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  1. eggsarascal
    when you say your mate had a raise, did he start working higher up on the scaffolding:lol:
  2. eggsarascal
    I don't know your trade (arb) but if i was semi skilled i would prefer to be painting for £120 a day rather than grounding for £60 a day.
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    I don't know where Billy on here come's from but if he's close to you i'm sure he can supply someone at a good rate:lol:
  4. eggsarascal
    this guy as put this on the bay two or three times in the past, the first time he was asking two and a quarter for it.
  5. eggsarascal
    day 4 the shed did'nt sell, the bloke who said he wanted it turned up and said "that looks a bit big for the space i've got" even though i told him what size it was:confused1:never mind i'll try again tomorrow.
  6. eggsarascal
    No i dont split everything down the middle with anyone who works for me and i've openly admitted in this thread that i pay 2 lads £60 a day to help me on the logs (unskilled) but to pay a man with tickets £60 a day is a piss take.
  7. eggsarascal
    So you want a decent quality of life, but pay your grafters peanuts so they live like pesants:thumbdown:when you pay peanuts you get monkeys
  8. eggsarascal
    believe it or not tim £500 a week is probably the least most people would need to live on (without benefits). What are your domestic outgoings each week?
  9. eggsarascal
    Ok so lets say your a single lad in your mid twentys with rent to pay on a flat, council tax, gas, electric and day to day living, you would'nt get any benefits. How do you survive on £60 a day?
  10. eggsarascal
    My question is this, to all of you who say £60 a day, could you live on this if you had a mortgage wife and kids? i have a couple of lads that help me out on the logs in the winter months on £60 a day but they have made their money doing ground work through the dry months and just want beer money to keep them through the winter when their work is slow, but theres no way anyone could live on that sort of money all year round.
  11. eggsarascal
    Day three picked up the shed this morning...what a bargain,got a chap coming to have a look at it in the morning, fingers crossed it will sell at the right price.
  12. eggsarascal
    Thank you chap, i'm not the best at explaining things, the better half won't pay up even if i do win:001_rolleyes:but it's a good challange.And i would'nt swoop her for all the cord wood in Suffolk.....or would i.
  13. eggsarascal
    I've got to buy and sell to make the money, not sell anyting i already own or do anything illegal, so basically go out and trade .Not something i've done before.Yes i have gone out and got business but in the trades i know.
  14. eggsarascal
    not sure what your on about!!!!!
  15. eggsarascal
    forgot to say i've got to earn the money "the apprentice" style
  16. eggsarascal
    That's very interesting and I'll have to dig out that article. I still can't totally accept that a tree will expend the energy producing roots and breaking through drain seals unless they are exploiting a resource that is already present, even if it's in miniscule quantities. Whether that's from a minute amount of seepage or from the condensation. Hmm, I'm off to find someone with a handy pile of Arb Journal back issues Janey, you don't need to consult the arb journal, take it from me that tree roots will break through the joints/crazed glaze of sewers. You know about the arb world and bar wenching, I know about sewers and firewood. Lets just take each others word for it.
  17. eggsarascal
    day two just bought a 10'x8' garden shed for a oner (looks tidy enough) got to go and collect in the morning, lets see what it makes in the next day or two.
  18. eggsarascal
    If i bought your apple wood cord at the price you asked me in the past i would be out of business by this time next year:lol:
  19. eggsarascal
    Thats cool the last time i was on the telly was on a show called crimewatch:lol:
  20. eggsarascal
    thats a good service, hope you get a new trailer sorted just as quick. Egg.
  21. eggsarascal
    Yes they will, take it from me ive worked on drains and sewers (two different things) for many years. All it takes is a small amount of ground movement to allow roots in to the system so what most people or indeed insurance companies consider to be a broken pipe isnt. A weakened glaze on a clay pipe will weep water, and this attracts and allows the roots in (this doesnt even show on a cctv survey). In my village these kinds of pipe have been in since the sixties. In new houses you will be lucky if the infrastrucutre has even been joined properly, especially with newer plastic piping. Any compromised pipework will cause dampness and roots will prevail where water exists. Upon digging it often appears the roots have "dived" towards the damp soil and the pipework. A camera survey will give you peace of mind...for now. i then refer back to the statement about how young your tree is, cut it down whilst it wont cost you more in sewer work as well as arb work.
  22. eggsarascal
    Don't listen to this, i have worked on drains for many years including houses that have been built in the last three years that have root invasion. Roots will break through vitreous clay pipes as well the new plastic pipes. All it takes is a small fracture in a clay pipe, or a small weeping joint on a new plastic pipe and the roots will find their way in especially in dry times as we are having in East Anglia at the moment. With the dry ground, and its movement, pipes will move too, and roots will find a way in.
  23. eggsarascal
    Cheers geoff, this all started when we were watching The apprentice and i piped up i could do better than this lot, her indoors said don't spare the horse's lets see if you can. Challang set...!!!
  24. eggsarascal
    If that is a manhole cover at the end of the grass(to the right) in picture two get rid IT WILL cause you problems with your drainage in the future.
  25. eggsarascal
    Day one, bought a tiny ride on mower paid £90 for it, needed a new battery,£10 quid for a secondhand one off a mate of mine sold it for £210 this evening. i'm on my way."this time next year Rodney we'll be millionaires". Inbetween i went to see "farmer-ben" off here (nice bloke) for a chat about firewood. Happy days.

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