12-10-2012, 01:37 PM
(12-10-2012, 12:49 PM)Andy M0FYA Wrote: Joe, thanks for your reply. I have just had a go at bailing out the trench (I dug it about 10" deep, and it is about 3" full of water) and realised I am wasting my time, obviously the surrounding ground is sodden to this level, so my first batch of dry mix will sit in water, not just in a damp hole. I'm quite sure that if we have another run of bad weather the trench will simply fill to the brim with water, and the frogs will move in!
I'll fill it in a number of batches, as I'm carrying bags of stone chippings from the local B&Q in an ordinary motor-car which I don't want to overload! Not the cheapest way, I know.
Andy
Hi agian Andy, I got the posts mixed up somehow so I will start on the basis of the above message I am replying to:
If that 10" deep trench is going to be filled up to the top with concrete and there is 3" of water in the bottom you might just get away it, it depends on how dry your ballast is, it is something I have done a few times in the past but you have to be quick, the method is to dry mix in a mixer or barrow and get the trench filled up as quick as you can then slice your shovel up and down along the length of the poured stuff to settle and level it out, if the water in the trench is not enough then just add some, if that is something you wouldn't feel comfortable with I would leave it until the weather gets a bit better and go the normal route, presumably you will lay the flags on a bed of sand or dabs of cement. If I was up there I would give you a hand Andy as concrete seems to be my middle name.
Lawrence.
