 There's the war all heading by the bins. I don't need a bacon butte after eating that. Look at that! Give me a second. Hello and welcome to Monday the 20th of January, quarter to nine. It's just took us about 35 minutes to do a 15-minute journey, hasn't it? It's made in Karstik. Something's going on in town today, the traffic's bonkers. You could tell they made me Karstik because I'll just get roasted in the comments there. So today's job is digging. We're putting a garden wall with engineering bricks from here up to there. This job's been held up because we needed a stump grinder to take a tree stump from there and then there's a hedge here so they took all the head out and the roots so we were waiting for them to do that. So now we can start digging and it took us that long to get here. The skip ride before we got here and the skip should be here. So we just need to speak to the customer next door. It's a joint venture and then see where they want theirs to go to. Gonna be a pillar at each end, about 800 high with blue engineers on the top. We just got these delivered last week because the customers sorted them out. They just got here a bit early that's all but all systems go now. We're currently being battered by storm Asia. I think it's the 9th the 9th main storm of the year. I'm running in January so that's the plan. Alex sorted the van out last night so we've got all the digging stuff. That's our motor speed which hasn't been used for a long time obviously. We haven't had a full weekend since December and I can't remember when that full week was. It's been a long time so we need to get some work done. So yeah let's get digging. Let's get the skip move first then digging. So I'm very impressed with that. We're down about 350. We're gonna put 300 concrete in it for 50 wide and then obviously the tarmac's gonna be patching back the tarmac. I can't find a virgin cave if I don't think the customer's got a virgin. So after so far not found any weeks so they made a cracking job of getting either a hedge or there goes Hodgson's up there. Yeah it's nice digging. A lot easier than I thought it would. As easy as it is when you... I won't mention it again. Yeah it's basically dry top soil that's digging out and putting in a skip unfortunately but needs to go. As I say once we're done this whole driveway is going to be redone I suppose because it's just piled it but it's a bit cheeky that isn't it when the landscape is coming all the way. So we'll get rid of our bit and then if it's left over just lay it out. We're going to have to honeycomb all these bricks because you can see where the paper the paper's wet so they're wet right through a bit of a pain. We were discussing Blackmortar but I did explain to the customer that Blackmortar doesn't stay black it'll always end up pale gray so we'll just need them to decide on that. I did just get it red because red will fade to pink which was nice with the red brick. So yeah we're going to have a break now. I'm on the long spade so I'm not bending and that's going to be taken back and I've got the lace level out and the 40mm higher at that end and then it's at this end so this is our minimum. I'll sell those points basically so all our levels go off this as we start at the highest point you could have looked at your concrete come up higher than your actual pavement and we're going through three of the concrete and a block flat and then the facework. It's going to break a little bit but it can be better this time because I put the mic on before I never switched it on. I've got this on for the wind so while Alex is carrying on with digging this is how I'm up to. This shows you how wet the brick is. These were wrapped. The wrapping did have a hole in it and that's split halfway down through the stack so they're wet now. Right down. Paper's wet though. Basically once the paper's meant to protect it but once that paper's wet it doesn't let it dry out. It keeps it wet. Yeah. Same as having the wrapped, the packs wrapped. To get wet in the wrapped they'll never dry up so I'm spending half an hour 40 minutes doing this. Customers did those ones for us very kindly because they were in the way of the skid which was going to go there but anyway they just had a bit of a breeze over it. Well it's had storm ice over it overnight. Yeah. So they were covered up on the top. You never cover the sides up so when you can get through. So they're pretty much there that stack was covered up but the sides are covered so that hasn't dried up yet. The van's drying out inside. Great. It's dripping a lot of them, isn't it? You dribbled it? Yeah. They've wet boards in there so that just evaporates into the roof and then yeah I've just got this little core in the middle to do. I'm doing it like a courtyard if you like so the air can circulate and it's doubling the stack up. That side's doubled up a little bit but there's a gap in there and we've just got the heat in there