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Shout out to the wet trades!
Anyone else laying blocks, plastering, rendering, laying floors in this evil weather? Or on site, general building etc? Holy Shit, this weather has almost killed me, just unloading the tools is enough to finish me off :hehe: Just to add balance, everyone working in this heat has my sympathy, we're just not used to it and move about too quickly, although i suppose that if you're in the office and they have air con, then it's not so bad.
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Air conditioned offices are a thing of the past for those of us home working. Glad I'm indoors though.
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When I was with Darlington’s felt roofing, in weather like this we used to get on site by 6am and work through till it got too hot . (1970’s)
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BLUETIT
When I was with Darlington’s felt roofing, in weather like this we used to get on site by 6am and work through till it got too hot . (1970’s)
I think that they're still going. **** that, on a roof, black tar, imagine scaffolding in this as well, those boys have got it tough, all weathers.
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Tuerto
I think that they're still going. **** that, on a roof, black tar, imagine scaffolding in this as well, those boys have got it tough, all weathers.
Ya, I think Kenny’s boy Wayne is running the show know.
Seen Kenny on level 4 just before lockdown
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When I first got to America I worked as a Chipie/Roofers mate in the middle of summer.
It was ridiculously hot on the roofs.
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Wash DC Blue
When I first got to America I worked as a Chipie/Roofers mate in the middle of summer.
It was ridiculously hot on the roofs.
I can't imagine Pheonix or Dallas being much fun in the heat
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Wash DC Blue
When I first got to America I worked as a Chipie/Roofers mate in the middle of summer.
It was ridiculously hot on the roofs.
I slated three roofs in Hammersmith, summer 2005. It was in the thirties for the two weeks I was up there, horrendous, the dust gets into the sweat, your feet end up like sandpaper.
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Had the week off, looked after the Dog, sat in the lounge with the aircon on, as soon as i leave the lounge its bloody boiling
Yesterday had to build the new Pool ( its slightly better than last years inflatable one, its a above ground 15ft pool with a decent frame around it, sorry i sound flash for anyone here, its not really that flash though, here it is https://www.bestwaystore.co.uk/15-x4...-pool-set.html Big enough to swim in, its a nice 4ft deep ) that took some handling to put together in the heat, its filled now and lovely to relax in, got to get myself some loungers to float around on
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Tuerto
I slated three roofs in Hammersmith, summer 2005. It was in the thirties for the two weeks I was up there, horrendous, the dust gets into the sweat, your feet end up like sandpaper.
Ive roofed buildings in the heat ( when you couldnt pick up the slates as they were too hot ) and the freezing cold ( when you could take off your gloves, lay the palm of your hand on the slate and the thing would stick to your warm hand and you could wave it around and it still wouldnt move )
Roofers have all the extremes
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I’m down to seven stone!!! Blockwork on an extension in Palace Road, laying overhand on the scaffold with next door’s conservatory directly underneath:yikes: Horrible week but it’s up to wall plate, 3.5m ceiling height, like the Cistine Chapel mun:hehe:
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splott parker
I’m down to seven stone!!! Blockwork on an extension in Palace Road, laying overhand on the scaffold with next door’s conservatory directly underneath:yikes: Horrible week but it’s up to wall plate, 3.5m ceiling height, like the Cistine Chapel mun:hehe:
I always admired Brickies who could lay face bricks overhand, I always struggled to build a planter out of Bricks
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blue matt
Ive roofed buildings in the heat ( when you couldnt pick up the slates as they were too hot ) and the freezing cold ( when you could take off your gloves, lay the palm of your hand on the slate and the thing would stick to your warm hand and you could wave it around and it still wouldnt move )
Roofers have all the extremes
Been there. Ever worn shorts and parked your arse on black composite tiles?
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splott parker
I’m down to seven stone!!! Blockwork on an extension in Palace Road, laying overhand on the scaffold with next door’s conservatory directly underneath:yikes: Horrible week but it’s up to wall plate, 3.5m ceiling height, like the Cistine Chapel mun:hehe:
I hope that you're cleaning the snobs of muck off the conservatory!
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Tuerto
Been there. Ever worn shorts and parked your arse on black composite tiles?
Ive buns of steel, so wouldnt effect me :hehe::hehe: on a serious note, my shorts are always down to my knees, you shouldnt be wearing hot pants to work
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I've bee digging holes for fence posts.
