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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:46 pm
by Dave L
As suggested by John in this thread John's suggestion I'll kick off with a simple one....
Farm entranceway excavated, drainage construction to continue drainage to side of road, PCC edgers installed on outer edges to contain concrete, 250mm type1 sub-base laid and compacted with 120 roller then concrete poured in two visits, one visit to complete the two outer wings then the final visit to 'fill' the middle section using the contructed outers to work to.....
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:47 am
by lutonlagerlout
well here is a job we did in herts this year,basically changing the look of a house from tile hanging and sandstone to brick and flint,the windows were also changed to hardwood but i cant claim that,it was a crowd from london did the windows
here is the before:
and here is the after
its not strictly paving but its the only recent job i got before and afters on
cheers LLL
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:59 am
by mouldmaker
Nice work, LLL. Did you use flint-faced blocks?
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:03 pm
by lutonlagerlout
yep,they aint as bad as i had expected but the pointing takes longer than the laying 
the overall effect was nice though and it works out half the price of free hand flint work
cheers LLL 
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:50 pm
by Dave_L
Just a few pics from my cameraphone from the job we are currently involved with - and will be for a little while yet.
Setting out/excavating and pouring concrete foundations for a large extension to a care home locally.
Probably excavated and carted away >1000 tons of soil to nearby landfill site and poured >50 cube of concrete!
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:58 pm
by bobbi o
thought you were a road surfacing contractor?
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:07 pm
by Stuarty
Theres no end to that mans talents :p
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:23 pm
by Dave_L
bobbi o wrote:thought you were a road surfacing contractor?
Well, yes, but we do a lot else!
The company started out as a Groundwork Contractor and grew from there. we like to keep our 'hands in' so to speak!
Have almost forgotten what it's like to lay the old black stuff, it's been 10 days or so with none!
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:24 pm
by Dave_L
Stuarty wrote:Theres no end to that mans talents :p
Well not just me, it's the whole crew........
Chris, our machine driver, he's the star, in reality.
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:37 pm
by Stuarty
yeah we have a good setup atm, it can be a pain cos theres 3 mates in the company and when their together on a job u gotta keep them workin. machine drivers can make the job easy or difficult. We have one golden rule when plant is on the job : never piss off a machine driver.
We also do alot of other stuff. Have been known to do bits of demolition here and there, pipe laying from time to time. Also done work for Network Rail a few months back where we had to hire a wee boat! I remember doing a 6 metre high fence around the perimeter of a landfill site, old telegraph poles as the posts, huge nets had to be hung also. It does fall into fencing i suppose but its a bit more than your average 1.8 job heh
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:44 pm
by Dave_L
Stuarty wrote:machine drivers can make the job easy or difficult
Too right! Our driver can lay and level tarmac to within 10mm or so with the grading bucket! Makes out job so much easier I can tell thee! Just keep the bucket nicely dieseled up and he's away!
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:43 pm
by lutonlagerlout
too true ,the best machine driver i know john m is as english as afternoon tea, but you never need a shovel when he is working
worth their weight in gold the ones that can do it
regards LLL
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:40 am
by Dave_L
Doing a 1300m2 job, the scrape back, stone up and surface (roadbase & surface course total thicknesss 130mm)
Yesterday we dodged the rain and mainly laid kerbs!
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:43 am
by Dave_L
...and getting the various manhole covers etc to the correct level....this one being very tough indeed!