doing what it can. Every little helps. Every little helps. It's a good one that, isn't it? Anyway yeah I'm going to get the rest of these stacked up back on there with Alex because we can't leave this because they're unusable. You cannot use them. They're engineering bricks. Well it's class B's engineering bricks so they get unusable unless you're in a foundation. So I'm going to get the rest of these honeycombs out and they've got all day today and all day tomorrow to dry out. All you have to do is make sure the top's covered so the water can't get into the top. As long as the wind can blow through them they will dry out pretty quick because they're engineering bricks. So there you go. Don't let your bricks get wet. Of course this is to people who I don't know. Obviously most people do know what's the channel. So yeah see the end of the pack starts to dry out but as you go into it. If any of you's watched Blues Brothers, that scene where they're both in that big pile of bricks. Almost nine o'clock. I tried to slow that down to show what I was getting at. That side went and took me with it and then it was like a dominoes. Miraculously the van didn't get hit, the radio didn't get hit and the lead got a little dinger on the edge. So all that stuff's fine. Dad is okay at the moment so he's just going to have to restack these somewhere else. It doesn't know that the ground's not firm and we don't really have any spare pallets anymore but I'll probably bring the camera over to me now while I'm dead. So now I'll, well I can see how I'm doing. I'm just trying to carve my way through this part now to find the edge of the pavement. What's cool is you can actually see the old cobble path over me. As you can see from here. So obviously when these routes have come up some of the parmac is like being dragged back so as long as I find that cobble pavement it should be good and like I said I'm just trying to carve my way through here. So there you go. There's our finished level so I just need to get that across. I'm going to put a big dint in here first, maybe get to the end just so I can then go through properly then. Hopefully by then dad might be finished. Moving on then. Gaze this one time, that's for a bit and then we will catch you in a bit. Eat shit, I show you. Look how much dry they are. Obviously you've got where the bricks touch each other but they have completely covered so the wind can't get at them. There's going to be a pain in the arse to cover them but that's brilliant. So after getting buried by them they're all dry so we're ready to go. We've set the custom of the list of the stuff we need so we're going to order that lot and that gives us a chance to get this finished tomorrow morning, get this concrete in tomorrow morning to crack on on Wednesday but Wednesday I've got pre-op in the morning so I only have a chance to come and get Alex set up because the pre-op's at the quarter past now. Just going to go and get that done then we'll both come in the afternoon and get started on this. And see how the weather takes us. So back to time that's in a bit. Back at the extension job to pick our loads up which we're going to use our garden wall job to cover the trench up so I know we don't have any people falling down the trench and putting claims in so we're going to whack these in the back of the van and then head back to the job. Here sorry about that, just slammed the door and the camera went dropped on the floor. You're going to have to excuse the wind, I can't find the mic because it's too dark but I'll try and shield you. There you go. We actually got that dig finished today. It's about half five so not too bad and we've got it all done. You can't even see. It's done believe me. There's just that route to get rid of and obviously we're covering up with the boards picked up from the previous job so I hope you can hear me. So that means we're going to hopefully get concrete tomorrow. So tomorrow's job if the concrete's here will be get that big route cut away then get the levels put in and then get the concrete in and then I think the stuff's coming Wednesday. The rest of the brick's in the sand so that's the plan. That's how windy it is. But yeah, we'll see you for the next part whenever that'll be whether it's tomorrow or whenever they'd bring the concrete to us. Right after a very stressful journey to work again the lads just got here before us bringing them around up this morning, managed to fit us in this morning, got us to space a lot. So Alex is just taking the route out. They're just hanging, waiting for him. And then I've set the lads level and should be doing it. That was in one cube. I was a bit worried it was going to be more than a cube for a minute but you know that's okay. I think you see it's 100 mil down from the pavement so that gives room for a concrete block flat and then face work from there. Face work which is still covered. Storm jostling coming this afternoon