Tuesday, 29 November 2011

concrete

firstly we started by putting on my ppe and getting the equipment that i would be using "
2 bags of ballast
1 bag of sharp sand
1 bag of cement"
1 in-mould
first i started by putting the ballast into a wheelbarrow i then started putting in the sharpsand and mixing them together i then added some cement and water and started mixing the ballast cement etc.. untill i felt that it was mixed i then started shoving the concrete into the in-mould until filled.
i then started tapping the corners to get the air bubbles out after i felt that all the bubbles was out i smooths the top of any extra water
i then left it to dry for 24hours then took it out carefully not to break after i reported to the site manager  and cleaned up my area.

string line 3-4-5

firstly i started by putting on some of my PPE boots and gloves and collecting the equipment that i would be using "string and garden wire and 6bricks to hold in place

i then started by making a left angle triangle " 90' angle" "with the string and holding it with bricks the measurements was 400cm/300cm/500cm
400cm down 300cm right-left 500cm across
i then tied around garden wire around the string where the string crossed over.
i then started making the right angle triangle into a square making sure that all corners was at a 90' angle

after i made the square i got the site manager to check the string line and then he gave me another task which was to take out a part of a corner and made sure all corners in the square was at 90'.
 after finishing that task i reported back to the site manager took a picture "with the big camera" and cleaned up my area.

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

manhole

firstly I started by putting on my PPE boots gloves and goggles to protect my eyes skin and hands from any cuts and dust going anywhere.
after i put on my PPE i started collecting the equipment that I would by using for the manhole
towel
spirt level
pug
pencil
bricks
line sharpen
wire brush
right angle

I started by drawing a line where I was going to build the manhole I secondly started laying the first course to get an outline to guide, i then used the right angle to get the bricks level. i then started laying the second course where i started checking to see if all side was plum i carrioed on this method till i was 6courses high.
the hardest thing about the manhole was remebering to make sure that all the sides was plum not just my side but michaels side was aswell.

the next day i took a picture and started taking down the manhole after the manhole was cleared i cleaned up my area and reported back to the site manager

Monday, 14 November 2011

English bond 1790mm / 6 courses

firstly I started by putting on my PPE

Steel toe capped boots - to protect my feet from falling bricks
goggles - to protect my eyes from anything "dust from the bricks"
gloves - to protect my skin from the lime in the pug and from any sharp objects " corners in the bricks"

i then started by getting 2 breeze blocks and placing a pallet on top where the pug was going to be.
 i then drew a line "1790cm" where the wall from going to be.
i then started getting the equipment that i was going to be using ready to use.
trowel
sprit level
around 40-50 bricks
brick hammer
and the line sharpen

i then started building the wall up 12-8 untill i finished the wall on the sheet
after i finished i sharpened up the wall then took a picture.
i then cleaned up my area and reported to the site manager.

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

12-9 brick wall

first i started by putting on my P.P.E
boots - to protect from any heavy/ falling items
 gloves - to protect my skin from the pug and sharp edges of the bricks
 goggles - to protect my eyes from dust and pug
After putting on my PPE I began by getting all the tools that i would need
trovel
2 breeze blocks
string line
sprit level
pug
pallet

i then drew a line so i know where to place the wall i then started by building my part of the wall, " this wall was very annoying because i didnt finish the first day and when i came back on tuesday the wall had started leaning and i had to rebuild nearly all of the wall again"
after i finished the wall and i was happy that it was plum and level it was checked by the site manager and after he was happy "7/10" i cleaned up my area and reported to the site manager