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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:02 pm
by Dave_L
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:17 pm
by Stuarty
400 quid! Id have thought it would been a bit more than that tbh.
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:23 pm
by James.Q
nice neat work. not used a pump since worked for steve badcocks but they always made large pours alot easier
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:43 pm
by Mikey_C
Had a quote down south for pumping concrete a maximum of 20 linear meters for £240 no vat, this covered the minimum charge of 5 hours.
Only a diy'er so be gentle but several questions not relating to concrete pumping
1) What are the footings for (weird pattern), would it have been better to make it more shallow and one big pad
2) How do you get excavators to cross trenches like the one in the back of the photo, the ground round here is so soft you would just drive in to it even when partly full of concrete?
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:51 pm
by bodgeitandscarper
I would not have spoilt it with concrete/building its beautiful, like a piece of art!!
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:34 pm
by Dave_L
The footings are for a childrens centre for the local council. Full of toilets, small rooms. Bit of a weird layout, I agree!
The whole oversite was 'topped' off with 100-125mm of stone, this helped to consolidate the ground and allow the machines over the filled footings. You'll see the dumper was driven over them quite a bit with no ill effect
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:41 pm
by Dave_L
2500t reduce dig and cart away.....
and add the stone layer to the site. Compact with 100 roller.
and then installing the foul and stormwater drainage systems - connecting into the existing nearby public sewer and storm water holding tank
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:27 pm
by Mikey_C
Thanks for answering my questions Dave.
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:57 pm
by James.Q
oops drains a we bit dodgy . laid on thin air ? wers the bedding ?
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:19 pm
by dig dug dan
very impressed with the excavation on those footings dave. Amzed how the little tiny squares of soil left didn't collapse in on the trenches.
2500t reduce dig and cart away.....
I love a big dig out job, though round here its not easy getting rid if the spoil 
didn't realise you did this kind of work. keep the pictures coming. i love them!
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:36 pm
by Dave_L
James.Q wrote:oops drains a we bit dodgy . laid on thin air ? wers the bedding ?
Bins laid on concrete base as directed by the independant BI
Pipework laid, bedding sprinkled in from large grading bucket on machine.
Pipework then set to correct falls, foul runs tested and verified by Site Agent/BI and then pipework runs covered with approx 125mm 10mm single size chipping.
Not the way I'd do it, be we took over that drainage run from another crew. Aslong as the end "product" is the same, then no harm done.
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:42 pm
by Dave_L
dig dug dan wrote:very impressed with the excavation on those footings dave. Amzed how the little tiny squares of soil left didn't collapse in on the trenches.
2500t reduce dig and cart away.....
I love a big dig out job, though round here its not easy getting rid if the spoil
didn't realise you did this kind of work. keep the pictures coming. i love them!
Yeah, it was a great dig - so glad we have had a nice dry spell over the past 3 weeks. We had virtually no caving-in of those trenches.
The stone oversite was a great idea, I like that way of doing things. Keeps things tidy etc - a clean site is a happy site!
Getting rod of sub-soil round here is easy - although we have lost two or three useful local tips as they are now full. There are plenty of large construction projects locally that are now wanting subsoil etc - a free tip! 
Yeah, we do all sorts really - back to a bit of the black stuff Thursday and Friday, makes a change!
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:00 pm
by lutonlagerlout
nice work there dave
we used a pump recently to get 16m3 over the roof of a bungalow
i am sure it was the biggest pump summat like 70 m reach and it was bout £500 +VAT for the job
only problem was the pump has a box with about 5 barrows of concrete to get rid of at the end which they didnt tell us about and we had to tip it on the garden
cheers LLL
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:48 pm
by Dave_L
Yeah, the retained concrete in the pump can be a suprise!!!!
Cleaning out the pump wagon is a fair old job, too. Did you see the foam tennis ball being used?
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:19 pm
by lutonlagerlout
yeah he sucked it up 3 times
the driver/operator was telling us that you can still drive them on a normal licence as they are classed as a special vahicle(although at 150K a pop the firm would have to trust you
i think the one we had was a lot bigger,there was no agitator just a load of pipes and a big box,all the locals come out for a nose so it was fun,but the driver reckons that they were and are very very dangerous when they go wrong (i.e. blockages) he said his firm had 1 fatality and 2 blokes crippled in the last 10 years==not good
LLL