because it's the 20, I think it's the 23rd today. Yeah, 23rd, pre-op's tomorrow. Lovely weather tomorrow but I can't come in the morning because I've got to go to the busy hospital. Typical. We've apparently got a good day tomorrow, good day Friday. So what Alex is doing? He put the last bar where it took us high so we're first going to take it out, throw it in the skit which we've done with a little bit of it but then I thought what's the point? We're not working to any particular level so we're just dragging it through and leveling it. So we've just got a nice level foundation. Instead of throwing it away. I'm just sorting that now. I don't have explained in the video or not but we've got a, how? We have a, we set the bottom of the tamp, lift it up so I can see it. We set the bottom of the tamp to 300 for 300 concrete that's the laser line so now we know that's level so we're still missing out trying to get nails and screws into soil which just use the tamp as our guide. So once you've dragged it through and got it all level again, we did have it level right to the end but then I've dragged it back again now just to raise the whole thing up. So next after this it's going to actually pour down later the wind's going to get up so we need to make sure these bricks are covered properly and head off to Bersko to fail to pick the cement up because the cement's in paper bags so you don't want to get it delivered. We're going to put it in the van so it stays dry and we've got a couple of jobs to do this afternoon running down so we're going to get that done while we've got some spare time. Clive Hurt. Anyone who, anyone who recognizes Clive Hurt will know they're owned by Fox, Fox Brothers. They were good friends with Asheville so you'll see Hurt machinery down in Asheville so you can see that kind of stuff up in the northwest. So yeah once this is done taking off from baking butty because we dropped everything like that out the house this morning to make it here. So once it's all covered up we'll let you see it then we'll get going. Little back story to this job so we're all set for tomorrow. Everything's covered, hopefully it'll stay covered during storm jostling. Skip's full, ready to go. I need you to bring it up like that and the regulars don't recognize this one, you won't recognize it yet until I show you this bit. Remember this is the gate that collapsed and nearly hit me on the head. But these are lovely, these are aluminium. Lovely gates and then as you can see the customer has been busy since we were here. And there's real fast cobbles here. I love the looks on the gates there. Oh wonderful stuff. Very clever. Yeah, did all the flagging himself, porcelain obviously. And this is my favourite bit where he's done. There's the wall hidden by the bins. As you can see it's a utility wall, he's not bothered by putting any finishing out or for now. He might do eventually but he's doing a job at the moment. And then we've got this. He's done this little bit that runs into the gully. So when he's washing the dog with the tacks the water gets away down straight down to the gully. That's a lovely little touch that. So this is the job where we're doing the front wall at the end of the garden between them and the neighbours. So there you go. Oh yeah, now we're in the van. Another little item for the back story is, just unwrap a little bit. My friend might as well get my piece out, I'm having mine. This is the place where Alex lost his mind over a piece of lemon cake. He had a revelation. So we've just been made a nice piece of a gluten-free chocolate cake. So I'm all up for that. Alex had his bacon butter first but I'm straight into this. It's lovely. Look at that. I could do some deadlets for that. I don't need a bacon butter after eating that. Look at that. Give me a second. Yes. I'll put the Instagram in the above the picture so you can see what the Instagram is. If in the area, check them out for your fancy cakes. Oh God, I'm not used to this. I think because I'm on the phone. All right. You didn't get to see much unfortunately because of our camera problems but there you go. It's in. So that was a very, I'm sure Dad told you. I woke up, got my clothes on and we were out despite the best efforts. There you have it. So that's ready for... Just making out for this Tuesday of January 2024. It went perfect. I pick up no problems, no moaning. It's about half-time and we're going home. If you haven't got. It doesn't have to often. So this is the end of this part. Next part will be the brickwork. So thank you very much for watching. If you enjoyed be sure to like and if you're new to the channel and you want to see more hit subscribe. I've not done this for a while. Tap on that bell so you're always notified that way. Yeah tap on that bell that way you'll be notified when we upload. That's a massive help and we appreciate the support. 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