My new project started today

[RobN]

Any decent mail order outlets for your beer?

 

[solarman216]

Any decent mail order outlets for your beer?

I have no idea, I am just building, have no connection whatsoever with the micro brewery, but will ask, and come back to you, Rick

 

[RobN]

Look forward to it. :homer :beerchug:

 

[solarman216]

Owner not there today so could not ask but I suspect that it will be cask orders only, I think the bottled beer is for sampling only, but only a guess as I say, Rick

 

[solarman216]

After 5 days on site we are now one day from our first concrete pour, 18 cubic meters, his is where it is going once the ladder section with the rag bolts have been secured into the trench, even got two layers reo in the bottom

 

[solarman216]

this is the steel to be fitted onto the rag bolts set in the concrete footings two on the trailer the other 12 in the distance, the angle is for reinforcing the wooden roof trusses, Rick

 

[TONUP]

That's a very neat trench. Was it hand dug?

Regards

Alan

 

[solarman216]

no machine for the main, hand for the pillar support bases, would you believe spec says C30 mix for pillar supports, C20 for the rest, year right :doh, and what happened last night? it pissed hard so had to remove reo and bottom out by hand this morning then set the supports for the rag bolts as per pics

 

[solarman216]

second side

 

[solarman216]

with more rain for cast, managed to pull the concrete forward to 2 pm today, but not smooth, we have access problems here and having ordered 18 cubic mtrs expected 3 x 6 wheel 6 mtr trucks, so what arrives first? an 8 legger wide spread on the front bogie and crying 8 mts so no way was he coming in, so poor old 3 ton dumper had to track it all the 500 mtrs each way, on top of that driver got lost, despite the fact I supplied a map of exact access to the office but none of the three drivers had a copy:doh, anyway got it all in

 

[solarman216]

by the time we cleared up it was 7 pm before I left and started at 7 am, do not want many days like this, absolutely shattered now, well into some relaxing scotch, and I must say the lads worked beyond the call of duty to finish it, but the thought of more rain in the footings and all the problems that can cause spurred us on, this is the second side with the precisely located stanchion mounts, just hope they did not move, we did monitor it closely while pouring and did not see any movement, will find out for sure tomorrow but not early for me as I need a rest, Rick

 

[briggie]

get to bed mate :thumb2

 

[Kishada]

Wishing you the best of luck with this project.
I'm a big fan of craft beers. Just settling in to a 'Northern Light', Orcadian beer.

Keep the pics coming an do post up mail order details if it can be done by the case rather than cask!

 

[TONUP]

When I have done this type of stuff on site, building pile caps etc, we used to put cardboard cones on the bolts. One day I had to go back to site on a Christmas morning to strike them all.

Would this system not have worked for your?

Regards

Alan

 

[solarman216]

Any decent mail order outlets for your beer?

Saw the owner today, seems it is a Licensing issue, he has to sell only to Licensed premises, in order to sell to the public he would need another Licence and he faces all sorts of restrictions re age of purchaser and time of sale etc, just too complicated, that is why he only bottles a sample of each batch to give to his buyers to test, Rick

 

[solarman216]

despite a bit of rain early on we got 8 of the steel stanchions up today, the other six will have to wait till we demolish the rest of the old building, ended up being only 5 mm max out on alignment that is over a 12 mtr run so not bad, so well pleased at the end of the day, also got the services trench finished and services laid, around 80 meters long, no pics of that thou

 

[solarman216]

also had delivery of blocks and sand, sand out of view, Rick

 

[briggie]

hows it going rick ?

 

[solarman216]

This is how it stands today 14 th October, poured 39 cubic mtrs concrete, erected 14 stanchions and fitted 7 original trusses (to appease the planners) started gable end wall and shifted feck loads of mud that came in after the rain, Rick

 

[briggie]

hope the site is ok mate after all the rain today