The 'Today's Job' thread

[V8Druid]

also got 88m2 of rubber down on the roof, now for all the detail bits and joins! that was a learning experience, joiner had to tilt fillets but had to remove them as they make it much harder to get a good corner. he was used to fiberglass roofing

did my 40m2 garden room last year but that was a simple rectangle no up stands haha

that is some extension Giles

 

[doobin]

so we got a new ring and it fitted better but not a satisfactory fit, fp mcann stuff is guff

we reworked the pipe work and got the tank connected back up after the old cast had failed in a few places coming out the tank

just need to seal the tank protrusion now with some underwater non shrink grout stuff at £55 a bag

sealed the joints behind the repointing with fosroc ms6000 (suitable for potable water tanks) stuff then repointed with a bagged roman cement product for harbors ( nice stuff corse but troweled well and set quick

What’s the Roman cement stuff called?

 

[Giles]

What’s the Roman cement stuff called?

Marine P60 Mortar | Waterproof & Chemical Resistant | Cornerstone

Discover Cornerstone Marine P60 Mortar. A waterproof mortar for heavily polluted areas at risk of degradation from various pollutants, acids and alkalis.

cornerstonemortars.co.uk

Mine says “harbour” on it not p60 but it’s from
Cornerstone via Lincolnshire lime

 

[JD450A]

Bumped into a contact today. We reckon it's cheapskate northerners who are the issue buying bargain basement reject rings to sell to the NT

 

[doobin]

Marine P60 Mortar | Waterproof & Chemical Resistant | Cornerstone

Discover Cornerstone Marine P60 Mortar. A waterproof mortar for heavily polluted areas at risk of degradation from various pollutants, acids and alkalis.

cornerstonemortars.co.uk

Mine says “harbour” on it not p60 but it’s from
Cornerstone via Lincolnshire lime

I love lime mortar. Crazy to think that it’s only been mainstream to use cement as we know it (OPC) for around 100 years.

There a firm a couple of miles from me who do hot mixes etc. I got a few tubs to try before buying half a ton to repoint our place. It’s sublime to use- just beautiful stuff. I won’t want to go back to nhl! Makes the job an absolute pleasure.

Plus a bag of flint gallets. I didn’t realise how uncommon galletting was. It’s part of the grade 2 listing for our cottage. Lots of places round here have it, flint on flint buildings and ironstone dots on sandstone buildings.

 

[Giles]

Bumped into a contact today. We reckon it's cheapskate northerners who are the issue buying bargain basement reject rings to sell to the NT

Ahhh look at those tiny man hole risers, 320mm plastic? lol you tiny southern fairies

Spoke to the Markovitz rep and he said they’ve had a lot of fp mcann rejects and have been feeding back to them about it.

 

[Giles]

Bumped into a contact today. We reckon it's cheapskate northerners who are the issue buying bargain basement reject rings to sell to the NT

Have they even got an interlocking top and bottom ? From pic they look flat? Shutter and pour extra concrete rd them?

 

[Giles]

I love lime mortar. Crazy to think that it’s only been mainstream to use cement as we know it (OPC) for around 100 years.

There a firm a couple of miles from me who do hot mixes etc. I got a few tubs to try before buying half a ton to repoint our place. It’s sublime to use- just beautiful stuff. I won’t want to go back to nhl! Makes the job an absolute pleasure.

Plus a bag of flint gallets. I didn’t realise how uncommon galletting was. It’s part of the grade 2 listing for our cottage. Lots of places round here have it, flint on flint buildings and ironstone dots on sandstone buildings. View attachment 74457

We do both nhl and slacked bag lime mixes, not been allowed to do a hotlime site mix yet but keen to try.

 

[pettsy]

Spoke to the Markovitz rep and he said they’ve had a lot of fp mcann rejects and have been feeding back to them about it.

If I was Markos I’d be sending them back! Where are the rings made as there’s an fp McCann yard not too far from me

 

[Giles]

If I was Markos I’d be sending them back! Where are the rings made as there’s an fp McCann yard not too far from me

Yeah Ashbourne site

 

[Giles]

Bumped into a contact today. We reckon it's cheapskate northerners who are the issue buying bargain basement reject rings to sell to the NT

Haha just come to me

There not a man hole they’re a glory hole…..

 

[doobin]

Yesterday out with the 86c. This morning with the cherry picker to help replace a window in a housing association flat in Crawley. A far cry from the rolling fields and million pound houses in used to …

A proper ‘what the butler saw’ moment too. Second floor window as I went up- big fat lass with massive tits bent over getting dressed. The look on her face when she saw me

 

[doobin]

We do both nhl and slacked bag lime mixes, not been allowed to do a hotlime site mix yet but keen to try.

