Pocster

Are you fit now ?

This stuff was good on the random stone . 1 : 4 mix with water at first . Always scared the acid will burn the entire wall away ! . Went over more stubborn bits later with it neat . Does the job 👍 Says not to use on sandstone. So tried my favourite ‘ wet & forget ‘ on them - jury is still out . According to the reviews you need to leave it and be patient…

Which ever face is cemented between my legs

You can just about see it in the photo . Too be honest if the power failed / cut off though the 20kg drill wouldn’t fall on your head it would swing straight into your face …

Hang on a minute . Is THIS the first ( only ) job you’ve actually finished ??

Yeah it does have a 'cap' you fill with something oil based and is then fed to the tip. Amazon messed around with the oil delivery i.e. it never happened. Presume it's noting special. I just stop every 30 seconds and shoot some wd40 in the hole.

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It’s strange how ‘ surprised’ I am that the electro magnetic works !!

New toy alert !! Cooooooorrrrrrr . Makes drilling into steel easy . Must remember to disconnect power when SWMBO is standing under it .

I’m fairly certain the manufacturers intention isn’t to wait a few thousand years to ‘cure ‘ . They easily chip / scratch as I install them .

I know . Tbh this part of the wall I really don’t care about . Apparently the grout ( which they forgot to supply ) matches the copings . So in theory joins look less obvious. This wall ( and lane ) were the most contentious issues during my planning ….. so (expletive deleted) ‘em

I’ve looked at this . 40mm tiles - which limits choices somewhat . So instead I’m going for ‘ plastic ‘ type recycled decking .

You mean Sbr and cement ? No sand . So like a yogurt type paste ?

Out of interest these stones seem very soft I.e scratch , corners chip quite easily . Documentation that came with them said to leave outside in damp conditions to cure ( which they have been ) . How long should they take to cure ? ; I assume ( hope ) they do eventually go rock hard ???

I think there’s a complement in there somewhere ….. All ready anticipated final coping not fitting . Will have to cut to suit and ‘somehow’ have my wall and copings ‘blend’ into the original wall and coping .

If it wasn’t for this forum I’d just stick expanding foam under them and be done with it 😁

Well ; it’s nice and level . I do like my rebar method and will use that principle again on the front . I will bed the copings in a very thin cement mix with Sbr - so I don’t get any abuse .

The problem as as you say they could just be sat on the packers not even bonded to the base .

Nothing - but it would have to be a super thin bed . The coping stones don’t exactly stick well to mortar in my experience. What’s wrong with an adhesive ?

Oi ! You said you packed and glued with ct1 !

Rebar bars dead level Cement rather than foam as too breezy . Leave to cure for a bit then SBR . A non stiff cement mix . Tap it in using the rebar as my guide . Perfecto ! ( in theory )

I know . But I’m special

Taking all the advice and suggestions I had a brief moment of brilliance! The issues are the bed being flat and the fact copings don’t particularly stick well to concrete. So ! . Rebar rods down each side that are dead level , packers if need be .Cement them in and fill any holes with cement . SBR on the existing base . Then concrete again along the middle using the rebar rods as a definitive level I.e drag a piece of timber along them . Should get a guaranteed level . 3 lines of grip fill and just place coping on . No fumbling with packing , cement dropping etc. This is THE solution !

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