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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:29 am
by GB_Groundworks
So my navaras in the garage and I've got a little micra courtesy car, so it hasn't been started since Friday. Been on shank's pony and sledges haha.
So been off work all week going stir crazy we've got over a foot of snow at mo, but got my boy so been having fun and sledging building snow men been to the park everybday going to try get him to nursery today so I can paint some rooms and sort out tax return haha.
How's the snow with you lot?
Pics to follow
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:37 am
by London Stone Paving
Been watching the news everyday and listening to the radio it sounds like a nightmare out there.
Fortunately for me I've seen absolutely nothing of it. I live in Newbury and work in Staines, so its just a straight run up the M4. Its almost as if there is a forcefield covering the M4 corridor, clean as a whistle 
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:31 am
by Tony McC
We've got our usual 6mm dusting. Being in the lee of the Welsh Mountains and on the flatlands before the Pennines, we tend to get overlooked most of the time.
However, even without the snow there wouldn't be much work we would be able to get on with at these temps. Digging off, stoning up, drainage, but not fit for any mortar/concrete work and laying course sand would be frozen stiff all day.
I'll stay here, in the warm, trying to make sense of soakaway calculations!
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:56 am
by ilovesettsonmondays
weve got 5 inches in essex and still snowing .cabined up and got the minder dvd box set out .33dvds lol
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:56 am
by Tommy
I'm on call this week for gritting. Been out 3 times already, 6-10 yesterday evening, and from half 3 this morning. Had approx 4 hours sleep since Sunday, so I'm off to bed
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:45 pm
by lutonlagerlout
just got in and have to say that was one of the coldest work days ever
the lads carried on in hemel whilst my self and the digger driver installed a compost toilet at my local allotments.
the concrete wagon turned up at 10 and all the sand was frozen along with the grit
but we got it sorted
at least it wasnt muddy
pics will follow when i have thawed out
LLL
PS picked a bulk bag of 10mm shingle up for a bit of weight on the back wheels,cut the bag and the shingle came out in a solid lump like dog food out of a can,took me 15 minutes to smash it to smaller lumps 
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:20 pm
by GB_Groundworks
we had our cab star on range rover tires and wheels and council grey slabs layed all over the back for that extra bit of traction
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:56 pm
by Dave_L
Virtually no snow here in Somerset, bit chilly but we're ploughing on with our work programme.
Tarmac tommorrow! Bit of heat, yey
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:01 pm
by pickwell paving
we've got about 8 inches in lincolnshire think its snowed every day since saturday, so had the whole of the week at home getting under the missuses feet 
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:09 pm
by rab1
12 inches up here and expecting the big freeze tonight.
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:14 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
ill be struggling to make it down the dole to sign on the way its going in essex .still snowing
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:16 pm
by msh paving
not alot in west norfolk, been home all week temp not rising above 0c ben -4 to -6 at night,patio to lay but can't screed and lay on sand ,pissed off,crusher is out and 1 mini digger so got a micro income.....lol MSH
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:26 pm
by GB_Groundworks
