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12-11-2018, 02:41 PM #441
Ace, thanks everyone.
I'll take it all down and see how the land lies, it's all a bit hypothetical until then but nevertheless a worthwhile procedure for me anyhow
I had the conversation with the builder and it went exactly how I expected, it was along the lines of
"I don't recall that conversation"
"I did it as a favour"
"I didn't build it, Dave and John (made up names) did"
"Nothing wrong with the mortar"
"I didn't make any money out of your patio or all your extra work"
blah blah
So, as expected, will sort it myself, put it down to experience and move on. Life's too short. I'll do a bit of extra work, save up some cash and at least if it all goes t*ts up again it'll at least it'll be my own fault.
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12-11-2018, 02:50 PM #442
sounds about right mate,i originally had a builder who was going to do all mine plus lay us a paved patio,he came a few times and was all yes we can do that and kept saying "i will be able to start next week" 2 months on i found out he didnt even want the job,and not even from him as he ignored all my calls and texts,so decided had to do it myself,i was going to use hollows and rebar and even bought a mixer lol,but decided after seeing loads of sleeper ponds even ones at dealers,that i would go this direction,also thought well 96 sleepers has to be easier to move than the 5 pallets of blocks and all the cement and sand and hardcore for filling them lol,although the drilling and pinning with rebar nearly killed me lol,it ended up slightly more expensive but im happy with it,andi
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12-11-2018, 02:56 PM #443
lol...I need an excuse to buy myself a new drill and impact driver, have one now
It'll probably be the death of me this pond.
On a positive note...the drum levels I ended getting perfect and the K1 was bubbling away nicely. all was working well so at least I don't have to worry about that side of things now.
What sort of sleepers did you end up using Andy?
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12-11-2018, 03:12 PM #444
the cheapest haha,mine are treated pine,i was going french oak until i saw the price,got told by a carpenter friend that as long as i treat them with a decent wood preserver like clear cuprinol they will be no problem,i have thought about using yacht varnish which he said would be perfect as it sets hard like laquer,mine were £16 each and came to £1580 with delivery on 2 flatbed transits,,one bit of advice use an electric drill to put the holes in for rebar,i got a 12mm x 450mm auger bit from toolstation and it did the whole lot,the rebar was £7 a 6m length from local builders merchant and i just used grinder with cutting disk to cut down,andi
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12-11-2018, 03:33 PM #445
Lol I have all that already from putting rods in this one, result
Could probably salvage all the rods out of this one too, they were stainless threaded from toolstation as well.
Did you predrill the holes in the timbers then bash them over?
Looks like there might be a tad more remedial building then I first thought. The big nasty split appears to have gone through one of the blocks underground also so that’ll have to come out.
I’m feeling some cheap manual labour is going to be required to dismantle this lot
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12-11-2018, 03:55 PM #446
i used proper rebar not the threaded bar,i was told it was stronger,and a lot cheaper than the threaded bar,its still steel and as its not being put in a constantly wet environment is spot on. i predrilled the holes and i had already precut the bar into 12" lengths for the layers i was going to put them in,at side of windows i predrilled from bottom of window to top so the lengths of rebar were longer,this was done by using a 1ft cut off of sleeper i had predrilled to make a template on each layer so i hit the hole underneath perfect,i then just inserted rebar and whacked the hell out of with an 8lb sledgehammer,it was a very tight fit as although the bar was 12mm the ridges on the outside of it made it about 14mm,into a 12mm hole haha,just hit them until they were flat into sleeper,andi
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12-11-2018, 06:00 PM #447
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12-11-2018, 07:11 PM #448
Jeez. Just popped into the thread to catch up with your progress... was not expecting this. Absolutely gutted for you...
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12-11-2018, 07:18 PM #449
Ta mate, been trying to keep my chins up today
Scott, you can tell you live in Berkshire lol
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16-11-2018, 11:53 PM #450
Hey mate any news yet..andi
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17-11-2018, 12:05 AM #451
Kind of, had another “chat” with the builder and although he’s absolving himself of any blame (as is his nature) I think we may have reached an acceptable arrangement to repair/rebuild.
I’ve come up with a plan, goes something like this.
Take everything down to ground level (he’s going to buy the blocks back off me and use again) leaving the fibreglass in place but prop to stop it breaking.
Dig out ground adjacent blocks, replace any cracked ones with high density or similar and then backfill properly with concrete. That should stop the bottom potentially moving.
At ground level cast a small reinforced concrete ring beam leaving some rebar poking up at say 600mm centres.
Build up the walls in sleepers 1m in a similar way to yours but I’m going to try and get one piece sleepers for the 2 long walls just for the piece of mind.
Then I’m going that I can lap say 300mm fibreglass around the top and lap it under the copings and repair the bit that’s split.
I’ll have to go round with a fine tooth comb but it sounds doable in my head.
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17-11-2018, 12:08 AM #452
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17-11-2018, 10:04 PM #453
Although I’m sure some naughty words were said at the time, I have to say Gary top marks for keeping your chin up mate, a lessor man would throw the towel in, if your half way into the woods there is no point in turning back! If you need anything give me a shout
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18-11-2018, 09:48 AM #454
Could nt agree more mate. Well said
It takes a lot of b--ls.
Respect big carp. LETS rock and see a pond full of water. With pictures and in the spring some fish in.
And if the builder is helping.
Pass on my respects to him as well.
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18-11-2018, 09:51 AM #455
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18-11-2018, 09:59 AM #456
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18-11-2018, 11:31 AM #458
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Really sorry to see all this BCC mate. Nothing i can really say that hasn’t been already.
One thing though, ive had sleeper ponds for years now and theyve never moved.
Mine is only 2 ft out the ground currently but they are side on so the wall is only 5” thick 16ft long by 7ft (ext) pinned every foot or so with 10 and 12mm bar right through and one down the corners. Plenty of big old timberlick screws and corner braces etc.. not moved a mm and its not even got a concrete base or ring foundation. Its sat on 3 legs down either side (long sides) its hard to explain that bit but its not moved in 4 years now. Obviosly the way mines is built isnt suitable for fiberglass really but if you where to 7n block of the concrete base to just above ground (keep the sleepers out the ground ) and then flat sleeper up to your preferred height it would never ever go anywhere as long as its well fixed
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18-11-2018, 01:31 PM #459
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20-11-2018, 05:41 PM #460
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No probs, Surprised you could read it with all the mistakes ha ha just read it back now and thought jeez lee was you p^ssed ha ha
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