Pocster Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 If it wasn’t for this forum I’d just stick expanding foam under them and be done with it 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 18 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: Quite impressed with @pocster's solution, quick and easy, and he had the rebar kicking about (cause he ain't got a clue how to use a tape measure yet, the final coping stone won't fit). 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 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) 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 ??? Edited April 11, 2022 by pocster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 3 hours ago, PeterW said: What’s wrong with using an SBR mortar mix ..?? You mean Sbr and cement ? No sand . So like a yogurt type paste ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplysimon Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 1 hour ago, pocster said: 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 . is it usual to have obscure glass in an outside shower? 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsibob Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 1 hour ago, pocster said: 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 . When they fall off and smash that glass, at least you have something to use your structural glazing on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 2 hours ago, pocster said: All ready anticipated final coping not fitting . You may be better off having a full coping at the end and a partial one or two elsewhere in the run, especially if the cut would be less than 2/3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 Just now, Mr Punter said: You may be better off having a full coping at the end and a partial one or two elsewhere in the run, especially if the cut would be less than 2/3. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 3 hours ago, pocster said: How long should they take to cure ? ; I assume ( hope ) they do eventually go rock hard ??? Takes a few thousand years for a body to fossilise in the right conditions. How long do you want them to last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 1 minute ago, SteamyTea said: Takes a few thousand years for a body to fossilise in the right conditions. How long do you want them to last. 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 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, pocster said: They easily chip / scratch as I install them Chips can be filled with coloured car body filler. Scratches tend to just vanish with age, and bird shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 18 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: Scratches tend to just vanish with age, and bird shit. You spelt algae wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 15 minutes ago, Radian said: You spelt algae wrong. I spell most words wrong. Why I hate English as a language. BSL is much more sensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Looks good so far. No reason why the finished article won’t look good either. at least he’s giving it a go 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 Started to do the front ones as they are lighter ; maybe only 40kg each . Firstly the Sbr / cement mix holds them well . They ain’t ever coming off the wall unless it’s with a breaker ! Annoyingly ( like with my tiles ) the error margin from the moulds seems quite high . You can line 2 up ; exactly parallel - yet the apex of one is a good 7mm ‘out ‘ compared to the other . Nothing I can do about that I guess . Whilst doing it a neighbor that talks too me ( which is rare ) said “ It’s taking you so long because you are a perfectionist “ . I assume he wasn’t being sarcastic ….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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