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On 08/12/2018 12:46, Roger Hayter wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:

On 08/12/2018 11:52, Andy Burns wrote:
Fredxx wrote:

Perhaps the office boy was questioning your hole being only 6cm
deep?

Even if he thought it was four holes @ 60x60x60cm then 1m^3 would
have
been overkill ...


A five-fold overkill.

Bill
You forgot there were 3 holes?


Doesn't 6 to 1 mix mean 6 parts sand to 1 part concrete.

Nope 6 parts gravel, 1 part cement.

Er no...

Fraid so. And we call it aggregate.

How much of that mix is holding up the tin shack? :-)

None of it. I have a concrete slab directly on the ground
and there is no tin whatever involved in the walls.