The 'Today's Job' thread

[Giles]

you gonna seed the bank? 's gonna be all over the gravel otherwise

We used this stuff recently green mat 200 soil growth membrane

 

[Giles]

Love the barriers

We’ve a SEN school opposite 1;1 teachers to students they won’t use their car park 300 yards up road so park opposite when we’ve a concrete pour on etc block it off, chapter 8 at yard so these did the job haha

 

[DaveDCB]

More

Bugger me I thought laddo was drinking meth spirits at first glance

 

[Giles]

Bugger me I thought laddo was drinking meth spirits at first glance

Think it’s more like summer fruits cordial lol

 

[Stroppymonkey]

More

Question 1. Why are you burying expensive black pipe, and what’s that big blue pipe doing !?

 

[Giles]

Question 1. Why are you burying expensive black pipe, and what’s that big blue pipe doing !?

we'd ran out of non uv stable pipe waiting on delivery

the 63mm mdpe is the rising main from the pumping station from the garden room (poo pump)

 

[Stroppymonkey]

we'd ran out of non uv stable pipe waiting on delivery

the 63mm mdpe is the rising main from the pumping station from the garden room (poo pump)

Hope no one accidentally taps an outside tap into that one in the future
I’ve used MDPE for pumped waste quite a few times myself. Nice and non restrictive

 

[diggerjones]

Giles, it just shows you what's needed to do the ground work for a house extension. Amazing really. 1 of the pictures I thought you had been flooded but then realised its the concrete

 

[Giles]

Giles, it just shows you what's needed to do the ground work for a house extension. Amazing really. 1 of the pictures I thought you had been flooded but then realised its the concrete

there is 1 where morning after pour it chucked it down and we'd dammed the drain trench so the concrete didn't got down it and crated a small boating lake until we dug out the clay lump wed plugged the trench with

 

[Giles]

Hope no one accidentally taps an outside tap into that one in the future
I’ve used MDPE for pumped waste quite a few times myself. Nice and non restrictive

they'll do well its going to be 800mm under kitchen floor Inc 150mm concrete lol

 

[Storrsy]

Think it’s more like summer fruits cordial lol

Looks like he's ready for lunch break to be fair!

 

[Storrsy]

Start of a new job today. Digging back this farm entrance which I'll stone face. Got a load to do along the drive/approach to farm too

Done no more to this entrance. What I didn't know when I started it was every half an hour a massive fendt and dump trailer was going to be coming in tipping at the farm for 4 days in a row, no point attempting to do anything whilst that's going on. On the plus side I started another section out the way and have a feline helper now.. oh and the contractors have bogged the dump trailer a few times now so have to go and dig all 20 ton out the back before any chance of it coming back out

 

[Furniss]

you gonna seed the bank? 's gonna be all over the gravel otherwise

Think they plan to membrane it and plant the right sort of spreading plants.

 

[6feetdown]

Saw? 100mm? Insulation saw? Or concrete saw?

Insulation saw. In the 1 pic I think

 

[6feetdown]

Next set of pics

Tight spinning fully offset with 3 ton to load from lower level

Nice self tipping trailer

 

[DaveDCB]

oh and the contractors have bogged the dump trailer a few times now so have to go and dig all 20 ton out the back before any chance of it coming back out

It’s not a nice feeling when they go down.. not so bad of they go down level, at least you can tip and get a little tug out!

 

[V8Druid]

Done no more to this entrance. What I didn't know when I started it was every half an hour a massive fendt and dump trailer was going to be coming in tipping at the farm for 4 days in a row, no point attempting to do anything whilst that's going on. On the plus side I started another section out the way and have a feline helper now.. oh and the contractors have bogged the dump trailer a few times now so have to go and dig all 20 ton out the back before any chance of it coming back out

nice looking mog ..... Squeak used to spend every day with Reo when he was here doing the wall

 

[6feetdown]

Ended up mixing our own saved around £100 so not a lot in it but more control and less waste. Plus have around 4t of aggregate left for more concrete

 

[Furniss]

Ended up mixing our own saved around £100 so not a lot in it but more control and less waste. Plus have around 4t of aggregate left for more concrete

I quite fancy that self sufficient idea to mix dry for tanks but don't have anything to drive the pan mixer and you still have all the hassle of getting aggs and cement to site, then cleaning it all out ...can't see it happening as opposed to getting 3m3 or so from the plant in the truck.

Apparently we are getting a "béton self" shortly which is supposed to be a self service concrete dispenser,which in theory is a choose your mix, pay and back under ....is that a thing in the u.k ?

 

[6feetdown]

I quite fancy that self sufficient idea to mix dry for tanks but don't have anything to drive the pan mixer and you still have all the hassle of getting aggs and cement to site, then cleaning it all out ...can't see it happening as opposed to getting 3m3 or so from the plant in the truck.

Apparently we are getting a "béton self" shortly which is supposed to be a self service concrete dispenser,which in theory is a choose your mix, pay and back under ....is that a thing in the u.k ?

I think there were a few builders merchants looking into it but I think most of the users would be cluckwits. Imagine some of the transit brigade!
It doesn't work out much cheaper but for tank bases and awkward areas it works better for us. Pump and 3m3 would have been 1k!