Paving Slabs - Laying
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Colin B
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Manchester
We always used the pick blade and walk method , don't try and lift them suckers cos you will hurt yourself for sure
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
[QUOTE 3000704, member: 9609"]Time to build a crane - i have a plan,
something to grip and hold the flag
some sort of tripod / A frame to stand above the slab
some ropes and stuff to hoist it up and down
should keep me occupied for a while[/QUOTE]
something to grip and hold the flag
some sort of tripod / A frame to stand above the slab
some ropes and stuff to hoist it up and down
should keep me occupied for a while[/QUOTE]
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
- Location
- Canonbie
[QUOTE 3000528, member: 9609"]some of them have sank a little, they need lifted out, re-bedded and lifted back in. the difficulty is in laying them flat and gently onto the mix.[/QUOTE]
I tried to do that with mine. Now they stick up at allsorts of odd angles!
I tried to do that with mine. Now they stick up at allsorts of odd angles!
mr messy
Veteran
- Location
- Sunny? Glasgow, the friendly city...
Do you have a 3D printer?
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
that's good advice... when telling the wife to do it
Blooming autocorrect.....
GRAVEL....!
mr_cellophane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Essex
She's under them or is that a different thread ?
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
[QUOTE 3000798, member: 9609"]and here is the plan - the threaded bar should tighten and lock the slab to the baton of wood. , bit concerned that the steel plate may bend out of shape. then I should be able to hoist it up and down, may be with another thread bar hung from the underside of some ladders ??? with a bit of luck it might all work
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how about trying to rig up something that takes advantage of the weight of the load... like this:
there is a version for flag stones but couldn't find a decent image... but you'll get the principle.
how about trying to rig up something that takes advantage of the weight of the load... like this:
there is a version for flag stones but couldn't find a decent image... but you'll get the principle.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
[QUOTE 3001070, member: 9609"]that's the ticket, I'm sure something like that wouldn't be too difficult. Have started my other one now, but wondering if I should go back to the drawing board, hmmmm[/QUOTE]
it'd be very similar to your design... just two big batons instead of one, pivoted in the middle and no horizontal threaded bar
it'd be very similar to your design... just two big batons instead of one, pivoted in the middle and no horizontal threaded bar
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
[QUOTE 3000543, member: 9609"] I have seen the council using those vaccuum lifters, they're brilliant, even seen one on the end of a mini digger!.[/QUOTE]
Hire a lifter and a digger, go on, we know you want to.
Hire a lifter and a digger, go on, we know you want to
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