Thursday 20 June 2019

Six in action


Six members of the C&M gang were in action at CRC again on Wednesday, as they continued with the concreting of the gate posts. They also managed to fix a second fence post.





On arrival in the company Transit John, Rob and Jim M set up the concrete mixing station.

The concrete will be used to complete the foundations of the two cast iron gate posts.








With all the wet weather we've been having - Wednesday, exceptionally, was a dry day for once - the gang had to pump out the water first that had collected at the bottom of the two posts.

This is post No. 1 after removal of the rain water.








The second post wasn't too bad, with just a puddle in the corner.









Signed by:
Nice and smooth




















After filling in with concrete, post No. 1 was completed and Rob trowelled the surface smooth. It was then too tempting not to write something on top!







A start was then made on the second post, with concrete filled in to the top.














Rob did a nice fine smoothing off job on the second post base as well. In the background you can see the new race course stand.









 
Postcrete is added to the foundation
John & Pete line up the second fence post




















Meanwhile, John and Pete were working on the second of the posts that will hold up the fence panels.

The gang also moved the Heras fencing in preparation for augering the fence post holes heading towards the barrow crossing at the SB.  Mike R did some grass trimming along the fence post line and also applied primer to the post brackets and fence panels where this had been missed while they were stored at Winchcombe.

5 comments:

  1. This reminds me of all the concrete "Godfathers" I have had to set in concrete around my garden perimeter. The agricultural "6x4" posts may have rotted through below ground but above ground there's another 50 years of life. But I had to mix "by hand" - backbreaking. Your mixer looks new, is at petrol or electric?

    Powli Wilson

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  2. PS Do you find "Postcrete" effective, I found it to be overly mixed with cement which then cause the whole to dry too quickly?
    Powli

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  3. Hi Powli
    We do have a fairly new concrete mixer. It is a 110 volt electric. We tend to use postcrete to position posts initially and then top off the foundation with a concrete mix later on. We find this usually works well.

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  4. Thank you, I will have this "trick" firmly in mind for the next occasion. The electric mixer option may be a little more responsive than the "Drain Gang's" Maxie, but with a bit less "muscle"? Smaller mixes?
    Powli

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