Pocster

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 !

Pornhub ???

I wanted to type (expletive deleted) off ; but I couldn’t

Tempted to do this . Let the cement cure for a bit and then just a few lines of grip fill on the cement . Then bed it .

Assume it’s ok to link to this http://ultimatehandyman.co.uk/forum1/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=48486&start=30 The mods then locked it ! (expletive deleted)ing talking about foam on copings . Here we have to all go mental for hundreds of pages before it gets locked 😂

No wonder some people ‘bed’ them with expanding foam . It is tempting to sit it on packers nice and level and then just foam underneath- but that would be a bodge ….

My smugness ended today . I got up properly to look at my cast concrete with a spirit level …. It wibbles and wobbles around . It’s not level . So I embedded frame packers in cement at the low levels so that my spirit level shows level between them .Now when I bed the copings ( I think these biggies are maybe 60kg each ) they will sink . So I will put packers on the wall and cement around them to the level . Assumption is coping will only drop so far until it hits packers and cement. Someone say this is a good idea please 😁👍

No understanding… speeky Engrish ??

Ok ok , I’ll forget “ wet & forget “ ( though the product name is the best ! ) . Ordered the boringly named bostik “ mortar and brick cleaner “