Russell griffiths

Did you see that bloke unload those trees, i wanted to climb in the telly and karate chop him in the throat.

If this is the standard now, what’s the rest of it going to be like.

Yes.

I’ve just been told I can use a light weight fill material on top of my treatment plant, anybody got any trade names or makers of this stuff, I’ve seen it, looks like volcanic balls about 15mm in diameter. Cheers russ.

This is the only job in my entire life when I wanted to just lay on the ground and cry, every step was like fighting a war with Mother Nature.

Did you have it full of water.

What’s up ? Have you sussed it. Mines a Graf.

@Nick Laslett I took my advice from a lad that works in running sand, he gave me the pointers about the trench box, I did consider sheet piles but they would have needed a bigger excavator, like you found out. @Mr Punter water in my hole was lake level, the only good bit is that the water would not normally be there unless you dig a hole, the ground actually drains really well to the lakes, so as soon as you fill the hole in the water finds another way out and the ground firms up very quickly.

Fag packet calculations 4500 kg of water in tank 6000kg of concrete. If it floats I eat one of my smelly socks that was in my wellies all week.

No bloody way, that stuff was eye wateringly expensive to buy. All pulled out cleaned and returned to hire depot.

Sort of but not quite. Pumping the water out just caused it to fill back up, 2inch petrol and a 3inch diesel pump flat out kept it out, but if one turned off for a minute it rose a foot in the time it took to fill the tank back up. In the end we pumped it to 150mm deep and installed 2 electric pumps in the bottom. Now the funny bit, I left the electric pumps running as I tipped in the concrete and they where still running when I finished, I then turned them off and cut the power cables, so they are still in the hole at the bottom. ?‍♂️?‍♂️ Oh well they where only £75 each so small cost in the grand scheme of things.

Morning I’ve just finished fitting my treatment plant, which turned out to be a major engineering project, the first attempt was abandoned due to high water table and we had to look for some advice and hire in some more kit, it all went according to plan the second time although it was a fight every second of the job, if anybody is dealing with bad ground or high water then shout out I think I’m probably fairly clued up now on a good process.

You need to put things in context, you are thinking that cabinets on the walls will increase the load, yes it will , but to what level. If you invited 4-5 friends over and you all stood shoulder to shoulder, let’s assume you all weigh 70kg, you wouldn’t panic that you where going to fall through the floor. So put it in context, a spine wall carrying a roof load then that’s fairly serious, a stud wall to an kitchen, no matter how many cabinets you put on it is not going to impose that much.

2x38mm timber needs a longer screw than 50mm i would go 60 or 70 screw one on with your 50mm and see how easy it is to pry it of with a short bar. Always try the destruction test.

I would purposely go on a high fibre diet and poo more.

solid aluminium will be cold to the touch, I used to have ally in a previous place, always a cold feel to the window. I would go ally clad timber if you want better performance, you won’t achieve it with just aluminium.

Pull it all out and put an insulated raft in. fixes all the cold bridge issues in one go.

Stay overnight in the hotel, you are better having 5 hours there and then a night off and return in the morning to take a look at all the things that you think need further investigation.

High pressure gas line. But you probably don’t need that do you.

Well I liked it.

They will out live you, if nervous get a can of cold galv and spray the ends.

Yes they do, if you hang a pipe from hangers and go back in 10 years they look like a banana put a piece of pipe in a rack for 6 months and go and get it out, again it will look like a banana.

Bed and haunch in lean mix concrete, full bed, never bed on just pads and don’t hang from hangers unless visible, as it will droop leaving sags in the pipe.

Duct under the slab, how would you pull a new cable in if you surround it in insulation and screed over it. Unless you duct it there as well, don’t underestimate how many cable ducts you will have coming in and out. I think I have something like 5 electrical ducts up to my plant cupboard. 1 in and 4 out to feed things in the garden.

Why not cut the barbs off,if that’s all you can get