Faz Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 Well, 13,000 bricks arrived today on an artic which refused to back into the site. Had to sort it of the road. Offload went ok with the forks with one pack a bit mangled by the hiab which let go at the back of the site. Spent the afternoon stacking bricks onto a pallet. Waved off the artic load of 7n blocks due tomorrow to the mech yard to drop off as and when - it looks like they have swallowed the cost! 20T of sand that was due tomorrow came today after I was gone - it been dropped in the right place by a miracle. Trench Blocks, cement, wall ties etc arrive tomorrow. Steel frame on my bit comes in tomorrow and brickie kicks off Tuesaday. 4
Mr Punter Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 You are going to be a busy boy. I suggest the extra Shredded Wheat is in order. 2
Faz Posted October 30, 2020 Author Posted October 30, 2020 Made the mistake of not bothering with dinner as the football was on (a terrible Spurs performance) so will stop off at the cafe in a minute!
MortarThePoint Posted October 31, 2020 Posted October 31, 2020 Have a long hard think about what lintels you might need and get then on site ASAP 1
Mr Punter Posted October 31, 2020 Posted October 31, 2020 9 minutes ago, MortarThePoint said: Have a long hard think about what lintels you might need and get then on site ASAP +1 Send your lintel schedule to 2 or 3 suppliers well in advance. It is a big discount market and you can get really stiffed if you need one in a hurry.
PeterW Posted October 31, 2020 Posted October 31, 2020 Lintel schedule should be on the plans. I use Condell for them and send a list and get them all together on one order - usually get best price and merchant can’t match it. Plans get marked up and they then get sprayed with a number and the blockwork next to the opening gets the same treatment so there is no mix up as to what goes where. 3
Oz07 Posted October 31, 2020 Posted October 31, 2020 I would hate to be building now. 2 doors short on a plot last week apparently 6-8 week lead time for the builders.
MortarThePoint Posted October 31, 2020 Posted October 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, Oz07 said: I would hate to be building now. 2 doors short on a plot last week apparently 6-8 week lead time for the builders. It is challenging to say the least. Even more so when doing it for the first time
Faz Posted November 3, 2020 Author Posted November 3, 2020 Thanks for the thoughts guys - we had a long lead in on this job so I spent the time getting most of the prices together from all and sundry. Quite useful as I now have no spare time at all even getting up at 5am! Brickies rocked up today and the rain cleared up as the trench blocks arrived and we are just about out of the ground on the first plot - you get through a fair bit with 3 laying and 1 mixing! I reckon that we will be out of the ground and waiting for the beam & block (well poly in my case) by the end of next week. Floorspan are on a week or so lead on their eFloor so I will need to pull the trigger on that one soon. Turns out that Cambs Water intend to connect up the 3 supplies starting tomorrow - they didn't tell me - I heard from the next door site - ordered a load of 25mm mDPE pipe this evening for the job as you want to minimise connections if possible but it won't be here until Thurs am - I think the water board are just going to have to suck it up. tbh the guys doing the connections next door seemed fairly happy to spend a lot of the day sitting in their van so I can't imagine it is going to be a problem.
Faz Posted December 12, 2020 Author Posted December 12, 2020 Just by way of an update, we are up to splash on all 3 and the gas membrane is now completed throughout (final plot completed yesterday after I took the photo). UFH on Monday and concrete screed Thursday. Need to spread out the A142 mesh for the garages prior to Thursday and then a day back before Christmas to get the foot scaffold in and that wraps me up until 2021 - happy days! 1
PeterW Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 Clean and tidy brickwork there ! What is the copper (??) pipe in the last photo ..?
Onoff Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 10 minutes ago, PeterW said: Clean and tidy brickwork there ! What is the copper (??) pipe in the last photo ..? Broom handle? ?
wozza Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 Definitely looks like a copper pipe capped off. And that perp looks half empty.
Brickie Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 Lot of underbuild on that splash-are your ground levels varying much?
Faz Posted December 19, 2020 Author Posted December 19, 2020 Hi all - sorry been on site all week and haven't had time to drop by here. The copper pipe is the gas pipe - runs underneath to poly top sheet and gas membrane. Brickie - you are spot on mate - there is going to be a lot of ground to make up. The issue we had is the planners insisting that FFL was 300mm above ground and then the next 300mm constructed using flood resilient construction. Our solution was to jack up the FFL to over 600mm above ground. Anyway - good progress this week - membrane completed, screeded and the blocking lift nearly complete - back on site tomorrow to finish off. 1
Faz Posted April 28, 2021 Author Posted April 28, 2021 Time flies - even through the winter. Anyway - nice to get the scaffold down. And what a terrible winter it has been to be standing in a field on the Fen! 2
Faz Posted April 28, 2021 Author Posted April 28, 2021 And one of the ones to sell - looking pretty good to me. 1
Faz Posted April 28, 2021 Author Posted April 28, 2021 Actually it now doesn't with that low rez pic ?
Faz Posted June 4, 2021 Author Posted June 4, 2021 Attic roof, dormers and windows complete. 1st fix Monday. Those Alu windows were seriously heavy with the glass in place - had to boom some in with the forks at the back over the scaffold - a bit hairy lifting a £1k slider 14m in the air! The full on transition from basically winter to the height of summer this week has taken it's toll on me and everyone else on site - it is a nightmare. 3
Faz Posted June 5, 2021 Author Posted June 5, 2021 Making up about 600mm of ground.... That is why I have let the crap pile up - its all going to end up buried anyway.
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