Building a retaining wall & new labourer

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13 күн бұрын

Building a retaining wall out of blocks and laying them on flat to make a 215mm wide wall. Mostly footage filmed using the GoPro on my head and featuring my new labourer who is helping for the next couple of months (hopefully!).

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@iainrutherford184 11 күн бұрын

Cracking job Sam. So therapeutic watching 🫣. All the very best with breaking in the trowel and young Danny 😊

@SamDaviesBuilder 11 күн бұрын

Thanks 😃. It’s great to have a young labourer that is keen back on the scene!

@ernestogonzalez17 7 күн бұрын

Looks good brother

@SamDaviesBuilder 7 күн бұрын

Thankyou 😃

@ernestogonzalez17 7 күн бұрын

@@SamDaviesBuilder Ofc!

@pizzabuilder6556 7 күн бұрын

Well done on 10k mate, looking forward to the new pizza oven build series

@SamDaviesBuilder 7 күн бұрын

Thanks, can’t wait to get stuck into the build!

@MarcusT86 11 күн бұрын

Beautiful work as always buddy. The quality on the video is amazing. I can see that lovely mortar in all its detail. That is a very long retaining wall. And this vid is perfect timing as I’ll be starting the blockwork for my wall in a few weeks. Nice to see you’ve got a new helper. Hope he’s eager to learn from a master! Are those wall ties for the concrete to cure around to grip onto the blockwork? And that footing for it looks like a monster. What dimensions is it? Got to be 400mm deep like mine.

@SamDaviesBuilder 11 күн бұрын

Thanks! New GoPro so that explains the better quality. Yea Danny is turning out to be a quick learner but he’s going into the motor trade in September. Ties are to grip into the concrete backfill yea, just to tie it all together a bit more. I didn’t do the foundation but that is a huge pour and at least 400mm like you say, it was because when they dug out the first bit it was lower than the house next doors shallow foundations. I think the guy that did the shuttering and pour was glad to get that concrete in before any movement happened!

@brickbybric 9 күн бұрын

Nice job Sam you are gone back to Marshalltown i see.

@SamDaviesBuilder 9 күн бұрын

@@brickbybric Yea, sadly both those Bon trowels broke on the handles so they exchanged the last broken one for the Marshalltown. I need to break it in now though as its like using a shovel!

@brickbybric 8 күн бұрын

@@SamDaviesBuilder the Bon trowels are forged in Slovenia Sam ,but from what I’ve heard they are shipped to the u.s.a with out handles . So the handles may be sourced in china and may not be the best quality if they are splitting like that .

@SamDaviesBuilder 8 күн бұрын

@@brickbybric from what RhinoBuild said I was just very unlucky 🤣. (Or heavy handed!!)