Suffolk meet-up?

[Alan Ambrose]

Thurs 8th maybe?

[G and J]

If we are giving a Papal style welcome, please may we use a telehandler to carry him in a chair - my back still aches from space work.  

[marshian]

1 hour ago, Alan Ambrose said:

Thurs 8th maybe?

 

Can't do that one I'm at Goodwood doing a car show build up 

[zzPaulzz]

2 hours ago, Alan Ambrose said:

Thurs 8th maybe?

Sorry, I'm away on business that week.  

[LSB]

Currently the 15th is totally blank in my diary.

My OCD doesn't like that so it would be good to put something in.

How does that suit- still in Woody I hope

 

[SteamyTea]

5 hours ago, LSB said:

Currently the 15th is totally blank in my diary.

My OCD doesn't like that so it would be good to put something in.

Lots to put in for the 15^th.

 

https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/May-15

 

Brian Eno's birthday 

[Gus Potter]

On 28/04/2025 at 13:09, Alan Ambrose said:

@Gus Potter - as Buildhub royalty, I'm sure we would convene an appropriate celebration if you visited our conrner of the world. A little short of the Pope's funeral, but not by much .

Ha! Save your money folks. I'm balding, a bit deaf, glasses.. long list of latent defects.

 

That said would still like to attend if possible, if not this time then maybe the next.

 

 

 

 

[G and J]

2 hours ago, Gus Potter said:

I'm balding, a bit deaf, glasses.. long list of latent defects.

Jeepers.  Turns out I too have the required attributes to be an SE.  A new career awaits…..  

[JohnnyB]

19 hours ago, Gus Potter said:

I'm balding, a bit deaf, glasses.. long list of latent defects

 

17 hours ago, G and J said:

Jeepers.  Turns out I too have the required attributes to be an SE.  A new career awaits…..  

Or the Pope?

[G and J]

20 minutes ago, JohnnyB said:

 

Or the Pope?

Fortunately I’m too young but I could drink pints of crème de menthe!

 

@LSB Looks like we need a table for three lol

[SteamyTea]

33 minutes ago, G and J said:

drink pints of crème de menthe

Ah, you really are showing your age.

 

 

 

 

[Alan Ambrose]

Count me in

[G and J]

4 hours ago, SteamyTea said:

Ah, you really are showing your age.

 

 

I’d remembered the joke, but I’d forgotten how funny that man is.  Well done for posting that.

 

 

[Alan Ambrose]

Is that 4 or 5 people for Thurs? @G and J - is that pub the kind of place where you would book a table or just turn up?

[LSB]

What's the plan for Thursday, where and when ?

Jill

 

[G and J]

We’ve completely converted to ‘build time’. Basically we are getting up so stupidly early for me to get to site on time that we now consider 21:30 as a late night. 
 

So how about 19:00 at the Cherry Tree pub in Woodbridge.  It’s a school night so shouldn’t be too busy.  Our site is about 127.3 m walk from there so if anyone is interested we can go have a peek at some setting concrete. (Fingers crossed we get to pour some into our trenches by then!)

[zzPaulzz]

That works for me. I’ll be the one obsessively clutching a roll of plans like a drowning man. 

Edited Wednesday at 05:40 by zzPaulzz

[LSB]

Sounds good to us and I like seeing concrete 🙂

[zzPaulzz]

I apologise for hijacking this thread but couldn't find a good forum to ask. Does anyone have recommendations for a scaffolding company in our area? I've been quoted over £9k for 10 weeks of scaffolding around my build which seems steep! 

[LSB]

3 hours ago, zzPaulzz said:

I apologise for hijacking this thread but couldn't find a good forum to ask. Does anyone have recommendations for a scaffolding company in our area? I've been quoted over £9k for 10 weeks of scaffolding around my build which seems steep! 

We had some work done on our roof, I think it was F&H, that is our house, not new build.
He charged to put it on, but then just left it until well after the builder finished rather than specific weeks.

[Nick Laslett]

4 hours ago, zzPaulzz said:

I apologise for hijacking this thread but couldn't find a good forum to ask. Does anyone have recommendations for a scaffolding company in our area? I've been quoted over £9k for 10 weeks of scaffolding around my build which seems steep! 

I used http://www.bcpscaffolding.co.uk, based at Diss. Ben Carlie is the owner. They were easily the best priced of the three quotes I got. Mention my name if you like. I had his scaffolding up for more than a year. 
 

He helped me find my roofers, and the flat roof specialist. 

 

They did require some chasing to get them to commit to specific dates. I would be very careful about how you schedule work that revolves around scaffolding. 
 

 

[JohnnyB]

I used Structure Scaffolding, based at Mendelsham.  The guys working on the house at the moment are complaining about a few things but he was recommended by the chippie and a couple of other people and the price was the best I got, about a third of what you've been quoted, but that does depend on how involved your job is as £9k is a whole lot more than any of the quotes I've had so I assume your project is more complex.  He has also been good on timings, I gave him some warning of rough dates and kept him informed occasionally and he turned up when I needed on the two parts I've needed and any problems were sorted quickly.

Edited Wednesday at 13:12 by JohnnyB

[Alan Ambrose]

>>> So how about 19:00 at the Cherry Tree pub

 

Sounds good.

[LSB]

what are peoples plans re eating

 

[zzPaulzz]

I can’t afford to eat real food so I’ll have my gruel before we meet.