Poxy Weather

[V8Druid]

our lane (which we don't use - we're right at the top and have a better route) has half a dozen down completely blocking the lane ('s an old 'deep' cart/coach track/road - banks're a good 15ft+ high)

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Haha. Too long in the tooth to be the hero anymore?

Exactly!

 

[Lancs Lad]

current state of the road up the Grwyne Fawr road ('bout 4 miles from us) -- there were leccy cables running up the side of the road (Can just see the tarmac/road if you look hard )
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bout 2 miles away - big bugger
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half a mile down the road
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half way up the llanthony valley, on the way to the Abbey pub ..... they won't be open tonight View attachment 67036
2 miles away
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and another lane a mile away
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just outside Aber on a main route
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another big one locally, but not causing any issues
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all seems to have been fair size trees taken down by this storm

Trust you've been out with Drema and grab doing your bit ?

 

[V8Druid]

Trust you've been out with Drema and grab doing your bit ?

sod that ... ''s like bloody Siberia here in the wind ... it's steep, narrow and deep .. you'd have a job to come around in places, even with her short bum and VA boom, it'd be a struggle with anything in her 'mouth' ... would more than fill the lane ... I drive it ONLY when I have to

 

[1RB]

Only had a little purple plum snap out & get hung up in a phone line yesterday but in the morning I’ve got a fair size turkey oak to sort out

 

[Bucket on wheels]

About as far N you can come in Norway. yesterday.

 

[pettsy]

sod that ... ''s like bloody Siberia here in the wind ... it's steep, narrow and deep .. you'd have a job to come around in places, even with her short bum and VA boom, it'd be a struggle with anything in her 'mouth' ... would more than fill the lane ... I drive it ONLY when I have to

I’d be out filling the firewood reserves while “helping open the road for the community”

 

[LKSF]

Can't trust these Welshies to build anything reet

 

[Lancs Lad]

Can't trust these Welshies to build anything reet

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You won't find that on BBC

 

[Gecko]

You won't find that on BBC

Not on the companies prospectus either!

 

[V8Druid]

bet the solar farm I was working at with Russ, back in the summer was missing a few thousand panels last week-end

 

[Brendan]

Poxy weather, what's everyone doing for compacting stone?. Got quarried 6f5 limestone it was soaking wet and had been left for a week but at some point need to try and get it down.

 

[V8Druid]

Poxy weather, what's everyone doing for compacting stone?. Got quarried 6f5 limestone it was soaking wet and had been left for a week but at some point need to try and get it down.

very heavy wetting drizzle here since 17.00 and forecast 'til 09.00 ... least the wind has done one

 

[Brendan]

It's been a light mist for most of the day, and tomorrow not looking much better, meant to be dry from weekend onwards. Might just have to sack it off till next week, as the last section that was put down has a few spongy spots from all the rain, so once the wacker gets going it's more than likely going to bog down. Could probably run some cement through it, won't help too much with compaction but should set solid

 

[Bucket on wheels]

It's been blowing a little bit on the west coast of Norway. The last couple of days.

 

[Storrsy]

Poxy weather, what's everyone doing for compacting stone?. Got quarried 6f5 limestone it was soaking wet and had been left for a week but at some point need to try and get it down.

I remember doing a parking area with 6f5 for prince Charles to park on when he was coming to look at something. Off course it shat itself down whilst I was doing it and all following night- had no choice as he was turning up the next day. Had images of him sinking into it as they pulled in but fortunately all fine with only mind indentations.

 

[DaveDCB]

It's been a light mist for most of the day, and tomorrow not looking much better, meant to be dry from weekend onwards. Might just have to sack it off till next week, as the last section that was put down has a few spongy spots from all the rain, so once the wacker gets going it's more than likely going to bog down. Could probably run some cement through it, won't help too much with compaction but should set solid

I’ve done that before, bags of cement spread over the soft spots, it deffo helps! But best way is to dig them off , and keep ontop of everything! Scrape wet stuff off etc and Terram it. Can even put a mid layer of reinforcing membrane onto the stone..

I’ve just dug off an area which was slop ontop but bone dry under, 300ton of our own clean crushed concrete down on membrane and it’s rock solid! Glad it’s done before winter sets in..

 

[Brendan]

Got around 2.2m to build up in total still got another 1.2m to go. Going back to site tomorrow and see what's what, got a small area to sort some drainage on and typically the weather is meant to be very wet Wednesday so all going well, will use up what's left and either get another load for Thursday or sack it off till the new year

 

[Giles]

Got around 2.2m to build up in total still got another 1.2m to go. Going back to site tomorrow and see what's what, got a small area to sort some drainage on and typically the weather is meant to be very wet Wednesday so all going well, will use up what's left and either get another load for Thursday or sack it off till the new year

That much fill always start with bigger stuff first rather than all 6f2/6f5

 

[Brendan]

That much fill always start with bigger stuff first rather than all 6f2/6f5

What sort of stone would you go for?
Only got small kit on site and it's between two houses and against a retaining wall