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29th November 2005, 08:08 AM #1
Laying a concrete path between house and retaining wall
I need to lay a path between a house and a retaining wall. The path is about 900mm wide, however I am not sure about ensuring levels and so on? I wont have any form work to level the stuff off against? Should I run a screed long ways? Should I have some sort of division between the concrete and the retaining wall? Will I have lamb or beef for tea tonight? What am I to do?
CheersThere was a young boy called Wyatt
Who was awfully quiet
And then one day
He faded away
Because he overused White
Floorsanding in Canberra and Albury.....
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29th November 2005, 08:59 AM #2
Bang in some height pegs and screed to them. Bob's your uncle.
Oh, and don't forget to pull them out before the concrete goes off."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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29th November 2005, 09:06 AM #3
Knew it would be easy, thanks.
There was a young boy called Wyatt
Who was awfully quiet
And then one day
He faded away
Because he overused White
Floorsanding in Canberra and Albury.....
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29th November 2005, 09:08 AM #4
And I think lamb would be better.
Nothing quite like a lamb roast.
TravSome days we are the flies; some days we are the windscreen
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29th November 2005, 10:02 AM #5
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29th November 2005, 12:34 PM #6
Originally Posted by namtrak
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30th November 2005, 07:54 AM #7
I would certainly use expansion material other wise you risk pushing out the retaining wall. Pegs for level work well, so does a bit of 2" x 1" used to screed to placed at suitable intervals and pulled up along with it's pegs when you finish screeding. If you are going to rule a few lines they can be placed at this point if you wish as well, but whatever you end up doing the float will allow you to place a small amount of aggregate where the form work had been and rub it up nice and flat.
John
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30th November 2005, 08:07 AM #8
Small persnickity technical correction John!
Use the foam expansion joint, so when the concrete is layed it will compress slightly and as the concrete SHRINKS you won't get a gap between the retaining wall and the edge of the house.
Concrete actually shrinks over time, expansion is unlikely to be a problem.
Cheers.
P (Smarty pants)
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30th November 2005, 08:14 AM #9Concrete actually shrinks over time, expansion is unlikely to be a problem.
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30th November 2005, 04:31 PM #10
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Very interesting and pretty hard question to answer, from my experience...I think I would go for the beef.
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30th November 2005, 05:03 PM #11
Horseradish! definitely use horseradish on the Beef..............
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30th November 2005, 10:09 PM #12
You may well be right Midge, I'll stand corrected on that one
. However the gap does tend to trap all sorts of muck and there is a small amount of expansion and contraction over the course of a day between full sun and the wee small hours. But the consensus is the same regarding the expansion material, its worth the effort.
Why use horseradish on the beef when a port wine sauce does the job better?
John
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