FFS

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Pothole.jpg

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking. The darker stuff higher up was laid down two weeks ago.

If you are blind then it a picture of a pot hole that has not been fixed
properly.
--
Adam

ARW wrote:

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking.

Looks like they only sent a bloke with a single bag of cold-lay tarmac ...

On 24/03/2018 10:13, Andy Burns wrote:
ARW wrote:

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking.

Looks like they only sent a bloke with a single bag of cold-lay tarmac ...

Probably the same bloke that painted up to front and back of the parked
up car with the yellow lines and never came back to finish the job off.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...ellowlines.jpg

I assume that these double yellow lines are unenforceable.

--
Adam

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
...
ARW wrote:

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking.

Looks like they only sent a bloke with a single bag of cold-lay tarmac ...

I'm not sure what they use for surfacing roads these days, but my impression
is that potholes are becoming more an more common. Near me there is a trunk
A road which is managed by the Highways Authority, rather than the local
council. That developed a series of potholes - for locals it became a memory
test to remember the sequence of them and which way you needed to steer to
avoid either clipping the kerb or going over the centre line. Those were
patched several times but after a few weeks most of the tarmac had some out
and we were back to square one. This is on a road which gets a lot of heavy
traffic so they should have used a suitable repair.

They *can* get it right. When a lorry caught fire and melted a large patch
of the road surface, the road was repaired overnight by an emergency team,
and that bit of road is still as good as new after five years.

I think the problem is that they try to patch too small an area and don't
manage to stick the new tarmac sufficiently well to the existing surface, so
it comes out again. At the very least, they need to dribble tar around the
border between old and new to act as a seal to prevent water seeping into
the crack and doing the old freeze/thaw thing.

Of course you can't plan for idiots. There was a road in Scarborough along
the seafront which was newly surfaced. The local lads in their souped-up
cars like to parade up and down late and night, and then test their 0-60
acceleration. During a planned meet of car enthusiasts (all approved by the
police and the local council), one member decided to do wheelspins and
destroyed a large area of the surface. The organisers of the meeting were
appalled at this, and did not hesitate to shop his identity to the police.
There was talk of charging him the repair cost of the road...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-41686558

On 24/03/18 10:11, ARW wrote:
FFS

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Pothole.jpg

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking. The darker stuff higher up was laid down two weeks ago.

If you are blind then it a picture of a pot hole that has not been fixed
properly.

Looks like the road down from the station here!

On 24/03/18 10:30, ARW wrote:
On 24/03/2018 10:13, Andy Burns wrote:
ARW wrote:

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking.

Looks like they only sent a bloke with a single bag of cold-lay tarmac
...

Probably the same bloke that painted up to front and back of the parked
up car with the yellow lines and never came back to finish the job off.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...ellowlines.jpg

I assume that these double yellow lines are unenforceable.


Should nip along with a can of yellow floor paint and stick a couple of
end bars to complete it

On 24/03/2018 10:51, Tim Watts wrote:
On 24/03/18 10:11, ARW wrote:
FFS

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Pothole.jpg

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave
them a bollocking. The darker stuff higher up was laid down two weeks
ago.

If you are blind then it a picture of a pot hole that has not been
fixed properly.

Looks like the road down from the station here!

And this in a minor road that was resurfaced less than 8 years ago.

--
Adam

I can do better than that, but no pictures. its in a dead end close called
The Retreat in Surbiton in Surrey. its been there for five years and is the
result of a botched job by the then called EDF Energy new feed to a
building. The folk at the council claim they do not know where it is having
sent out people to look, well according to my spies, it got painted by
somebody in blue paint about 2 years ago, and nothing has been done since. I
spoke to the council just after Christmas and they claimed it was the
contractors issue not theirs, to which I pointed out that EDF no longer
handle road works its London Power Networks now who I doubt even have
records for this hole. They just told me they would look into it.
Now most of the residents in that road know its there and have moaned
several cab firms have reported it.

