My Pompeii in hull

[bry]

ah fair dos, my dads an engineer and that's the sort of annoying/sensible/clever and rational solution he would come up with whilst I just go with the bull in china shop hope for the best approach.. Im a plasterer so I can relate to the dirty part, done a little bit of groundwork's as well but nothing major by any means

[leetheldc]

I Finlay managed to get topped out with vermicrete I got a spare hour or so yesterday so I got one course done then today finished up with the well earned empty beer of choice for the vent plug

   

[leetheldc]

Next job then is countertops I've got the father in law helping me next weekend with the forms so I need to get some melamine sorted out. i still really don't have a clue what I want though there are to many options I do really like the metallic pigments but I can't seem to find one that will work in concrete they all seem to be for epoxy. More googling required I suppose

[keithw]

Its a shame to have to cover that insulation layer, reminds me of jupiter.

[underpendle]

Hi Lee,

What a fantastic build. I'm just about to cast my top but can't help thinking ahead. Really like your entrance/arch transition but can't seem to get my head round how you've done it? Any chance of a few more pic's. Also what was your grog fondue mix? Very tidy work, hope I can get close. Big plans bad time of year to start!!

[leetheldc]

Sept 3, 2016 16:40:32 GMT underpendle said:

Hi Lee,

What a fantastic build. I'm just about to cast my top but can't help thinking ahead. Really like your entrance/arch transition but can't seem to get my head round how you've done it? Any chance of a few more pic's. Also what was your grog fondue mix? Very tidy work, hope I can get close. Big plans bad time of year to start!!

Sorry for the late reply I don't have anymore pics I lost them all from my phone just the ones on here my grog fondue mix was 6 grog to 1 fondue hope all goes well for you.

[leetheldc]

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I Finally have a garden after 3 years of mess! Still some posts to oil and my gutters to fit and the countertops to make but the to do list is getting shorter. Picked up some white cement and sharp sand to mix with my metallic pigments for some test pieces

[leetheldc]

So I poured some test slabs and made a f up I used spray adhesive to stick the mother of pearl down and the glass but I used way to much as it has held most the aggregate to the form resulting in the pic a rough face slab i have taken the forms off a bit early maybe that hasn't helped. I have another slab I have done il let that set another day or so see if that is any better but I don't have much faith in it think I might have to do another test peice and spend a little more time maybe dotting the pieces down with silicon. I also cracked the slab getting it from the bottom form. I also spent yesterday making 12 corbels for my wood gutters just finished sanding the last one so all ready for oiling 
 
 

[leetheldc]

Bit of an update of my progress I finally got my gutters up just a down pipe to sort out I also made another test piece with just black dye this looked a lot better for me so black it is.

 
I have also prepared the forms ready for concrete I have all the things I need i.e. Stainless steel masonry reinforcement, sika liquid black pigment and super plasticiser il pick up the sand and cement on the day I pour hopefully this weekend 

[leetheldc]

So I got all the forms filled today all the mesh in place my garage floor is reading 10c so hopefully they will be fine in there if the temp drops I might have to set a heater up on a timer for the nights but the forecast looks ok for now. I picked up some poly sheets to lay over the pieces I was going to spray them with water first and keep them wet under the poly for a week I'm not really sure if this is a good idea at this temp. But il try again on google for it 

[leetheldc]

So I've not had an update for a while I've just been too busy with life anyway I've finally got my worktops polished and in place what a nightmare these where the weight shapes and the size of them made life hard but there in now and I'm quite happy with them I still need to seal them and grout or mastic the joints here's a few pics

[leetheldc]

So after some advice I put on a coat of render today ready for the brick slips I also got my trap vent installed as advised a while back from another forum . I couldn't get a pvc fitting so I ended up up with a few steel connections to make a hollow pipe.

[slen916]

hi leetheldc,could ypou let me know how you prepared your vermiculite before render...cheers

[leetheldc]

Hi slen sorry I forgot to mention that I used this bonding agent an off the shelf product from wickes I think pva would work just as well but this was only £6 I think and it worked a treat! 

[jagnut]

Hi leetheldc just a quick question are you k rending your oven or is it just a render coat sand and cement !, i see that you used acrylic bonding on the vermiculite that is why am asking the question and i see that you have put a trap vent 3cfm (cubic foot per minute) is this for the render coat to take out the moister and are you leaving this in . I like the build perfection at it best . cheers jagnut this valve is used a lot in the engineering world as we would say vent to atmosphere .