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Hi all, Built a shiny new pool last year, covered it with a polytunnel, gave it a blast of chlorine shock treatment, drained down below the skimmer for winter and basically left it at that. Questions are :- whats the best way to proceed into the new season?

With regard to job in France, went to court today & came out on top - worth the effort :D

There's a window behind the teleporter & another in the shade so there are 3 biggish ones to a fairly small elevation. The right hand set back is a garage.The large central door lets onto a proposed internal pool, which isn't dug yet :? There were lintols, but as I said earlier he trashed...

Built this almost single handed 2nd hand brick also cut brick arches with home made keys, almost lost the will to live :)<br>

Fairly basic block garage "rough cast" finish

Bog standard extension used as a studio. I took 2 paintings in payment for extras.

Did this with "Brummie Al" a right character

Couple of axed arches in Swineshead village

Various jobs etc<br><br>

Thx for that - interesting stuff, the guy is a lying git, so I'm not surprised. Do you know the correct name of the terra cotta blocks which are glued together, photo supplied(hopefully):- As you can see the doorway on the far left has the chainage lintol, notice the block supports.

Worked on a bungalow in France last yr & used "chainage" as you said as shuttering for lintols on a couple of openings. Mainly because the idiot I was working for ran over the lintols with a teleporter & was too tight to buy new ones. Used rebar through , then he put the wall plate & roof...

Fascinating stuff! and as previous said, you're a brave man. The roof looks a treat, where did the slate come from? I read that you used a "chainage" is that the name for the "u"shaped blocks that form a kind of ringbeam around the wallplate height? Are those suitable for lintols too? Do you...

That cake mixer was called a mill :D

I remember the old re-usable muck at college, had to knock down all your own creation, then cart the muck to the mill & shovel it in for re-use. I think it was just bagged lime used there though, putty would've been too expensive. It did go off a treat though didn't it? It was used over &...

Wasn't having a pop at you Tommy, it's often mentioned that lime mortar doesn't go hard or that it takes it's time. Never had a problem myself, then again never built an entire house out of it. If I did , I may be observed sneaking a drop of cement in, but don't tell anyone (actually thats's not...

Glad to see this old chesnut returned :D The question of type, eg hydraulic/none hydraulic & mix will rage for ever. The purists however, of which I beleive I'm one,will always hold that a mix of sand/ lime putty with the possible addition of a none cement based pozzolanic was is and always...

I wasn't suggesting that you actually employ a builder for your slab, just that it is more challenging than a strip found & therefore time consuming. I really don't think that you can or should rush at a job like this, the entire build depends on its accuracy. The whole point of diy is that time...