In the end I can see the cable being damaged and a big bang occurring, at
which time London power networks will be asked to fix it.
Have we really come down to this lark of its not my hole guv?
Brian

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"ARW" wrote in message
...
FFS

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Pothole.jpg

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them a
bollocking. The darker stuff higher up was laid down two weeks ago.

If you are blind then it a picture of a pot hole that has not been fixed
properly.
--
Adam

On 24/03/2018 10:44, NY wrote:

They *can* get it right.

I started reading this link, but gave up, as it's rather lengthy.

http://www.ukroadsliaisongroup.org/d...703C6A36E7C811

The short story is that it can be harder to repair potholes than you'd
expect. One reason is that there may be inadequate foundations, which is
why the pothole appeared in the first place.

Hmm, Hot boxing seems to be whatever the council use these days. However
there are some junctions between TFL roads and Kingstons roads where the
person pulling out often needs to use a lot of power to get to the right
side of the road as no sod will let them out and guess wheat? The bit of
side road where they all hit the accelerator is breaking up.
Brian

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"NY" wrote in message
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
...
ARW wrote:

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking.

Looks like they only sent a bloke with a single bag of cold-lay tarmac
...

I'm not sure what they use for surfacing roads these days, but my
impression is that potholes are becoming more an more common. Near me
there is a trunk A road which is managed by the Highways Authority, rather
than the local council. That developed a series of potholes - for locals
it became a memory test to remember the sequence of them and which way you
needed to steer to avoid either clipping the kerb or going over the centre
line. Those were patched several times but after a few weeks most of the
tarmac had some out and we were back to square one. This is on a road
which gets a lot of heavy traffic so they should have used a suitable
repair.

They *can* get it right. When a lorry caught fire and melted a large patch
of the road surface, the road was repaired overnight by an emergency team,
and that bit of road is still as good as new after five years.

I think the problem is that they try to patch too small an area and don't
manage to stick the new tarmac sufficiently well to the existing surface,
so it comes out again. At the very least, they need to dribble tar around
the border between old and new to act as a seal to prevent water seeping
into the crack and doing the old freeze/thaw thing.

Of course you can't plan for idiots. There was a road in Scarborough along
the seafront which was newly surfaced. The local lads in their souped-up
cars like to parade up and down late and night, and then test their 0-60
acceleration. During a planned meet of car enthusiasts (all approved by
the police and the local council), one member decided to do wheelspins and
destroyed a large area of the surface. The organisers of the meeting were
appalled at this, and did not hesitate to shop his identity to the police.
There was talk of charging him the repair cost of the road...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-41686558

On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:52:16 +0000, Tim Watts wrote:

On 24/03/18 10:30, ARW wrote:
On 24/03/2018 10:13, Andy Burns wrote:
ARW wrote:

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave
them a bollocking.

Looks like they only sent a bloke with a single bag of cold-lay tarmac
...

Probably the same bloke that painted up to front and back of the parked
up car with the yellow lines and never came back to finish the job off.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...ellowlines.jpg

I assume that these double yellow lines are unenforceable.


Should nip along with a can of yellow floor paint and stick a couple of
end bars to complete it

And, to be really naughty, add some kerb bars.

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ARW Wrote in message:
FFS

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Pothole.jpg

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking. The darker stuff higher up was laid down two weeks ago.

If you are blind then it a picture of a pot hole that has not been fixed
properly.
--
Adam


Hi Adam

There was a Facebook post this morning showing a "crew" from Hull
City Council working on a hole.
The guys gathered around watching we

Human Resources Manager, Marketing Manager, Logistics Manager,
Project Manager, Technology Manager, IT Manager, Health and
Safety Manager, Business Analyst, P R Manager and Product
Developer.

The guy doing the digging was "Bloke from Poland".

Phil
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:11:03 +0000, ARW wrote:

FFS

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Pothole.jpg

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking. The darker stuff higher up was laid down two weeks ago.

If you are blind then it a picture of a pot hole that has not been fixed
properly.

As with all such cludges, carried out by Splodgitt, Bodgitt and Scarper
(very) Ltd.
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Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On 24/03/2018 12:10, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:44:34 +0000, NY wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
...
ARW wrote:

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave
them a bollocking.

