Gardenmac
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Right on, thats exactly what I said to her. I can't see it being more than 2 hours max. ( Thats to take out the old ones, pick up the new ones on the way to the job and to simply slide them in to the recess in the concrete posts.). On a job this morning and the customer had bought a new panel 6x6 to go in between two existing posts. He asked if I could install it for him, it took no more than 5 minutes.
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Half time it is Steve. The lady told me she paid £550 for the guy to replace the panels. I was stunned absolutely stunned.
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Nearly fell over when she told me. It was higher than that Hodge.
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Not even close Matty
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Picked up a new customer today. Quoted for general garden tidy up, jet wash and to undertake regular maintenance- no problem. Young lady then asked me if I could replace 5 fence panels to match in with 5 new panels she had last year. The 5 new panels are 6 ft high feather edge. Now bearing in mind that the people who did last years replacement had to lift out the old panels and slide in the new ones. They had to collect the panels from a builders merchants 3 miles away and the panels cost no more than £20 each. No work to posts, no digging, levelling nothing else other than lift out the smaller panels and slide in the new ones...oh and to break up the old panels and take away. How much do you think they charged?
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As we all have our own little traits and ways of doing this straight forward task heres a link for you [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKGasOoKsCY]Installing a Fence - YouTube[/ame] simple enough really,I'm used to working these on my own and the hard part is shifting the gear into position after 8 or 9 posts and moving gravel boards into position it starts to get a bit knackering. hope this helps
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you can prop the posts using the rails, the hard part is the gravel boards are heavy buggers, and the 9ft posts aren't like timber ones. I have two jobs coming up, one is to replace 15 posts and panels with new and the other is an 8 panel fence with concrete posts and boards through a concrete base. All good fun, good luck and post some pics as you go.
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Not strictly tree related but countryside related
Gardenmac replied to Matthew Arnold's topic in Picture Forum
Good for you. For me it was a way of life and the best bit was working with like minded people and everyday being different. The real challenge was not letting the destruction and abuse the sites took overshadow the good bits. -
normally slide concrete gravel board into mortice on concrete post the same with the rail. you may need to shave a bit off the rails to fit the mortice in the post. Are you doing the close board or are they close board panels( ready made?). If you have to dig the holes ( not using an auger) then a pair of shov-holers and a good wrecking bar are a must.
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Not strictly tree related but countryside related
Gardenmac replied to Matthew Arnold's topic in Picture Forum
Great posts Matt, I spent 28 years managing urban fringe countryside, parks, play areas etc so I know how bad it can get. Love the good work you and your team are doing, well done mate. -
We used to have the same problem in one of our country parks until the rangers printed the car registrations in the local paper asking them to come forward because they'd won a prize.
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Work on an hour per post(hole dug post in and concreted), important to line up the gravel board before the next post. 6 ft fence plus gravel board =9ft post (allows 2ft in ground) Just in case you didn't know.
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These are on sale in Dobbies and they aren't cheap. The girl on the till said they are flying out.
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Any arbtalking veg growers in da house?
Gardenmac replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in The Lounge
Made raised beds in wife's school for the kids to grow their own. Last year they won the regional 'Best School Garden' with Britain in Bloom. Beds made up from recycled scaffold boards. The kids love growing the pumpkins and strawberries, food all collected and cooked in the school kitchen. I'm there on Friday to till and turn over the beds ready for the next season, just invested in a Honda Tilly- great bit of kit that comes in handy for customers flower beds too. -
Just checked Leicester City Council, not sure if that's where you are based but they have CityStre atoz (http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/ep/planning/maps) Allows you drill down to property level.
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I use mapinfo and if its work for the local council get the base map of them. Try looking on the council website as sometimes under the local development framework/ planning evidence they produce a mapping system for local residents. On the website Leicestershire County charge £25 for 6 copies of an urban site based map 1:1250 scale map at the Librarys
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Has any one had any dealing with a firm called ground controll
Gardenmac replied to lyons e's topic in General chat
Professional outfit headed up by Andy Sphinks, now part of UPM. Ground Control Group Apologies if you already have this -
Its being collected tomorrow and is on its way back to the manufacturer
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Thanks Reddog,me thinks the go pro is knackered. I bought a Zippo hand warmer which is awesome. No boiling water simply fill up light and go, mmmm toastie.
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Paddy's, Glen fiiddi or Jamieson's for me.
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Watched the Countryfile weather before and its gonna blow cold early part of the week. This is great for me as Mon- Weds is when I do gardens and Thurs Fri is whatever comes my way.
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Thanks mate, I think we are about to enter the nightmare zone with the Go Pro 3.
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Thanks mate, it was a bit of a wtf moment as we paid decent money for his go pro 3 and with him being on tour he can't afford to miss certain shots but did through the faulty equipment. Lower model seems to be working but cost us a fair bit for the two cameras.
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Me too Welding Gauntlets have always been best choice or hedging gauntlets from TCV £3 per work well.
