Red's the colour.

[epsilonGreedy]

I ran out of white line marking paint on the final wall. When the JCB driver turned up he tossed me a can of his standard colour, no prize for guessing which colour he prefers.

 

I found white is ok but yellow is wrong for grass. The JCB driver stopped a few times mid job to over paint my yellow lines in red.

[Declan52]

A bag of finish is just as good. Just sprinkle it along the line.

[epsilonGreedy]

29 minutes ago, Declan52 said:

A bag of finish is just as good. Just sprinkle it along the line.

 

 

I might try that next time.

 

Mr Wise Owl my semi retired building advisor said in the old days they sprinkled some lime along the dig line.

[MikeSharp01]

Did you pinch these from Teresa May as she seems to have mislaid hers.

 

[dpmiller]

A bag of lime was the request, here.

[ProDave]

I stripped the top soil (grass had long gone) and piled it up before marking out the foundation trenches.

[epsilonGreedy]

2 hours ago, ProDave said:

I stripped the top soil (grass had long gone) and piled it up before marking out the foundation trenches.

 

 

That would appear to be the standard process. In my case there is hardly any appreciable gradient across the footings which allowed the dig to skip the strip step. Total digs costs were £650 including the garage which I think was a good deal.

[epsilonGreedy]

4 hours ago, MikeSharp01 said:

Did you pinch these from Teresa May as she seems to have mislaid hers.

 

 

Swmbo and I are going to puzzle this one for another 12 hours before seeking an explanation for the politically simple minded. ?

[MikeSharp01]

2 hours ago, epsilonGreedy said:

Swmbo and I are going to puzzle this one for another 12 hours before seeking an explanation for the politically simple minded. ?

Save yourself the angst - red lines. 

[epsilonGreedy]

51 minutes ago, MikeSharp01 said:

Save yourself the angst - red lines. 

 

 

Ah, as in the PM transgressing her own Brexit lines in the sand.

 

I remember those pre selfbuild days when I had time to follow the news.