Looks like they only sent a bloke with a single bag of cold-lay tarmac
...

I'm not sure what they use for surfacing roads these days, but my
impression is that potholes are becoming more an more common. Near me
there is a trunk A road which is managed by the Highways Authority,
rather than the local council. That developed a series of potholes - for
locals it became a memory test to remember the sequence of them and
which way you needed to steer to avoid either clipping the kerb or going
over the centre line. Those were patched several times but after a few
weeks most of the tarmac had some out and we were back to square one.
This is on a road which gets a lot of heavy traffic so they should have
used a suitable repair.

They *can* get it right. When a lorry caught fire and melted a large
patch of the road surface, the road was repaired overnight by an
emergency team, and that bit of road is still as good as new after five
years.

I think the problem is that they try to patch too small an area and
don't manage to stick the new tarmac sufficiently well to the existing
surface, so it comes out again. At the very least, they need to dribble
tar around the border between old and new to act as a seal to prevent
water seeping into the crack and doing the old freeze/thaw thing.

Of course you can't plan for idiots. There was a road in Scarborough
along the seafront which was newly surfaced. The local lads in their
souped-up cars like to parade up and down late and night, and then test
their 0-60 acceleration. During a planned meet of car enthusiasts (all
approved by the police and the local council), one member decided to do
wheelspins and destroyed a large area of the surface. The organisers of
the meeting were appalled at this, and did not hesitate to shop his
identity to the police. There was talk of charging him the repair cost
of the road...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-41686558

I think one cause is the force of HGV wheels turning when manoeuvring
while stationary. They just start digging a pit and then water and ice
rip it to shreds.

They should ban power steering. Especially on cars. Wimps.

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In article , briang1
@blueyonder.co.uk says...

... They just told me they would look into it ...




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On Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 10:11:06 AM UTC, ARW wrote:
FFS

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Pothole.jpg

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking. The darker stuff higher up was laid down two weeks ago.

If you are blind then it a picture of a pot hole that has not been fixed
properly.
--
Adam

Call that a pothole... Around here they are a good 4" deep and will easily puncture a tyre.

Come to think of it there is a whole stretch of the A27 (a major trunk road - pretty much a motorway) where the current tarmac surface is delaminating from the concrete old surface underneath it and nothing has been done about it for years (someone counted 130 pot holes recently)

In article 79qdneyxr-
,
says...

I'm not sure what they use for surfacing roads these days,
but my impression is that potholes are becoming more an more
common.

I'm sure thar Redbridge Borough Council used potholes as a
source of revenue for paint endurance tests!

Several potholes had appeared in a much used side road. Then,
one day, white paint appeared round all the potholes and we
assumed they were to be repaired.

Over time, the paint gradually wore away and then a fresh
paint application appeared! I think this happened three times
in total - presumably to compare three different brands of
paint - before the road was eventually resurfaced.

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On 27/03/18 11:24, wrote:
On Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 10:11:06 AM UTC, ARW wrote:
FFS

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Pothole.jpg

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave them
a bollocking. The darker stuff higher up was laid down two weeks ago.

If you are blind then it a picture of a pot hole that has not been fixed
properly.
--
Adam

Call that a pothole... Around here they are a good 4" deep and will easily puncture a tyre.

I destroyed £1000 quid of alloy and tyre in a pothole once.

Come to think of it there is a whole stretch of the A27 (a major trunk road - pretty much a motorway) where the current tarmac surface is delaminating from the concrete old surface underneath it and nothing has been done about it for years (someone counted 130 pot holes recently)

Year ago when I used to commute to Brussels a section of raid outside
Calais was missing 'Chausseé Deformé'...

two years later I went by the same route. It was still missing.



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that sound good.

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"Tim Streater" wrote in message
.. .
In article , ARW
wrote:

On 24/03/2018 10:13, Andy Burns wrote:
ARW wrote:

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave
them
a bollocking.

Looks like they only sent a bloke with a single bag of cold-lay tarmac
...

