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Baggey

2025-09-24, 17:57:11
They'll be using Expanding foam to glue bricks together next  :-X

Dabzy

2025-09-24, 06:09:52
You can also get the expanding foam post fix, but, I wouldnt trust it really, especially where I live on the side of a valley and when the storms blow in the right direction, whistling down the valley, nowt is safe!

Baggey

2025-09-23, 08:53:01
That Postcrete stuff is amazing. I never know how much water to add. May be i should read the Instructions  ;D 

Dabzy

2025-09-22, 21:33:46
Cannot beat a breaky uppy mode, saves the hand cramps and chipped knuckles knocking ten bells out of a chod of conc with a hammer and chisel.

GfK

2025-09-22, 21:28:44
I have a massive JCB drill with a concrete breaky uppy mode which has got me out of jail free a couple of times replacing rotted fence posts that has been concreted in.

Amon

2025-09-22, 19:23:30
What about Roly?

Dabzy

2025-09-22, 19:22:35
Putting my 2 deckings in.... I've dug enough post holes to last me a life time... I feel sorry for the future poor sod who may want to shift'em... Like most things I do, I tend to go over the top, and as such, I've probably got shares in postcrete! :D

GfK

2025-09-22, 19:10:57
Round is a shape.

Baggey

2025-09-22, 19:04:49
Consult a qualified electrician for compliance with BS 7671 and local building Regs! Avoid areas where future digging is likely. ;)

Jackdaw

2025-09-22, 18:18:24
That depends on where the cable is to run. Minimum depth in a garden in 450mm. Under pavements 600mm.

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