Dean Lofthouse
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Joshs Sweden thread . . and a bit or Norway
Dean Lofthouse replied to josharb87's topic in Picture Forum
Cool pups but I'm more of an (female) ars'e man myself -
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I've just been looking at that john and double checking dates, confused for a wee while
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I personally would dig a test hole down the side of one of the house walls and see what the foundations are and what they are sat on, if you get down to shaley or solid rock then dont worry, nowts going to happen and if it is a modern house on clay it should be on a raft foundation
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I wasn't refering to your comment felix, it was higher up the thread Your point on the being responsible for mechanical take down is a good one ...and yes it's the wording that counts, but a nice simple "advised to seek expert advise" Similar to how house surveys are carried out, they in one sentence say, "Roof looks suspect" then in the next say, "Advise roofer to come in and take a closer look" or, "Electrical wiring may need attention, advise suitably qualified electritian inspect" What is the point of having someone in to do a house survey when they pass the book on to professionals, we may as well have just got the professionals in to start.
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Whats the formula for calculating root ball size when digging a tree. I've normally gone 10" rootball dia for every inch stem dia and 6 inch deep rootball for every 1" of stem dia
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Not to put too fine a point on it... I think saying a disclaimer is not worth the paper is Bollox. Disclaimers are just that, if you advise someone not to do something and they go against that advise they cannot come back to you later if they signed accepting that advise. If something else happens not covered in the disclaimer then yes. Disclaimers are exatly that, it's the wording that is up for scrutiny Your job as has been described above is the mechanical take down, you have advised them there is a chance of structural problems which they should seek advise on, they sign to say they accept your advise and quote People are far too wary nowadays, get a life, stop worrying and get on with your job
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All you need is it in writing that you have explained everything to them and that they accept there could be problems in future, they also need making aware that they could be dropped deep in it if they fell the tree knowing the risks and then sell the house without informing the new owner. Many people fell big trees to make the house look more attractive to potential purchasers Depends on the wording but yes it would stand up in court.
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I'd say no worries, just sign this dis-claimer here. here aaaaand here. Explain to them the possible heave consequences and walk away with a disclaimer
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I'm going tuesday night
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It hasn't stopped flytippers down at my yard, another 2 ton pile of rubble and muck appeared in the last three days.
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My yard is registered under the exemption (which was free), I dont then see the need for "paying" to be able to transfer arisings from the work site to my yard.
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Drove past today and bottled out of taking a photo of it whilst three of them were working on it, if they'd have asked why I was taking a photo I'd have had to tell them, it would have just slipped out. Better to go back when they have completed the job
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It is taxed anyway, any money made on the sale of logs and chip is income and attracts income tax @ 20%
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Had to stop and wait for 5 minutes opposite some blokes building a drystone wall or should I say rebuilding. In my opinion it was absolutely rubbish and the house was an expensive one too. It beggers belief why (and this is a little pet hate of mine) a drystone waller would rebuild a wall with "jumpers" in when there were no "jumpers" in the wall to start with and there are no Jumpers in the drystone walls anywhere along the lane or indeed in any drystone wall in the whole village. Apart from being lazy and weakening the wall by using what should be "throughs" as "jumpers" the cousres are all over the place. I'll try and remember to get a piccy tomorrow
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I should tell the customer they should be paying me to replace it has it will be replaced with quality:001_smile:
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Haha, me too Dave. Good riddance Mr Brown
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Either way lets hope it penetrates deeper than this pile of rubbish I broke today, going to get a new rail tomorrow morning. This has just about penetrated the surface and it's the comercial stuff too
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I think its like any trade, you should get what you pay for, you just have to make sure you let them know that their price is the dearest and you expect a quality job at that price I never go with the cheapest quote because you always find they are either rushing to make the job pay or using substandard matierials, in the end its false economy
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I have a record stump puller which would do the same trick, dismantles down, a four legged thing with a wagon jack.
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Very nice John, I'd be chuffed with that.. The paslodes also prevent loosening of the fence after repeated beating with a claw hammer
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Poplar burns very well, very hot and for a long time. All you need is an efficient stove that is controllable My mate has an old stove and what he uses in wood in one night would last me a week in mine
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I look at each and every stump because I reckon they are like trees, every oner is different I've been asked to remove stumps before where a good kick will get them out
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I bought 30 sq/m of sapele parquet flooring, started cleaning the tongue, groove and backs off, got 3/4 of the way through them and got pee'd off so went to B&Q and bought their dearest oak flooring and laid that instead. Still got the pile of parquet in the garage
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Got bored today so made a logsplitting video
Dean Lofthouse replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Large equipment
For non auto return the return lever is held up by a spring and for auto return the return lever is unhitched and left loose and it auto stops when it reaches the top of the stroke I'll see if I can get a pic next time, if you look at the very end of the vid when I close the cylinder down you can see me unhitch the holding clip which stops the lever dropping right down and I rehitch the spring to stop auto return
