Pocster

You have no faith ! Watch the ugly duckling turn into a beautiful swan …

I’ll cut it back tomorrow. It’s just to fill the gaps at the edges . Not madness ; brilliance !

Wow ! He’s gonna do it all via zoom ! . I’d like to add I can manage anyones build ( badly ) remotely for a very reasonable fee .

Always get issues with multiple file uploads

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder She’s an ugly dog . Initially I just foamed the gaps . But then a precise breeze decided to blow the foam down the lane - hence the cardboard …

Can’t seem to find anything . Rather than a basic weather forecast is there something more accurate to show cloud / light ‘type ‘ ? . Want to understand when conditions are favourable for PV . Overcast days can sometimes generate more than you would expect and equally clear skies sometimes generate less than you would anticipate.

Must admit I was just thinking that yesterday. I have others to do around the site and ordered them ages ago . So probably could of got away without them on this bit of wall .

This walls high maybe 8 ft - so you never really see the copings . Will look at it in more detail today . I will level the centre bit no matter what otherwise it will look like a dog .

Think I’ve got what you are saying . I was going to put Scaff board horizontal down each side of the wall then bolted across to each other . Then put another line of timber inside as there would be gaps due to the random stone . Foam the gaps from inside the shuttering . Once cured cut the excess foam out . In theory a nice neat trough for cement 😁

Btw ! I forgot it’s April 1st . My post is no joke . It’s April 1st everyday on my site !

Then dear @Mr Punter your faith maybe wildly misplaced ! My view on these things is your option requires some skill and capability . I think I’ve worked out a good way to shutter the top section . Then I can just slop and level concrete in I.e skill required = less .

I'm tempted to "somehow" shutter the centre of the wall. Then I can mix concrete into it and get a nice level. Quite what I fix the shuttering to I'm not sure. The stone work is random so no flat surface....

Sow's ear?; you saying it looks rough by any chance? 😶 Could I use tile backboard? ( that's cement board based isn't it?).Could fix/pack into the centre line of bricks. Is the DPC necessary under coping stones?. If I did do dpc then the coping technically is not bonded to the wall... ( just worried if it get's knocked/pushed ).

Yes please

No , no , no . I like the same questions over and over again because even I can get to answer some . I then appear knowledgeable and experienced. That then inflates my low self esteem and perceived worth . To take this away and have pages of “ answers to common questions “ would leave me wanting 😞🥲

Actually … not rapid set ! Otherwise I’ll have to work quickly!!

This type of thing from Amazon ? Bostik 30812809 Cementone Rapid Setting Cement, For Interior & Exterior Use, Waterproof, Colour: Grey, 10kg

Ok . I was worried as the big copes are 48cm wide and of course my ‘semi level ‘ brick line is just the width of a brick . But yes ; I can do that . Any pre mixed ( make my life easy ) you recommend???

See what I did there in the title 😁 Anyway ! They finally turned up . The big ones are big and heavy . Don’t fancy my chances mixing sand/cement to bed these . I know you can get pre mix or indeed glue for these - any recommendations? Secondly as you can see the only ‘roughly’ level bit are the bricks down the centre . Do I just bed on these then ‘fill’ on either side with cement to fill the gap between coping and stone facework ? . Or should I ‘somehow’ make a wider level ‘platform’ for the copings to sit on ??

Yes ! We can then generate tidal energy from the submerged Welsh Atlantis ! . Tempted to email Boris with my suggestion ( solution ! ) because it’s a winner !

I think there are simpler solutions. Wales. Yes wales. Remember the film "Escape from New York" ?. We section off Wales with a big wall ( Welsh hate the English anyway ) so I can't see any objections to that. We then stick loads of on shore wind turbines all over Wales. In England we build loads of nuclear power plants ( yes, yes ; I know the radioactive by product is a problem ). The radioactive waste we dump in wales. If this solution causes any Welsh people discomfort ( and I fully appreciate it might ) ; we do it along the Scottish boarder instead. SIMPLES!

Who pays - is indeed the big question….. unfortunately I don’t have the answer .

Agree that the main issue is insulating current ( old ) properties . Without being heartless I was thinking when Ukraine rebuilds entire cities they could set an exemplary example of sustainable , low carbon , efficient housing …… Perhaps we need to knock everything down ….

Or in my case every 50mm 😂