Mr and Mrs Triassics New Home

That limestone rock will come in handy at some point I imagine!

makes our few cubic metres small cheese...

Wow, what are you going to do / did you do with all that stone?

Goodness!  Are you going to take up dry stone walling as a hobby?  Might be time to think about it, if not!

I have about 40m of new dry stone wall to build, so a lot will be used there, the rest will be ‘lost’ around the plot levelling up sloping areas to form patios and level lawned areas.

  On 23/09/2018 at 10:12, Triassic said:

I have about 40m of new dry stone wall to build, so a lot will be used there, the rest will be ‘lost’ around the plot levelling up sloping areas to form patios and level lawned areas.

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I reckon the wall will need about 8-10% of that amount ...  (assuming it is good stuff).

 

Build a maze or labyrinth? Or sell them to hikers to sneak into their mate's rucksacks for £1 to repair the nearest cairn?

Edited September 23, 2018 by Ferdinand

He’s handy with a pecker that man. He took down the undercroft/extension on our place. 

While I was still working inside in the office ? 

Isn’t it funny , one mans trash is another mans treasure 

ive just bought 100 ton of crushed rock. 

Seriously 1200 tonnes? 120 seems immense! 

200 tonnes clearing a site and digging reasonably deep foundations isn’t unreasonable.  It’s one of the big issues with even slightly sloping sites - a 5 degree slope on an 8x11 footprint can soon create 100 tonnes extra. 

a 20 tonne load looks like nothing when it's tipped out. Heck we recently lost about five tonnes of blinding, filling potholes in the lane.

  On 23/09/2018 at 21:03, Russell griffiths said:

Isn’t it funny , one mans trash is another mans treasure 

ive just bought 100 ton of crushed rock. 

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The economics of distribution are always fun.

 

According to my calcs it is only ever worth me getting free pressed Council slabs from within about 5 miles due to collection and time costs, vs buy/deliver of new ones.

  On 23/09/2018 at 21:19, PeterW said:

200 tonnes clearing a site and digging reasonably deep foundations isn’t unreasonable.  It’s one of the big issues with even slightly sloping sites - a 5 degree slope on an 8x11 footprint can soon create 100 tonnes extra. 

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The initial clearing and levelling of our site took away around 900 tonnes, and then we had to take away about another 100 tonnes to get the garden, drive and patio to the right level.

Just to add, Chris the pecker guy got through four peckers due to various mechanical problems, things falling off or shearing or coming loose inside. Luckily he’d started the job with a brand new pecker and the supplier is only three miles away, so replacement  and repair was easy.

Edited September 25, 2018 by Triassic