Recent content by stevie888

Yellow pages for farmer/recovery??? For a one off I'd just go for it

Get a cat.

It seems to me that if the heating chaps have cut through your dpm (the bitumen) and done nothing to reinstate it then the onus is squarely on them. You might wind up at a state of equilibrium where the water leaking in was evapourated by the pipes and the floor stayed dry but I very much...

You find farmers all over the place. Heavy recovery firms are another possible. In truth an obliging driver on the unit will get an empty trailer into some pretty unlikely places though some are proper jobsworths and refuse to do anytthing other than drive along a road, We still don't what...

For a one off I would just get a local friendly farmer with a big tractor and a dolly to drag the trailer in. You might need to think about some form of protection for the gas pipes if the trailer is loaded but if there is no restriction on the field in general then you should be ok empty.

I'd have to stick to fool even if with good intentions because he's used much more cement than he need have over the years. He could have used half the cement and those houses would still be standing: founds need very little strength. Even with groundbeams when we are designing elements to...

Tube stuff: Pink Grip or one of the many alternatives.

The pros will lokely view it a bodge but I've used constructipn adhesive for this kind of situation several times with nary an issue.

So maybe <30 days and cold weather. I'd say it's likely the screed hadn't thoroughly dried out: simple as that and if so then the floor layer should have advised waiting. The hollow in your first pic just looks like bad levelling in the screed

Your teacher was a fool or incompetant. "Correct" for what? Concrete comes in myriad forms for myriad applications. We can vary the strength, how quickly it gains that strength. how easy it is to place, its density. We vary the mix to suit the size of the element we're casting. A mass...

What is the aim? What kind of wagon: transit' 40 foot artic? What's the ground like? How straight is the run (width required?) For any sort of ongoing access you need to be thinking about digging out topsoil at least, Terram then 150 or so of crush. Even for a one off less than 50 is really...

Your analysis is generally very good but a few small clarifications: 1. The flux coating melts to form a protective slag which protects the weld metal for the first vital seconds. One of the signs of a poor weld is the guy chipping away with a slagging hammer for ages trying to remove it. A...

Or run off the top if you'd finished it properly.

That could well be Asbestolux: where is it?

If I might add a couple more thoughts to my first reply: I learned stick welding purely by watching. When I tried it I had the benefit of the current being set to the rod size (all you can really alter) which is a big chunk of the battle, I was using part used rods which are much easier to...