The 'Today's Job' thread

[Brendan]

Not today's but from last week, lots of space to get in but just enough to turn around will get worse as the dig comes back as narrows to around 2m. It sounds like a lot of space but can just about turn without catching the walls

 

[Furniss]

Not today's but from last week, lots of space to get in but just enough to turn around will get worse as the dig comes back as narrows to around 2m. It sounds like a lot of space but can just about turn without catching the wallsView attachment 33409

What you on with there ?

 

[Brendan]

What you on with there ?

Kerosene leak, had to come off as got covid, now the groundworker has it, hopefully back there in a few days time.

 

[doobin]

If that was me I'd have the e27 and e19 swapped round.

My Monday consisted of driving the 432 to a job 2 hours away, looking at it and saying no we can't fit then driving 2 hours back. Off back again to it tomorrow with the mini and the skidsteer

Tow vehicles chosen to suit the access.

 

[hiluxman]

Tow vehicles chosen to suit the access.

I was going to elaborate and say obviously there's reasons as to why. Lol.

Least you could get access...customers tape measure was over reading abit today...mine said no way. Lol

 

[Furniss]

Kerosene leak, had to come off as got covid, now the groundworker has it, hopefully back there in a few days time.

What had leaked a pipe or a tank ? Fair hole next to the conservatory

 

[Storrsy]

What had leaked a pipe or a tank ? Fair hole next to the conservatory

I was thinking that- looks a bit precarious... @doobin has a good solution for this!

 

[GazCro]

I was thinking that- looks a bit precarious... @doobin has a good solution for this!

Precarious? All depends on the ground, one from a while back building inspector was most impressed

 

[Storrsy]

Precarious? All depends on the ground, one from a while back building inspector was most impressed View attachment 33414

f**k that!!

 

[Storrsy]

Then again not much weight in a conservatory- as opposed to say a gable end of a house

 

[6feetdown]

Precarious? All depends on the ground, one from a while back building inspector was most impressed View attachment 33414

Not sure if your insurance company would agree

 

[GazCro]

Not sure if your insurance company would agree

I was never there......
Was for a builder mate, to be fair the wall is bay window and porch main house wall is back about 1 metre. Drives on a fair slope so hole was for an underground store with patio on top, only 3 steps down into it at front. Building inspector insisted on engineer for wall design (not terribly surprising). Know engineer fairly well, when he saw it he said other than rock there isn't any ground type where the calcs would say the ground wouldn't give and the house fall in the hole. It didn't needless to say, not even close.

 

[Brendan]

What had leaked a pipe or a tank ? Fair hole next to the conservatory

Pipe leaked around the corner, having to go around 3 sides of the property.
Hole is 1m deep, those extension footings are about 700mm to bottom then 45 degree to main hole.
Place we do the work for has it as there specs shouldn't go anywhere or have any issues, could do with getting it backfilled but do to the outbreak and site rules not on site

 

[doobin]

An absolute monster of a gate- it's gonna be clad yet. Sited right next to a riverbank so wasn't keen on hanging a pair with one bank side. Luckily there is an embankment the other side so have added a couple of eyes at the top and will use ground anchors to tie back if needed. Should be able to get 2.4m in the ground with the auger plus an extension. Luckily I had a spare 80cm of 114x5mm CHS so was able to get 2.4m in the ground for the hanging post and 1.1m for the slam post.

There's also the option of adding a sprung jockey wheel.

To be fair, at 14.5ft it's only 2.5ft wider than my old yard gates, which were clad with no problems. So I think the pair of hinges should suffice.

 

[doobin]

I was thinking that- looks a bit precarious... @doobin has a good solution for this!

I got asked to do this the other day. Footings along the wall, 1.2m deep on Portsmouth clay.

I told them to hire a digger for a week and do it themselves in stages!

 

[Quattromike]

In with the new and out with the old today

 

[V8Druid]

An absolute monster of a gate- it's gonna be clad yet. Sited right next to a riverbank so wasn't keen on hanging a pair with one bank side. Luckily there is an embankment the other side so have added a couple of eyes at the top and will use ground anchors to tie back if needed. Should be able to get 2.4m in the ground with the auger plus an extension. Luckily I had a spare 80cm of 114x5mm CHS so was able to get 2.4m in the ground for the hanging post and 1.1m for the slam post.

There's also the option of adding a sprung jockey wheel.

To be fair, at 14.5ft it's only 2.5ft wider than my old yard gates, which were clad with no problems. So I think the pair of hinges should suffice.



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lot of faith in that spindly tube Doob .. gonna need those ground anchors IMHDO

 

[DaveDCB]

Not todays job but Saturday mornings my first daughter to go with a teenage son haha

Congrats Giles, glad it’s come right in the end for you

 

[Lynchy]

All the....it I've piled up since December,loading out now,handily 'coming to meet me',couple containers from West Cumbria,buried at bottom,like eh?

 

[JD450A]

All the....it I've piled up since December,loading out now,handily 'coming to meet me',couple containers from West Cumbria,buried at bottom,like eh?

Radioactive?