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Squaring Up With Diagonals
I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a young lad pull his tapes…
Author: Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
Concrete does not fail because of the concrete. It fails because the ground underneath was wrong, the weather was wrong, or somebody added water on site to make life easier. I write about the sub-base, the curing and the joints — the three things nobody photographs and everybody skips. Forty-three years of pours taught me that the pour itself is the easy part and the hour before it decides everything.
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Full Mortar Bed and Slurry Primer
I remember standing on a job in Surrey ten years ago, looking at a client’s…
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Water Driven Through a South-west Wall
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve stood in a customer’s hallway, listening to…
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The Complete Guide to Mortar
I’ve spent forty-three years watching lads buy the most expensive bagged mixes on the market,…
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The Complete Guide to Bricklaying
I once watched a lad, barely twenty, spend three days laying a beautiful, perfectly plumb…
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Paving a Front Garden Within the Rules
I remember standing on a job in Surrey about ten years back, watching a lad…
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Transferring Load From Wall to Pile
I’ve spent forty-three years watching lads chase the wrong problems on site. Most of them…
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Aggregate Grading Decides Workability
I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a lad try to save a…
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Most Rising Damp Is Something Else
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve stood in a living room, watching some…
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The Complete Guide to Concrete Repair
I spent forty-three years watching men pour money down the drain because they thought a…