ProDave Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Fix one of those Capri's 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 29 minutes ago, ProDave said: Fix one of those Capri's And move mount Everest 3 miles to the left whilst you are at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 Barst... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 12 minutes ago, Onoff said: Barst... That is, if there are any of the bits of the Capris left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Onoff said: That's it, take advantage of me when I'm at my lowest! You really know how to hurt a man! Tile the (expletive deleted)ing shed and get it right this time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 40 minutes ago, pocster said: Tile the (expletive deleted)ing shed and get it right this time ? tile it inside ..? You helping with the grouting ..?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 19 minutes ago, PeterW said: tile it inside ..? You helping with the grouting ..?? Nah ! He needs practice on that also . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Not sure where I'm going but I've started getting ready. Got a jumbo bag of ballast and 8 bags of dust. Mixer needs some work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Onoff said: Not sure where I'm going but I've started getting ready. Are you feeling better now, still banished to the garden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Gone West said: Are you feeling better now, still banished to the garden? Still banished. I tested positive Tues 14th still. I'll do another test today. Still waiting for the PCR results. Still don't feel 100%. Annoying cough last night that did go, woke up a little snotty with a mild headache. I wouldn't recommend it tbh. Still, today I've to barrow half a jumbo bag of ballast 150' (I measured it) uphill to the base. Then my neighbour is going to back his trailer up to our adjoining boundary and I've got to shift 8 bags of dust and another metre of ballast to my side. Then knock up some shuttering, resin in some studs to join the existing slab etc. Should keep me out of the house! Edited September 16, 2021 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) ...oh and the mixer stand is still knackered. Edited September 16, 2021 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 I'm going to cast a base. It'll be done with integral waterproofer and a sheet of A142 mesh I have here. Is there any poor man's technique to do a water bar detail? If I leave a groove in the slab where the dwarf wall is going? In all honesty I'll likely just leave a 6" gap, stick a membrane against the dwarf wall so it goes down past the slab and back fill with pea shingle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Don't leave a hole in the ground too long, or deep, @pocster will come and try to build a house in it. Glad you don't feel too rough with the covids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Onoff said: Still, today I've to barrow half a jumbo bag of ballast 150' (I measured it) uphill to the base. Then my neighbour is going to back his trailer up to our adjoining boundary and I've got to shift 8 bags of dust and another metre of ballast to my side. Then knock up some shuttering, resin in some studs to join the existing slab etc. Well that'll make you feel knackered if the Covid doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Gone West said: Well that'll make you feel knackered if the Covid doesn't. Just done the half bag up the slope, did I say half bag? ? Sweat pouring out of me, gasping and my left side chest weakness saying hello! What doesn't kill me etc! Bloody trooper I am! Suppose I'd better check for levels, dig out a bit if necessary and find some shuttering. To some extent that's going to be dictated by what I make the walls from. I'm rather tempted to shutter and cast the dwarf walls once I get the base down. Or I could hunt round for some stainless bolts and resin some studs into the old slab edge..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 @Onoff Just a word of caution. COVID-19 can take a strange path in people. A day of two of roughness, then a day feeling better, then, and this is the bad part, you can deteriorate rapidly. Take it steady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Onoff said: stick a membrane against the dwarf wall so it goes down past the slab and back fill with pea shingle. Yes that is simpler and better. Otherwise your water bar will have to be cast into base and wall. Easy enough but weakens the wall and seems unnecessary. Water goes the easy way. A nicely rough surface at the joint will help a lot too. Doesn't even need to be stuck. If it is held between the gravel and the concrete it will do..Not polyethene as it will react to light and fall apart. Assuming that this is all an external construction, not the wall of a building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 39 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: @Onoff Just a word of caution. COVID-19 can take a strange path in people. A day of two of roughness, then a day feeling better, then, and this is the bad part, you can deteriorate rapidly. Take it steady. Ta. Conscious of that. Getting a hankering for beer which I imagine is a good sign but doubt I could taste it. Dosed a tuna & cheese toastie earlier with extra hot chilli sauce. Couldn't taste a thing, just texture is all you get. Going to do a blind test with some crisps in a while. Just really cos I like crisps. Results to follow! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 Throw nothing away! I knew that bag of yellow painted, batten off cuts would come in handy when I put them in the existing shed, (to take up space), 10 years ago! All level pegged, I'll get a nom 3" of hardcore in there which I'll whack down. A couple more barrows of soil to be taken out from off the high spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jimbo Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Best of luck with the Covid, and the shed extension. In 10 days you could have written most of that book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 16 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said: Best of luck with the Covid, and the shed extension. In 10 days you could have written most of that book. I can TASTE! Beetroot with vinegar, like the best thing ever! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Onoff said: I can TASTE! Beetroot with vinegar, like the best thing ever! ? Shelia in town ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 hours ago, pocster said: 3 hours ago, Onoff said: I can TASTE! Beetroot with vinegar, like the best thing ever! ? Shelia in town You sick bastard, she had only just left mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, SteamyTea said: @Onoff Just a word of caution. COVID-19 can take a strange path in people. A day of two of roughness, then a day feeling better, then, and this is the bad part, you can deteriorate rapidly. Take it steady. Hmmm...bit of a night cough thing going on here. I don't like it . No joke this... An Amazon driver rocks up today. I've a long drive so called out to him "I've got Covid mate!" He stopped in his tracks and in his I'm guessing eastern European accent said "I don't believe this!" I asked what he didn't believe and yes it was "Covid" he didn't believe in. "Erm, my Mum died of this mate and I've not been well with it!" That made him think I thought. "It something else, last year I chef and test positive for Covid, I have no symptoms though!" "Sorry for your Mum!" He said as he walked off. Gobsmacked I think is the word. Edited September 16, 2021 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 14 hours ago, Onoff said: it was "Covid" he didn't believe in. We once employed some Polish workers (on the books) whose work ethic (and attitude) was wonderful. BUT one day I asked one of them to drive me to the builders' merchants in our van. He had no thought to speed or safety and I asked him to slow down and be more careful. He answered that we were all governed by destiny, and what happens, happens, and you can't influence it. So might as well drive quickly as slowly. Scary thought: These people are on our roads and on our sites, and also spreading Covid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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