Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Anyone have a sledgehammmer?
Does anyone here have a sledgehammer I could borrow over the next couple of days - I'm going to sort out those dog turds in the passage!!
I'm actually breaking up some concrete in the back garden and would be grateful of I could borrow one. I could buy one but then I'm stuck with a sledgehammer I will never use again!
If anyone wants to vent their frustrations about any local (or indeed non-local) issues on my concrete, please feel free to join me.......
I'm actually breaking up some concrete in the back garden and would be grateful of I could borrow one. I could buy one but then I'm stuck with a sledgehammer I will never use again!
If anyone wants to vent their frustrations about any local (or indeed non-local) issues on my concrete, please feel free to join me.......
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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A small tip for you Lee: with sledgehammers, smaller is often better.
You'll be able to work harder for longer and more accurately if you use, say, a two kilogram sledgehammer than a 16 lb job - this is particularly applicable to wood framing demolition, something with which I have recent experience (I'm afraid I don't have a sledgehammer here).
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Permalink Reply by Danzigger on
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I've been gradually removing all the concrete from our back yard over the past few months - it's bas**ard hard work!
If it's anything like the stuff I've been removing, which was up to eight inches thick, you'd save yourself a lot of time, effort and swearing if you hired a breaker. I got an 11kg demolition Breaker from Bond and White in Highgate for £23 for a day.
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Permalink Reply by Lee Andrews on
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Thanks for the advice guys, the breaker looks like a good idea, though I'm sure there will still be plenty of swearing. The bit I'm really dreading is getting all the rubble and soil from the back garden and through the house as there is no access from the rear. Oh well, it's gotta be done.....!!!
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Permalink Reply by maggie on
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I have a small sledge hammer, I weighed it on the scales before realising that the weight is engraved on the side at 4 lbs. It may be too small for the job but if you'd like to try it out then drop a line.
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Hi Lee hope it works out for you
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Permalink Reply by Gill.L-W on
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I have a fairly ancient sledgehammer- think its about 8lb if that is of any use? Never used it as far as I can remember. Must have inherited it, along with many other extremely useful tools, from my Dad. You can borrow if you want...
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Can we use it on certain politicians heads please
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Permalink Reply by Alison P on
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It's a horrible job isn't it. I did this a few years back and hired something like what Danzigger recommends. It made it much easier but by the end of the day I felt as though I had developed that industrial illness you used to hear about - vibration white finger I think it's called.
If you want to borrow a wheelbarrow let me know, mine is just mouldering in the cellar ...
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repetitive strain injury RSI
Not much chance unless you are not an exploited worker
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Permalink Reply by Steve Hatch on
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Hi Lee,
Good news, I have a good one you can borrow!
It's 7lb and perfect for the job of smashing concrete. So don't go buying one, you can borrow ours.
I will put it in my car now and you can pick it up from my office on Turnpike lane - Castles Estate Agents No 5 Turnpike Lane (near the Tollgate pub).
Pop along anytime after 12 noon... BTW it has a shockproof rubber handle and you don't need a license!
All the best Steve Hatch
07976 226111
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Steve,
Thanks for your generous offer, but I hired a breaker from Jewson's and did it yesterday, I have just returned it now.
If anyone needs anything like that I would recommend Jewson's (next to Harringay station), ask for Des, he's very helpful and has often knocked a few quid off the hire price for me.
Alison,
Could I take you up on the wheelbarrow offer? I can pick it up tomorrow if you're about.
Thanks all
Lee
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Now, if Jewson's would just use their breaker, wrecking ball and other hire tools to smash their ugly collapsing "fence" and transform that stretch of wilderness alongside their premises into a pleasant open green space, they would earn the gratitude of residents and users of Wightman Road - upon which their arrival two decades ago cast nothing but blight, bother and eyesore.
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