From what I've been reading/been told, there are concerns these days that NHL actually ends up far harder than advertised! It's often hard to discern between an NHL 3.5 mix and an OPC mix after a few years other than colour, would you agree?

The hotmix stuff I'm using is a few months old, it's beautiful to use. Never tried a putty mix. It seems to be the consensus that mature putty mixes were reserved for fine plaster etc, and mortar would have been hot mixed on site with quicklime- which makes sense. However, we now have plastic bags and tubs to seal it in for future use, which of course makes bulkmanufacture for later use an option (and a very convenient one at that)

I'd like a forced mixer just to play with mixes, but with the lime and flint specialists of the UK three miles from me there's not much point.

 

[Smiffy]

Yesterday out with the 86c. This morning with the cherry picker to help replace a window in a housing association flat in Crawley. A far cry from the rolling fields and million pound houses in used to …

A proper ‘what the butler saw’ moment too. Second floor window as I went up- big fat lass with massive tits bent over getting dressed. The look on her face when she saw me View attachment 74514View attachment 74515View attachment 74516View attachment 74517

You poor sod how on earth did you end up in Crawley.
If I'm not mistaken that is next to the hotel they house all the crack heads in.
We did the groundworks for a block of flats about 200m down the road from there.

 

[6feetdown]

Yesterday out with the 86c. This morning with the cherry picker to help replace a window in a housing association flat in Crawley. A far cry from the rolling fields and million pound houses in used to …

A proper ‘what the butler saw’ moment too. Second floor window as I went up- big fat lass with massive tits bent over getting dressed. The look on her face when she saw me View attachment 74514View attachment 74515View attachment 74516View attachment 74517

No pics

 

[6feetdown]

From what I've been reading/been told, there are concerns these days that NHL actually ends up far harder than advertised! It's often hard to discern between an NHL 3.5 mix and an OPC mix after a few years other than colour, would you agree?

The hotmix stuff I'm using is a few months old, it's beautiful to use. Never tried a putty mix. It seems to be the consensus that mature putty mixes were reserved for fine plaster etc, and mortar would have been hot mixed on site with quicklime- which makes sense. However, we now have plastic bags and tubs to seal it in for future use, which of course makes bulkmanufacture for later use an option (and a very convenient one at that)

I'd like a forced mixer just to play with mixes, but with the lime and flint specialists of the UK three miles from me there's not much point.

Can you get ready mixed lime mortar as I've a few repairs i could do with some for ?

 

[doobin]

Can you get ready mixed lime mortar as I've a few repairs i could do with some for ?

Yes, often referred to as lime putty. Sets entirely through contact with air (carbon dioxide) rather than the water as NHL does.

 

[JD450A]

Have they even got an interlocking top and bottom ? From pic they look flat? Shutter and pour extra concrete rd them?

Yes they have a lip, only baby 900's but movable with the 219

 

[Smiffy]

Couple more Normandy museums.
Went to the airborne museum yesterday and the Pegasus bridge museum today.
The airborne museum was really good impeccably maintained and clearly a Great deal has been spent on the place. However I have a feeling it is heavily financed by the Americans, infact I think most the museums that we visited are as if you visited them you would have no idea that the British Canadians or any of the other allies to part in the war. They are also filled with reproduction tat in the gift shops which I find disrespectful to am extent. Pegasus bridge museum is by far smaller and simpler but is about the efforts of the British and Canadian paratroopers so is definitely worth a visit.

 

[6feetdown]

Couple more Normandy museums.
Went to the airborne museum yesterday and the Pegasus bridge museum today.
The airborne museum was really good impeccably maintained and clearly a Great deal has been spent on the place. However I have a feeling it is heavily financed by the Americans, infact I think most the museums that we visited are as if you visited them you would have no idea that the British Canadians or any of the other allies to part in the war. They are also filled with reproduction tat in the gift shops which I find disrespectful to am extent. Pegasus bridge museum is by far smaller and simpler but is about the efforts of the British and Canadian paratroopers so is definitely worth a visit. View attachment 74523View attachment 74524View attachment 74525View attachment 74526View attachment 74528View attachment 74527View attachment 74528View attachment 74529View attachment 74530View attachment 74532View attachment 74533View attachment 74534

On the way to Omaha beach with the parachutist hanging from the spire?