Fecking hard,hot work for an amateur, though I'm sure I'm doing it right.
Just hate when you're almost deep enough - then hit a brick.
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Wet trades are wet trades cos they'd make a crap carpenter
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blue matt
Had the week off, looked after the Dog, sat in the lounge with the aircon on, as soon as i leave the lounge its bloody boiling
Yesterday had to build the new Pool ( its slightly better than last years inflatable one, its a above ground 15ft pool with a decent frame around it, sorry i sound flash for anyone here, its not really that flash though, here it is
https://www.bestwaystore.co.uk/15-x4...-pool-set.html Big enough to swim in, its a nice 4ft deep ) that took some handling to put together in the heat, its filled now and lovely to relax in, got to get myself some loungers to float around on
You don’t sound flash butt, although the way you’ve turned a thread about working in the heat to manage to give the actual dimensions of a pool you’re building does certainly make you read like one.
I’m sure that’s not the case,
You still on furlough?
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SLUDGE FACTORY
I can't imagine Pheonix or Dallas being much fun in the heat
No doubt, different types of heat.
I don’t think that they get the matching humidity that we do, but it’s hot as balls (local colloquialism...don’t ask me 😁).
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Wash DC Blue
No doubt, different types of heat.
I don’t think that they get the matching humidity that we do, but it’s hot as balls (local colloquialism...don’t ask me 😁).
Humidity as in DC or Cardiff?
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bobh
I've bee digging holes for fence posts.
Fecking hard,hot work for an amateur, though I'm sure I'm doing it right.
Just hate when you're almost deep enough - then hit a brick.
Use an auger. Fast effective and not expensive. And you don't dig up anything you really don't need to.
They're great unless you hit a plastic waste pipe. One I hit working in Southampton (Which shouldn't have been there) stopped the auger dead and threw me across a car park. My buddy on the other side flew off in the opposite direction. :hehe:
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Tuerto
Anyone else laying blocks, plastering, rendering, laying floors in this evil weather? Or on site, general building etc? Holy Shit, this weather has almost killed me, just unloading the tools is enough to finish me off :hehe: Just to add balance, everyone working in this heat has my sympathy, we're just not used to it and move about too quickly, although i suppose that if you're in the office and they have air con, then it's not so bad.
In all fairness you're a Superhero to me Cross Eyes; being strapped to my desk in my mom air conditioned study. I've got to admit I wilt at in any form of heat and I don't do any physical work. Enjoy a barrel of cold lager on me.
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Dorcus
In all fairness you're a Superhero to me Cross Eyes being strapped to my desk on my study. I've got to admit I will at any instance of heat and I don't do any physical work. Enjoy a barrel of cold lager on me.
Thankyou! truth is, i'm bang average and can't do **** all else!
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Tuerto
Humidity as in DC or Cardiff?
Northern Virginia Mate.
It’s vile at times.
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Wash DC Blue
Northern Virginia Mate.
It’s vile at times.
Is Texas a drier heat? And if so, what's the difference? Sorry for the meteorological questions :hehe:
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Jordi Culé
You don’t sound flash butt, although the way you’ve turned a thread about working in the heat to manage to give the actual dimensions of a pool you’re building does certainly make you read like one.
I’m sure that’s not the case,
You still on furlough?
it was only sticking poles into joints and then spreading out the liner, the point was it was hard work in this heat, which is why i mentioned it
Never really been on Furlough, stopped work at the 1st lockdown till BoJo said the construction trade should return, but worked since, still a fair bit of work down per week as some of my commercial work are having me less often, but its not a massive issue, Sure i'd like to get back to normal, but i can wait
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xsnaggle
Use an auger. Fast effective and not expensive. And you don't dig up anything you really don't need to.
They're great unless you hit a plastic waste pipe. One I hit working in Southampton (Which shouldn't have been there) stopped the auger dead and threw me across a car park. My buddy on the other side flew off in the opposite direction. :hehe:
Im using a Auger to dig " pile holes " to fill with Concrete to sit the mancave on, got to be easier than trenches, driving holes about 1/2 M deep and then just pouring 250mm trenches on top of them
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Tuerto
Anyone else laying blocks, plastering, rendering, laying floors in this evil weather? Or on site, general building etc? Holy Shit, this weather has almost killed me, just unloading the tools is enough to finish me off :hehe: Just to add balance, everyone working in this heat has my sympathy, we're just not used to it and move about too quickly, although i suppose that if you're in the office and they have air con, then it's not so bad.
