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« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2013, 09:49:25 PM » |
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got moved on quickly while working at standing height,, my mate chris who worked with us on the saturday as we were running over
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« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2013, 09:53:07 PM » |
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we found it easier to lay the stone out so we knew we had the right course height and enough for each course.. night came and the weather turned as we got to the higher courses
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« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2013, 09:57:53 PM » |
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worked from 8 am and had to give up at 8.30pm with only one course left to do. the rain got too bad, we were soaked and the beer was calling.
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« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2013, 10:01:39 PM » |
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Monday morning saw the sun out and the wall dry, a bit of brick acid will clean off the cement which ran with the rain.
just one more stone needed to finish. was going to put a little time capsule in but never got round to it.
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« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2013, 10:05:49 PM » |
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after a bit of time the new stone shouldn't be too noticeable. we had to grind out a few cracks to tidy the edge line and point it up. eventually the whole side elevation will get pointed to match.
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« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2013, 10:11:40 PM » |
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we allowed 5 days to start, Monday to Friday. but as allways it was a little tight. lost Friday afternoon to the rain. did a full day Saturday and a few hours Monday. all in all a good job and i can stop worrying a bout the walls belly and concentrate on mine.
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« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2013, 10:16:35 PM » |
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Great job there Dobber. We have done similar work on our house, I know how time consuming getting the courses right and tying in is. Looks really good.
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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared
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« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2013, 11:41:51 PM » |
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forgot to finish this thread. salvaged the old fallpipes with a few new brackets, saved a coupla quid n atrip to the merchants, and had to put plastic inserts under the roof tiles which fold into the gutter to make the rain water reach the gutter as the previous cowboy left a gap so the rain ran down the wall.,
so job done....
been putting this job off for years, never thought i would be able to tackle some thing this big even with help, now its done other jobs dont seem so scarry.
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