Probably the same bloke that painted up to front and back of the parked up
car with the yellow lines and never came back to finish the job off.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Yellowlines.jpg

He should have painted over the car.

like this?

http://media.techeblog.com/images/yo...e-job-fail.jpg

Tim Streater wrote:
In article , tim...
wrote:

"Tim Streater" wrote in message
.. .
In article , ARW
wrote:

On 24/03/2018 10:13, Andy Burns wrote:
ARW wrote:

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave
them
a bollocking.

Looks like they only sent a bloke with a single bag of cold-lay tarmac
...

Probably the same bloke that painted up to front and back of the parked up
car with the yellow lines and never came back to finish the job off.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Yellowlines.jpg

He should have painted over the car.

like this?

http://media.techeblog.com/images/yo...e-job-fail.jpg

Assuming the lines are real and not photoshopped onto the car, then
yes. That'll learn the ****er.


Too thin, too close together. Photoshop gets my vote.

Tim

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On Friday, 30 March 2018 22:37:14 UTC+1, Tim+ wrote:
Tim Streater wrote:
In article , tim...
wrote:

"Tim Streater" wrote in message
.. .
In article , ARW
wrote:

On 24/03/2018 10:13, Andy Burns wrote:
ARW wrote:

That is the councils second attempt after I phoned them up and gave
them
a bollocking.

Looks like they only sent a bloke with a single bag of cold-lay tarmac
...

Probably the same bloke that painted up to front and back of the parked up
car with the yellow lines and never came back to finish the job off.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Yellowlines.jpg

He should have painted over the car.

like this?

http://media.techeblog.com/images/yo...e-job-fail.jpg

Assuming the lines are real and not photoshopped onto the car, then
yes. That'll learn the ****er.


Too thin, too close together. Photoshop gets my vote.

Tim

also the bucket with paint transfer wheel used could not do that job.


NT

On 31/03/18 01:51, wrote:
also the bucket with paint transfer wheel used could not do that job.


NT


And melted polymer lining paint is probably not easy to apply with a
brush. Had work is usually done by pouring a metal can of it into a
metal square form on a stick and moving the form as you pour to paint
the line.

There is a flame-on tape version, but I suspect the car owner and us
would notice the burnt paint and bare metal a foot wither side of the
lines!!!

On Saturday, 31 March 2018 10:53:31 UTC+1, Tim Watts wrote:
On 31/03/18 01:51, tabbypurr wrote:

also the bucket with paint transfer wheel used could not do that job.

And melted polymer lining paint is probably not easy to apply with a
brush. Had work is usually done by pouring a metal can of it into a
metal square form on a stick and moving the form as you pour to paint
the line.

That's done for small things like parking markings. Long road yellow lines are done with a wheel that indirectly runs in a trough of paint. It's wheeled along.

There is a flame-on tape version, but I suspect the car owner and us
would notice the burnt paint and bare metal a foot wither side of the
lines!!!

possibly I've never seen that stuff used. I think it's chosen more for complex logos where using a box would be tricky or fail-prone.


NT

http://media.techeblog.com/images/yo...e-job-fail.jpg

Assuming the lines are real and not photoshopped onto the car, then
yes. That'll learn the ****er.


Too thin, too close together. Photoshop gets my vote.

Tim

also the bucket with paint transfer wheel used could not do that job.


The colour does not pass over the windscreen wiper, I reckon it could be
yellow self adhesive tape or yellow ribbon glued on and the wiper was moved
out of the way and then put back.

Hope they used a low tax glue

On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 23:14:07 UTC+1, Marland wrote:

http://media.techeblog.com/images/yo...e-job-fail.jpg

Assuming the lines are real and not photoshopped onto the car, then
yes. That'll learn the ****er.


Too thin, too close together. Photoshop gets my vote.

Tim

also the bucket with paint transfer wheel used could not do that job.


The colour does not pass over the windscreen wiper, I reckon it could be
yellow self adhesive tape or yellow ribbon glued on and the wiper was moved
out of the way and then put back.

Hope they used a low tax glue

yes, otherwise it'll be taxing to remove