Working from home has its drawbacks, Internet speed, claustrophobia, interruptions, same 4 walls... as well as the tedium of net meetings.
Feck all compared to you heroes out there!
I salute you all 👏
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Tuerto
Is Texas a drier heat? And if so, what's the difference? Sorry for the meteorological questions :hehe:
I would think so, but that is an assumption.
Will check it out tomorrow.
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Wash DC Blue
I would think so, but that is an assumption.
Will check it out tomorrow.
It gets humid down there. Houston is hot and humid as ****. West Texas not so much. I'll never forget the first time I came to the East Coast. I landed in Newark, went through customs, collected my bags, etc. and then walked outside. It was 9pm on an August night. I had never felt anything like it in my life. It was like someone dropped a warm, damp blanket on me. Today was relatively cool and dry compared to earlier in the week, but it was still 29 degrees and it's 26 now at 10:30pm.
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splott parker
I’m down to seven stone!!! Blockwork on an extension in Palace Road, laying overhand on the scaffold with next door’s conservatory directly underneath:yikes: Horrible week but it’s up to wall plate, 3.5m ceiling height, like the Cistine Chapel mun:hehe:
WOW, you have lost 12 stone Steve ?
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Tuerto
I hope that you're cleaning the snobs of muck off the conservatory!
The muck stays firmly on the bed and perps my dear, :hehe: don’t overload either, mortar waste on the floor = £sd wasted:hehe:
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Jimmy the Jock
WOW, you have lost 12 stone Steve ?
You know me so well James, saying that it’s fallen off me given that I haven’t had a session with you for a while:hehe:
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Looking forward to leaving home now for another day of anguish:biggrin: lovely job ahead of me, dressing natural stone to a uniform width, Cool Hand Luke’s got nothing on me:hehe:
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MacAdder
Working from home has its drawbacks, Internet speed, claustrophobia, interruptions, same 4 walls... as well as the tedium of net meetings.
Feck all compared to you heroes out there!
I salute you all ��
I know how much of a waste of space I'd have been even thirty or forty years ago when I was much fitter than I am now doing the sort of work talked about in this thread, so I join in with your salute, but how about a word for people working in takeaways in this sort of weather? Back during that lovely spell we had in 2018, I went to my favourite chippy around here on a sweltering day and had to wait about ten minutes for a new lot of chips to be fried. By the time, they'd been done, I was genuinely feeling decidedly queasy because the air I was breathing in was not just warm, it was hot - it only took me a few minutes to feel so ill, yet the poor so and so's working there had to put up with that for hours on end.
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the other bob wilson
I know how much of a waste of space I'd have been even thirty or forty years ago when I was much fitter than I am now doing the sort of work talked about in this thread, so I join in with your salute, but how about a word for people working in takeaways in this sort of weather? Back during that lovely spell we had in 2018, I went to my favourite chippy around here on a sweltering day and had to wait about ten minutes for a new lot of chips to be fried. By the time, they'd been done, I was genuinely feeling decidedly queasy because the air I was breathing in was not just warm, it was hot - it only took me a few minutes to feel so ill, yet the poor so and so's working there had to put up with that for hours on end.
They never used to complain in Thayer’s on Wellfield Road:getscoat:
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splott parker
They never used to complain in Thayer’s on Wellfield Road:getscoat:
There's a Thayers shop in Bath, i only found our recently. Blue Matt will probably have a 3 page story on it :hehe:
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splott parker
They never used to complain in Thayer’s on Wellfield Road:getscoat:
They did mid-January!
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bobh
I've bee digging holes for fence posts.
Fecking hard,hot work for an amateur, though I'm sure I'm doing it right.
Just hate when you're almost deep enough - then hit a brick.
You using post hole diggers? Can't remember the spelling, shivolas (that's probably a million miles off the spelling :hehe:) used to use them on the railways for digging makes life much easier, but still not straightforward in this heat.
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Tuerto
There's a Thayers shop in Bath, i only found our recently. Blue Matt will probably have a 3 page story on it :hehe:
With loads of things written (like) this (randomly) and must have a mention of (Disney). 😉