Furniss
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My thoughts exactlyShithouse…
diggerjones
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Did you get the concrete in Dan
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Monkeybusiness
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Nope! Decided to let everything dry out before attempting any sort of tidy up - will have another go on Monday if it stays as suggested over the weekend. It was all still saturated this morning, desperate to cave in from all directions.
It’s dried out a lot today though so should be good given a bit more time (I hope!).
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DaveDCB
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Weather says good for next week 
*dig footings at your own risk
*dig footings at your own risk
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Monkeybusiness
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I’m not keen on your ‘after the event’ observations, and am now even less enamoured with your ‘before it happens’ advice!Weather says good for next week
*dig footings at your own risk
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DaveDCB
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DaveDCB
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Also I’ve done much much worse….. footings are my thing and I love doing them.. but digging and pouring in the last week of December, hammering it down, running sand .. constant cave ins, digging it back out as the concrete chased me down the trench.. not a fun day! Full load of concrete was nearly getting dumped on the crusher pile
pettsy
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Last ones I did were for extension on my old house. Rained constantly for days after I’d finished but fortunately in clay so survived until the concrete went in. Was relieved to be out of the ground after that.
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Monkeybusiness
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It’s in (thank god!). Lovely day here today, has been nice since the day the rain filled my trenches but might rain tomorrow so I’m glad to get this in!
JerryRtilt
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Always good to see concrete going in a hole, job can only get easier now
moving upwards not downwards 
William127
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Furniss
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Pita but we admitted defeat and pulled off the last job for now and decided to fit something more doable in .....got all the kit moved and job marked out before the thunderstorms started that are still on going !
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fred
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look out tomorrow. batten down the hatches.
Lancs Lad
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90% chance of rain all day up here tomorrow
....you just keep it down there
Bucket on wheels
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Blue sky, sun and. 24 Celsius. at the max today.
30 days todays with 0 rain
The owner of the farm I'm living at. Are debating with himself whether or not.
He will start watering the wheat field
30 days todays with 0 rain
The owner of the farm I'm living at. Are debating with himself whether or not.
He will start watering the wheat field
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
just looked - you ain't kidding - 21mm of rain starting in about half an hour -- and it looks like it here too ... been a glorious day 'til about 6 when it clouded over ..... not a cloud in a beautiful azure sky at 07.00 this morning
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
that must've turned into a swampWell it was nice while it lasted..
Another 2 hours and I'd have had this knocked off and all cleaned up.
Instead I've still got raking to do, pressure washing to do and when I was loading the boards I had brown water running down my arm
Storrsy
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See if you had had the 1.5tonner there you'd have finished in timeWell it was nice while it lasted..
Another 2 hours and I'd have had this knocked off and all cleaned up.
Instead I've still got raking to do, pressure washing to do and when I was loading the boards I had brown water running down my arm
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well half an hour late starting ...... but is now lashing down with an enormous black storm cloud stationary over the valley
... had a few plans for tomorrow (no kids and made arrangements)
William127
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I don't know about a swamp but it went from lovely crumbly soil to a rake clogging pastethat must've turned into a swamp
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