm
by lutonlagerlout
could probably get a micro in dan but its so tight some of the digging that i dont see how we could do it
1 trench which i will get a photo of has a water main running down the middle of it,and a FWP running across it
IME diggers struggle with stuff like that in awkward spots
LLL
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:57 pm
by lutonlagerlout
plus being on the fork all day in sopping wet clay hopefully i can burn some xmas pounds off :laugh:
LLL
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:16 am
by mike builder/landscaper
im with dn on this one. if i can get a digger in i will. my back will thank me in the end. plus im not getting any younger. soon be 50.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:03 pm
by Dave_L
Love 750mm access micros, make life so much easier, esp with the right operator and some decent barrowers