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The Bike Workshop

Oo er. I can see a syphon might have to be employed if you've got any sort of grade.
 
I have a grade at the moment however it will be flat with a step up to the other side of the garden. Just need to dig out the higher ground and level off. I had started doing this but my No. 2 son wanted to learn how a digger works, so I set him to work over the weekend


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Well the good weather has allowed me to dig out most of the top soil down to solid ground. I have started thinking about hardcore to start filling it back in again.

I have a large amount of brick ends and broken slabs / crazy paving that were buried in the garden from a previous owner, would these and some recycled hardcore be suitable with Type 1 over the top to level it off prior to a sand layer

I have seen 6f2 recycled hardcore locally

John


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Well I’m ready to lay the hardcore base down, but have a quick question for you guys.

Do I install the shuttering and then put the hardcore and concrete in that or do I lay a hardcore base and then fix shuttering over that as per the photo

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Oh decisions decisions


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Either/ or. I generally put the shutting in first because with hardcore down it's hard to whack posts in where you want.
 
Always prefer after so I can go round with my wacker plate without a care in the world ! knowing im not going to disturb any formwork when I lose concentration.
 
Thanks guys

Hardcore is being delivered next Tuesday so I’ve got the weekend to consider both options for the shuttering


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The hardcore is mostly in, first layer has been compacted ready for the next layer this week. Thoughts are moving onto the concrete now. I have been looking through the posts on here and the uk workshop and there seems to be some mention by MikeG regarding using steel reinforcing

My current soil is hard red clay with a layer maybe 1” of hard soil on top, on which I am laying the hardcore. Because of the clay, I read that I should have steel reinforcements placed towards the top of the concrete layer to counteract the movement of the clay

Any thoughts? The concrete I am going for will be circa 6” thick

Cheers

John


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Near the top if counteracting heave, near the bottom if expecting the ground to shrink. Frankly, the latter is more likely at the moment given how wet the winter has been.
 
Thanks Mike, as always you’re a star. Just got to work out how much I need. Am I correct in thinking that the metal needs a minimum of 50mm of concrete below and to the sides then?



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Looking at the steel reinforcement mesh online at the moment. Does anyone know if the mesh needs to cover the whole of the slab area or can it be 1/2m away from the edge and still work correctly?


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Thanks Rod. Think I’ve found some bigger mesh sheets that should fit nicely 3.6m x 2m should fit 4 sheets in with a little bit of jiggling about


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I found that Selco offered the cheapest A142 mesh around here, but they are trade only. Fortunately my day job involves designing the fire alarm systems for Selco branches, so while chatting to the guy behind the desk he told me anyone that has any involvement with the stores can have an account, Boom. Free delivery too, bonus.
 
A few photos of the last couple of weeks
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Hardcore delivery

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Having fun with the wacker

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Sand down

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Shuttering down

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DPM and A142 mesh in place


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And then for the big day. I didn’t sleep properly for a couple of days thinking about concrete slabs, but....

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The pumping company were fantastic, talking through everything I needed to do and what he would do

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The truck arrived 1 hour before the concrete truck to give him plenty of time to sort out the pipes

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Then the concrete arrives

No pics of in progress as it was so hard work keeping up with the speed the pump was supplying concrete at, but finally

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Levelled off

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Easy float was anything but

Time for a rest after that


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And up to date now

This was the work of my granddaughter, she wanted to help build the brick so I got her setting out the corners and then the first course.
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Good job she wasn’t laying them as she said that she preferred to but the bricks together so there wasn’t a gap in between. Never mind about the mortar gap[emoji849]


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That's the hard stuff out of the way. The rest should be plain sailing. :eusa-clap:
 
Having watched 6 blokes and 1 mixer and 1 pump lorry lay 13 cubic meters of concrete I know how hard that would have been ;)

Looks good.
 
Mike G":1mnwzfek said:
That's the hard stuff out of the way. The rest should be plain sailing. :eusa-clap:
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Yup, at this rate, he'll overtake Mark :lol:
 
RogerS":267jwz9k said:
........Yup, at this rate, he'll overtake Mark :lol:
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So will this guy:

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I think Mark has actually finished his workshop but he is holding back the updates because he enjoys the attention so much.
 
Andyp":2lrqfel4 said:
I think Mark has actually finished his workshop but he is holding back the updates because he enjoys the attention so much.
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TrimTheKing":3mwotowp said:
cadman_4":3mwotowp said:
Oh look what you’ve started now
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Bullies they are John, bullies! :cry:

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I wouldn’t stand for it, best go an tell teacher that they’re picking on you


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TrimTheKing":ll3p6fxu said:
They are the bl00dy teachers!! :lol:
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Well in that case I hope you’ve got thick skin

I must keep up the progress now or they’ll start on me next


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