 |
|
| UK diy (uk.d-i-y) For the discussion of all topics related to diy (do-it-yourself) in the UK. All levels of experience and proficency are welcome to join in to ask questions or offer solutions. |
| Reply |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
|
|
#2
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 30/04/2021 20:08, ARW wrote:
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg Ah well... Bill |
|
#3
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 30/04/2021 20:08, ARW wrote:
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg I like DIYing stuff, but it makes me appreciate just how much skill is involved in building. I expect that my first attempt at building a brick wall would look like that. |
|
#4
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
ARW wrote http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg **** those vertical bricks look awful. http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg |
|
#5
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
More Heavy Trolling by the Senile Octogenarian Nym-Shifting Ozzie Cretin!
On Sat, 1 May 2021 06:02:35 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: FLUSH the trolling senile asshole's latest troll**** unread -- Norman Wells addressing trolling senile Rodent: "Ah, the voice of scum speaks." MID: |
|
#6
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
williamwright wrote:
On 30/04/2021 20:08, ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg Ah well... Better than I could do€¦ ;-) Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
|
#7
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 30/04/2021 20:08, ARW wrote:
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg Thanks for the further photos. 3 unsober thoughts: 1. Clear now there's no need for pillars when all that soil's there to stop the wall falling into the garden. 2. I was totally wrong to class the wall as a crumple zone for intruding vehicles. It's more a feck-off-'n-die barrier. 3. The wall's still better than I could do - unless perhaps Northern air gis' yuz skills. -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
|
#8
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 30/04/2021 20:34, GB wrote:
On 30/04/2021 20:08, ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg I like DIYing stuff, but it makes me appreciate just how much skill is involved in building. I expect that my first attempt at building a brick wall would look like that. Boaster! -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
|
#9
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
Robin wrote:
ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg Clear now there's no need for pillars when all that soil's there to stop the wall falling into the garden. But is the soil going to push the wall into the street? |
|
#10
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 30/04/2021 21:50, Andy Burns wrote:
Robin wrote: ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg Clear now there's no need for pillars when all that soil's there to stop the wall falling into the garden. But is the soil going to push the wall into the street? For the wall builder that's a "somebody else's problem" (SEP). On which see Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything": "An S.E.P. ...is something that we cant see, or dont see, or our brain doesnt let us see, because we think that its somebody elses problem. Thats what S.E.P. means. Somebody Elses Problem. The brain just edits it out; its like a blind spot. If you look at it directly you wont see it unless you know precisely what it is. Your only hope is to catch it by surprise out of the corner of your eye." It's an art much cultivated by monocular lobby groups. -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
|
#11
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 30 Apr 2021 at 20:34:39 BST, "GB" wrote:
On 30/04/2021 20:08, ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg I like DIYing stuff, but it makes me appreciate just how much skill is involved in building. I expect that my first attempt at building a brick wall would look like that. I doubt it, because I suspect if you built a brick wall you would find out how to design one; and it wouldn't look like that. -- Roger Hayter |
|
#12
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 30/04/2021 21:41, Robin wrote:
3.Â*Â*Â* The wall's still better than I could do - unless perhaps Northern air gis' yuz skills. It doesn't, but the chip on our shoulders makes us think we have. |
|
#13
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 30/04/2021 21:50, Andy Burns wrote:
Robin wrote: ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg Clear now there's no need for pillars when all that soil's there to stop the wall falling into the garden. But is the soil going to push the wall into the street? If there are no weep holes it will be the water in the soil that pushes the wall over. I've wondered if a stainless butterfly wire wall tie dotted along the wall with a terylene ratchet strap tape past through and back into the soil for a metre of so would strengthen a single brick retaining wall, with the weep holes too. |
|
#14
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 30/04/2021 20:18, williamwright wrote:
On 30/04/2021 20:08, ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg Ah well... Bill It's "functional". |
|
#15
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 30/04/2021 09:50 pm, Andy Burns wrote:
Robin wrote: ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg Clear now there's no need for pillars when all that soil's there to stop the wall falling into the garden. But is the soil going to push the wall into the street? I've had a couple of houses with a similar low retaining wall and never had any problems with the garden pushing the wall out. It's always either a vehicle backing into it during a three-pointer or kids sitting on it while waiting for a bus. |
|
#16
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 01/05/2021 10:37, Andy Bennet wrote:
On 30/04/2021 20:18, williamwright wrote: On 30/04/2021 20:08, ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg Ah well... Bill It's "functional". For how long? -- Adam |
|
#17
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 01/05/2021 17:59, ARW wrote:
On 01/05/2021 10:37, Andy Bennet wrote: On 30/04/2021 20:18, williamwright wrote: On 30/04/2021 20:08, ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg Ah well... Bill It's "functional". For how long? Are those class B engineering bricks though ?. The view along the top of the wall makes me think they are. If so, they don't have the suction of normal bricks, and IMHO very difficult to build tidy walls with, which is not an issue when the 'wall' is the four sides of a below-ground sewer access point. |
|
#18
Posted to uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
|
Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
On 01/05/2021 19:10, Andrew wrote:
On 01/05/2021 17:59, ARW wrote: On 01/05/2021 10:37, Andy Bennet wrote: On 30/04/2021 20:18, williamwright wrote: On 30/04/2021 20:08, ARW wrote: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/****wall2.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/****wall3.jpg Ah well... Bill It's "functional". For how long? Are those class B engineering bricks though ?. The view along the top of the wall makes me think they are. If so, they don't have the suction of normal bricks, and IMHO very difficult to build tidy walls with, which is not an issue when the 'wall' is the four sides of a below-ground sewer access point. I used engineering bricks for the dwarf (and higher) walls in my conservatory, as they were the closest looking match I could easily get to the existing extension. My first proper attempt at bricklaying, 900 bricks and 125 blocks, and it turned out pretty well. |
| Reply |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| Yosser Hughes is alive and well | UK diy | |||
| Kitchenaid side by side has leak in the water line. | Home Repair | |||
| rear view vehicle cameras rear view vehicle cameras / | Electronics Repair | |||
| Tri-view or bi-view mirrors? | Home Repair | |||
| how to clean water line in amana side by side fridge | Home Repair | |||
Linear Mode
