conic
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Post by conic on Aug 30, 2012 16:58:02 GMT
I think it should be ok as long as you dont build a skyscraper on it.
There are currently loads of scrapmen doing their daily rounds with some very interesting metal of all kinds on the back of their truck, im sure they would let you take your pick for a few quid.
They are also very good if you ask them to look out for bricks timber chimney pots etc on their rounds and they will bring you what you need but agree on a price first. I had some bricks at 10p each and a 1m 5" wood stove flue for a tenner.
Conic
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Post by h12rpo on Sept 18, 2012 13:06:16 GMT
So did most of you guys build ramp to barrow the mix up to the slab height? Or put the mixer on a load of bricks so it could just tip straight in ?
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Post by pete123 on Sept 18, 2012 16:31:55 GMT
I used 16mm rebar 6 qty x 3 m lengths for £30.
Also some Mesh (some places call it road mesh) for £20 - but it only came in a big sheet when I got it.
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conic
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Post by conic on Sept 18, 2012 17:17:31 GMT
If I build a pyramid then I would use a ramp but for a WFO just a shovel mate.
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Post by cannyfradock on Sept 18, 2012 17:26:54 GMT
....with me it was mixer load into a barrow. Then buckets to bring it to the slab......many hands make light work at this stage. Any volunteers at stage get to be one of the first to bake their own....self made pizzas in the new oven.
Terry
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Post by faz on Sept 18, 2012 17:43:24 GMT
I used a trug to transfer the concrete from the mixer to the top slab. When I did the bottom slab I think I tipped it straight in from the mixer.
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Post by h12rpo on Sept 18, 2012 18:00:28 GMT
What's trug ?  |
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Post by faz on Sept 18, 2012 18:38:15 GMT
One of these thingies   |
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Post by turkey on Sept 19, 2012 11:13:22 GMT
i also used one of those, they get heavy quickly mind  also make sure the mixed is well footed even if on the floor, I slipped and dumped at least one load on the floor :/ I might even have pics of that in my build thread. Really I think unless you can go really overboard on the engineering (and cost) to make a complex sturdy ramp its quicker, safer and easier to just rely on brute force and lift it all up. |
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Post by faz on Sept 19, 2012 11:33:51 GMT
They do get heavy - I think I filled mine roughly a quarter full nd that was plenty heavy enough!!
I was fortunate to be able to walk up some steps to tip concrete in to the rear of the slab, as my oven is built against a retaining wall, but even then I still carried it up in the trug.
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