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The Complete Guide to Garden Walls
I’ve spent forty-three years watching people spend a fortune on fancy facing bricks and decorative…
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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Dense and Aerated Blocks Are Not Interchangeable
I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a lad stack aerated blocks like…
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Brush-in Compounds Versus Traditional Pointing
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve stood on a driveway, looking at a…
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Scan, Trial Dig, Then Machine
I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a lad with a brand-new, expensive-looking…
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Segregation Starts in the Chute
I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a lad try to fix a…
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The Complete Guide to Retaining Walls
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve stood on a job site, watching a…
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Battering, Boxes and Sheet Piling
I remember standing on the edge of a narrow cut in a clay-heavy site back…
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Cutting Slabs Without Silica Dust
I remember standing on a driveway in Surrey back in ’98, watching a lad try…
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Never Drop Concrete More Than a Metre
I’ve spent forty-three years watching men sweat over a mixer, thinking they’re doing a grand…
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F2 S2 and What the Letters Mean
I remember standing on a site in the Midlands back in ’98, watching a lad…