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A drive is being completely relaid locally in a snakes and ladders manner.

There's a concrete base already there.

The builders laid down grids of rebar on top of one bit of it, shuttered
that bit, then poured 4" of concrete.

The next day they started digging the newly laid bit up again, using a
SDS drill. They managed about 20% of the new concrete by close of play
for the day. Today, when I passed in the morning, they were still at it,
only now they have a decent breaker, so progress is faster. I haven't
checked progress since then, but I guess they finished digging it up by
lunchtime.

What on earth is going on?

I mentioned to DW that the site slopes down towards the front door of
the house, and the top of the concrete looked like it was level with the
floor of the house. But, surely they'd have spotted that before pouring
concrete. I know they are planning some sort of resin-bonded finish on
top of the concrete.

I'll keep you posted. :)

Weird local builders
 

On Tuesday, 19 March 2019 17:43:35 UTC, GB wrote:
A drive is being completely relaid locally in a snakes and ladders manner.

Drivways can be complicated. Just ask Adam's former neighbour.

Owain

Weird local builders
 

Sounds a bit like a job creation scheme.
Actually if somebody snagged itg they probably got told to do it properly.
You do get some dingbats. I had some window sills covered in a plastic
section but it entailed cutting some of them to fit, they left one guy to
do the last one while they went off to prepare the next job and he cut it
completely different to all the others. Luckily it does not look that bad,
but I know its a cliché, but he was really broad Irish, and had a limp.
Brian

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A drive is being completely relaid locally in a snakes and ladders manner.

There's a concrete base already there.

The builders laid down grids of rebar on top of one bit of it, shuttered
that bit, then poured 4" of concrete.

The next day they started digging the newly laid bit up again, using a SDS
drill. They managed about 20% of the new concrete by close of play for the
day. Today, when I passed in the morning, they were still at it, only now
they have a decent breaker, so progress is faster. I haven't checked
progress since then, but I guess they finished digging it up by lunchtime.

What on earth is going on?

I mentioned to DW that the site slopes down towards the front door of the
house, and the top of the concrete looked like it was level with the floor
of the house. But, surely they'd have spotted that before pouring
concrete. I know they are planning some sort of resin-bonded finish on top
of the concrete.

I'll keep you posted. :)

Weird local builders
 

In article ,
says...

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the top of the concrete looked like it was level with the
floor of the house. But, surely they'd have spotted that before pouring
concrete. I know they are planning some sort of resin-bonded finish on
top of the concrete.


So, rain splashing up the wall would penetrate the brick work
and, assuming the DPC is at floor level, the final level will
be above and bridging the DPC?

We had drainage added here when we moved in because the drive
is only one brick below the DPC.



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