hi-ab - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-29T07:06:31Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/hi-abSub-base, Landscape Garden installationhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/sub-base-landscape-garden-installation2013-11-22T12:00:00.000Z2013-11-22T12:00:00.000ZJackson's Landscape Designhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/JacksonsLandscapeDesign<div><p style="text-align: center;">An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/groundworks-on-a-landscape-garden-exeter" target="_blank">View previous day here</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Day 4</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">Coffee.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>18 ton Hi-ab grab</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b017902ff970b-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2019b017902ff970b image-full img-responsive" title="18 ton Hi-ab grab" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b017902ff970b-800wi" alt="18 ton Hi-ab grab" border="0"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Like clock work my 18 ton Hi-ab grab lorry arrives to remove the first load of landscaping sub soil and rubble from site to a licensed tip, this excess topsoil, sub soil and rubble will all be recycled and sold back to the trade.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>12 ton Hi-ab grab lorry</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b01790e08970b-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2019b01790e08970b image-full img-responsive" title="12 ton Hi-ab grab lorry" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b01790e08970b-800wi" alt="12 ton Hi-ab grab lorry" border="0"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Two hours later the second Hi-ab grab lorry arrives, this time we use a 12 ton lorry. Both the grab operator and I work together, he grabs and move the stock pile closer to his grab reach.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have been able to set the laser up to dig level for the reflection pool area and grade off to the required falls and levels, I cannot have any excess material left as my first delivery has arrived consisting of the membrane, this lorry will return with 12 tons of 40mm hardcore material, so I have 2 hours to grade the remaining reflection pool area and membrane the entire project.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Membrane installation</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b0178b03b970c-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2019b0178b03b970c image-full img-responsive" title="Membrane installation" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b0178b03b970c-800wi" alt="Membrane installation" border="0"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The membrane is installed to keep the sub-base material separate from the sub grade below and suppress weeds, a 400mm over lap has been applied to all joints and the entire geotextile fabric has been anchored down with 150mm pins.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>12 tons of Sub base</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b01792d57970b-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2019b01792d57970b image-full img-responsive" title="12 tons of subbase" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b01792d57970b-800wi" alt="12 tons of subbase" border="0"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Right on cue the 40mm sub base is swung over the fence.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Again using my eye for a level I am able to cover the entire membrane with 100mm of sub base, as its late in the day I wont use the laser, I'm interested in covering the membrane for the night so the wind doesn't lift it all.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Groundworks sub-base</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b01793b1c970b-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2019b01793b1c970b image-full img-responsive" title="Ground works subbase" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b01793b1c970b-800wi" alt="Ground works subbase" border="0"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Again, I work in harmony with the grab operator to roughly cover the membrane, At a later date the sub base will cut to the required levels and falls.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Sub base installed</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b0178d950970c-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2019b0178d950970c image-full img-responsive" title="Subbase installed" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2019b0178d950970c-800wi" alt="Subbase installed" border="0"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">More so at this time of the year the team and I work quickly to get to this stage, I now have a clean site, slopping around in mud makes a landscapers life harder than what it already is, all ducting, drainage and pool excavations will be undertaken at a later date.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Every day the garden will be kept tidy once we have completed our goals.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Tomorrows blog:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/concrete-footings-landscaping-a-rear-garden" target="_blank">Concrete footings Landscaping a rear Garden</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p></div>