Furniss
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Is that to replace lost habitat - what's the thinking behind it ?
doobin
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It’s a nature reserve which is owned by the local parish council.
So it’s management by committee and that’s all I’m saying about it!
Lancs Lad
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He long since outgrown em
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
gonna need one of these nextOur kid...12 yr old.
His First saw. Saved from the scrap and stripped it. Cost him 23 quid for bar and chain. Now happy as Larry doing firewood.
No iPad in sight
And a good mate donated some trousers for a bottle of bourbon.
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Lancs Lad
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Got a 21 tonne standalone
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Stroppymonkey
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All weekend job - but not at all plant related. Doing some charity work replacing mother in laws boiler. My time for free but she will be paying full whack for the lad going back tomorrow to finish it off.
Last one was 33 years old and was put in new when they built the ag bungalow.
Testing the little dewalt saw to its max today. Juiced 2 9amp batteries on that little trench. Should have packed the 110v one or the reluctant Makita 2 stroke.
Really nice to be able to spend a couple of days on the tools with no work phone distractions. I think I’d actually quite like my job if I didn’t have to talk to anybody …
Last one was 33 years old and was put in new when they built the ag bungalow.
Testing the little dewalt saw to its max today. Juiced 2 9amp batteries on that little trench. Should have packed the 110v one or the reluctant Makita 2 stroke.
Really nice to be able to spend a couple of days on the tools with no work phone distractions. I think I’d actually quite like my job if I didn’t have to talk to anybody …
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Monkeybusiness
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3 days for a boiler swap?!
I think you need to give up the plumbing malarkey, not sure you are cut out for it…
(Unless it was a clever ruse to spin the job out long enough to be able to justify billing your family for the massive hourly rate tomorrow’s guy is going to cost them, in which case I salute you sir!!!)
Routy56
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Good to see that you're installing a nice Grant oil boiler
We installed a Grant VortexBlue a few year ago to replace the 30 year old Boulter Camray 2.
And that gave excellent service after many rebuilds - bit like triggers broom
As far as I'm concerned an efficient oil boiler is still the best solution for heating
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Stroppymonkey
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If you cut me in half it will read GrantGood to see that you're installing a nice Grant oil boiler
We installed a Grant VortexBlue a few year ago to replace the 30 year old Boulter Camray 2.
And that gave excellent service after many rebuilds - bit like triggers broom
As far as I'm concerned an efficient oil boiler is still the best solution for heating
. We have fitted 100s of em. Big difference in efficiency and lifespan depending on how it’s installed and commissioned. Bit like engines I guess.
VortexBlue thankfully now discontinued. Only put on the market in anticipation of an emissions requirement that never happened. Boilers the same but the BlueFlame burner has a fussier and more expensive control box. Efficiency the same though.
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Stroppymonkey
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We allow 3 days for a standard oil boiler exchange with upgrades.
This one going from a poorly installed f+e system to sealed, new thermister based ch/hw controls, few adjustments to existing pipework, new oil supply and full power flush which is our standard basic option. Plenty round here doing budget boiler swaps, but we like to offer an exceptionally well designed and well installed efficient system. We seem to keep busy.
Extra £1500 on an install will be recovered easily on better efficiency and less maintenance over coming years.
There is a race to the bottom with boiler installs which we won’t participate in.
Also.. as it’s the weekend it was only 12 hours work spread over the 2 days so just one ‘proper’ day
Careful, I shall mount my high horse and start banging on about #energywastage
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Monkeybusiness
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I’m only yanking your crank!We allow 3 days for a standard oil boiler exchange with upgrades.
This one going from a poorly installed f+e system to sealed, new thermister based ch/hw controls, few adjustments to existing pipework, new oil supply and full power flush which is our standard basic option. Plenty round here doing budget boiler swaps, but we like to offer an exceptionally well designed and well installed efficient system. We seem to keep busy.
Extra £1500 on an install will be recovered easily on better efficiency and less maintenance over coming years.
There is a race to the bottom with boiler installs which we won’t participate in.
Also.. as it’s the weekend it was only 12 hours work spread over the 2 days so just one ‘proper’ day
Careful, I shall mount my high horse and start banging on about #energywastage
My plumber spent 5 days installing our Sapphire - fortunately (for me) he was doing it on a price!
groundworker
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So glad to see the back of this one last week, gotta be the most complication foundation going especially for a back extension.
It's piled, cantilevered, stepped (twice), insulated (two thicknesses), protected from heave (two thicknesses), reinforced with bars at 75mm centres in places, shear rails, you name it.
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6feetdown
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Single storey?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Furniss
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Fair budget to get out of the ground !
groundworker
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Essentially 1.5 storey as there's living space in the roof.
There's 2 steel posts to sit on the cantilevered, thinnest part of the slab, lots of weight on them apparently so I can see the thought behind it but think the engineer might have over done it a tad!elephant enclosure is it
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6feetdown
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Definitely looks that way lol
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Quattromike
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It helps keep the steel guys busythey don't like risking their professional indemnity cover
William127
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New (to me, clearly 
) digger day
Straight to work clearing up the 100 odd ton of soil I've dug out at the barn.
Machine is just what I wanted- apart from being used obviously- feels just like a bigger version of my 217r. Felt really stable on the 3 plus meter high pile, great visibility, quiet and smooth (apart from the comedy quick hitch but that's changable).
3 diggers is slightly ridiculous for me as a 1 man band, especially given the amount of time I spend in a completely different industry, but I shall probably solve this next year by buying a 4th
) digger day Straight to work clearing up the 100 odd ton of soil I've dug out at the barn.
Machine is just what I wanted- apart from being used obviously- feels just like a bigger version of my 217r. Felt really stable on the 3 plus meter high pile, great visibility, quiet and smooth (apart from the comedy quick hitch
but that's changable). 3 diggers is slightly ridiculous for me as a 1 man band, especially given the amount of time I spend in a completely different industry, but I shall probably solve this next year by buying a 4th
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