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Post by Monstermachines on Sept 24, 2013 7:49:00 GMT
Here are the plans for digging the footings Attachments:
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Post by Sign of the Zodiac on Sept 25, 2013 18:05:51 GMT
Planning is ok because I am replacing an existing building which we pulled down a few years ago due to it being highly unsafe.
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Post by Monstermachines on Sept 25, 2013 19:30:42 GMT
Ok planning inspector, I'm probably wrong, but it is replacing a building on the same site.
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Post by tbolt64 on Sept 26, 2013 5:42:37 GMT
Here are the plans for digging the footings Looking at the way that plan is, it's quite high and fairly narrow
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Post by Sign of the Zodiac on Sept 27, 2013 20:36:57 GMT
Ok planning inspector, I'm probably wrong, but it is replacing a building on the same site.
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Post by Monstermachines on Oct 8, 2013 19:51:15 GMT
Man Cave Update! The slab is being poured on Thursday. So my pal Andy who is a builder came round last week to set out and level the shuttering. Luckily for me he is also coming to supervise the pouring of the 35 cubic metres of c50 concrete. That's right guys, THIRTY FIVE CUBIC METRES. At £76 per metre plus VAT.... ouch! God, this is getting serious! It's all level now and from this shuttering I could take a measure of the depth to start preparing the sub base. Pictures show it half done; A few hours on the digger and a few tons of hardcore added and it's taking shape now. Ready for rollering tomorrow. Village cricket club came to the rescue with the loan of a twin roller bomag. Unfortunately it's a walk behind so my legs will be tired tomorrow night. And a pic of the steel reinforcing mesh we are installing. Thought I'd better take a pic whilst it's still visible! £800 just to bury it in concrete! It almost made me puke spending that on invisible metal.... And it took out a pair of nearly new jeans whilst I was helping the delivery driver unload :-( WISH ME LUCK, it's a lot of money to f*** up!
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Post by Petrolhead71 on Oct 8, 2013 21:29:46 GMT
Wow Simon, I hope there gonna deliver the slab in a very very runny form! Its gonna take some strong arm muscles to tamper that lot level.....
Cheers Marcus
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Post by Monstermachines on Oct 8, 2013 21:48:11 GMT
It's coming in five mixer loads. Hope it's not TOO runny, I want it to stay put! Tamping is an issue, my builder doesn't own a tamping machine quite long enough, but he's just finished a factory loading bay 100 metres square and it was ok so this shouldn't faze him too much! We are power floating it to get a smooth non dusting finish.
Next instalment tomorrow, then hopefully on the big day.
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Post by Monstermachines on Oct 10, 2013 15:50:57 GMT
The big day today; 33.5 cubic metres went in eventually. Now it's all tamped off and I'm waiting for it to go off a bit. I've got the unenviable task of power floating it all off tonight. I think I'll be up half the night. The neighbours are going to love me!
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Post by Monstermachines on Oct 10, 2013 15:54:43 GMT
Latest update; Today was the big day. We poured the slab, it took 33.5 cubic metres in the end, not a bad calculation. Attachments:
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