The laying of patio thread or: How to work hard in your holidays!

[gijoe1313]

Well, the olds are getting me to do a spot of house improvements (which means less improvement in my finances! )

Laying down a covered patio area at the back of the house and secretly I am converting it already to a bike pit!

Will be putting in a paved area and doing the Amish barn-raising thing and having that solar suntuff stuff on a wooden frame yada yada.

Figgers, when I'm not working, I'm working! I've collared the cousins in for manual labour (their dad approves since they are soft as, and need to know what digging a ditch and smashing your thumb with a hammer feels like )

Will update when I can be arsed and all the other humorous happenstances as they occur!

And oh yeah, I learnt from the first time I laid a patio down and this time doing it right ... went to Hireafool and rented a POWER DIGGER! (Yes!! ) ... waiting for it to be delivered now!

Piccies to follow.

[insane1]

do i get to smash concrete this time.

[oldrider]

Good luck with the power digger, it could take you longer and cost more.

Get a video of it.

You can make money on AFV....Americas funniest home videos! Good luck. Cheers John.

[gijoe1313]

I got it dropped off to start work tomorrow on it, I thought I'd fool around on it but bugger me if I haven't done half the bloody job already!

I've worked with diggers before and I don't know why I didn't do it the first time around!

I think I better not do too much since I did promise the cousins they could learn how to use one!

[Mike748]

I think I better not do too much since I did promise the cousins they could learn how to use one!

I hope you have more room for them to learn on than in ya pic, otherwise you might end up with more indoor outdoor flow to the house than you intended ......

Good luck

[Ixion]

Ah. That's why when I dropped by an ringa-ding-dinged. just to show Daisy her big sister, you didn't show. Never mind, the neighbours will have blamed you for the noise.

[gijoe1313]

Ah. That's why when I dropped by an ringa-ding-dinged. just to show Daisy her big sister, you didn't show. Never mind, the neighbours will have blamed you for the noise.

Awfully sorry old chap, yes Daisy was sitting outside forlorn for lack of not being ridden this fine day...

Alas, I could not stop playing with the digger and I have precious little for my cousins to actually do with the digger tomorrow!

'Tis bliss to work with powered automated devices that have excess horsepower to spare! Poor little spade and wheelbarrow, didn't get so much as a howdy-doo! A nice big hole in the back yard is what every household needs!

$218 from Hireafool (part of $400 deposit)

Tomorrow shall be a ute hired and a vibrating (ooer!) compacting contraption with several trips of Gap10 to bed in!

And somehow I shall fool around with the digger for a bit longer before they pick it up mid-day

[Donor]

I hope you have more room for them to learn on than in ya pic, otherwise you might end up with more indoor outdoor flow to the house than you intended ......

Good luck

That's all part of his Feng Shui plan...

[kevfromcoro]

Fuck ...what are you doing on that
Get back on ya bike...and leave it alone

[gijoe1313]

Fuck ...what are you doing on that
Get back on ya bike...and leave it alone

I'm trying to get knee down on it now, taking the corners at 15 degree lean!

[The Pastor]

yeah kinda looks a bit messy today was a good riding day, but im no longer riding

[gijoe1313]

Well the cuzzies came over and veni, vidi, vici!

Went to TotalidiotHire and picked up a ute ($60 for 6 hours with a $120 deposit needed) and then to Hireafool for a vibrating (ooer! ) plate compactor.

Got the lads and gave them the learn on the controls of the digger and away they went! I picked up 2.5 M3 of Gap10 from SpaceCadetMakers (Placemakers) and 14 blackstone pavers. I had a grand time pootling back and forth in the ute and doing the one arm out the window reverse backing.

The lads funneled the material off and I blasted them with good advice while standing in the shade

Once the last load of gap went in, the vibrator (ooer!) did its tricks and patted it down toot sweet. I gave the lads a feed of fush n'chups from the olds takeaways and we all happy! Easiest job I've ever had to do so far!

Bunged all the gear back to the places with a quick shake and broom and rewarded myself with shopping at Supercheap at the 25% sales. Bliss!

[gijoe1313]

So solly, meesa so solly I not tweak big gaijin noses in rong time! Ruck you!

Ninja show wife-wrong wreaning by mastering knee down technique!

See ninja on wide? No? Ruck you!

Flirst, sneak verry verry ninja quietly on new wide ... with ninja weflex I am on!

But always wemember ATGATT .. All The Gwear All The Tlime! Ruck you!

See ninja get knee down! Then use speciwal ninja technique and do 180 degree turn! Ahhh ... no can see? Ruck you then!

[oldrider]

So solly, meesa so solly I not tweak big gaijin noses in rong time! Ruck you!

Ninja show wife-wrong wreaning by mastering knee down technique!

See ninja on wide? No? Ruck you!

Flirst, sneak verry verry ninja quietly on new wide ... with ninja weflex I am on!

But always wemember ATGATT .. All The Gwear All The Tlime! Ruck you!

See ninja get knee down! Then use speciwal ninja technique and do 180 degree turn! Ahhh ... no can see? Ruck you then!

You are a credit to this country Ninja turtle, ruck yoo tu! Cheers John.

[Swoop]

Truly appalling!

A PROPER patio layer would have ended up showing a bare minimum of around six inches of buttcrack!
The Union of Patio Layers Of No Knowledge Encouraging Rider Speed (PLONKERS) would be walking out of this site and forming a picket line!