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Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:01 pm
by Krazycoaster
Delta79 wrote: where is the concrete they poured the other day. It should be going across the mid to upper right of that photo ?
It got washed away by the rain because it hadn't set properly! Let's hope they check the weather forecast before they pour it again  :anger:

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:16 pm
by Kenzie2012
Krazycoaster wrote:
Delta79 wrote: where is the concrete they poured the other day. It should be going across the mid to upper right of that photo ?
It got washed away by the rain because it hadn't set properly! Let's hope they check the weather forecast before they pour it again  :anger:
Where has this come from??? TS??

The concrete can not have been washed away.

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:26 pm
by Krazycoaster
Kenzie2012 wrote:
Krazycoaster wrote:
Delta79 wrote: where is the concrete they poured the other day. It should be going across the mid to upper right of that photo ?
It got washed away by the rain because it hadn't set properly! Let's hope they check the weather forecast before they pour it again  :anger:
Where has this come from??? TS??

The concrete can not have been washed away.
If you look at the latest picture, you can see there is no concrete. So obviously it has been washed away...

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:47 pm
by Kenzie2012
It's still there, it's just under a layer of muddy water/sludgy waste.

Even people on site today have said its still there.

The idea that much concrete could have been washed away is rubbish....

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:51 pm
by Kenzie2012
I'll expand my side before anyone else asks for it...

The pour was in a hole, a massive hole, if its rained and "washed" the concrete away, where it gone?
How's it got out of the hole? Does anyone know if its been pumped out? There's certainly no drains for it is there?

No! Because its still there....

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:53 pm
by Krazycoaster
Kenzie2012 wrote: I'll expand my side before anyone else asks for it...

The pour was in a hole, a massive hole, if its rained and "washed" the concrete away, where it gone?
How's it got out of the hole? Does anyone know if its been pumped out? There's certainly no drains for it is there?

No! Because its still there....
I understand exactly what you are saying; how silly to think it had been washed away  ](*,)

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:04 pm
by Kenzie2012
Krazycoaster wrote: Image
Concrete!!
In this picture then, I don't know the name but is that not concrete coming out of the top of all the rebar piles??

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:09 pm
by ry1996
^ Yeah the concretes still there, its just under that layer of sludge from the rain..theres no where for the concrete to even go for it to wash away. Yes you can see it under the rebar.

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:14 pm
by Krazycoaster
Kenzie2012 wrote:
Krazycoaster wrote: Image
Concrete!!
In this picture then, I don't know the name but is that not concrete coming out of the top of all the rebar piles??
Yes; they look like footers to me.

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:17 pm
by Kenzie2012
Right then, footers they are... Footers a made of concrete, concrete that was poured in the rain also???.....

But the footers are still there?!?!

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:20 pm
by Krazycoaster
Kenzie2012 wrote: Right then, footers they are... Footers a made of concrete, concrete that was poured in the rain also???.....

But the footers are still there?!?!
First, we'll all now agree that the concrete was not washed away, just covered by wet mud from rain. The footers are surrounded by a holder which goes around the outside of the rebar, this keeps the footers' shape. Once the footers are dry they'll remove the holder and you'll have the finished footer!! Because they are in holders, the rain cannot wash them away.

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:22 pm
by Kenzie2012
After I typed that I had that moment where I realised they needed a casing of some sort to keep shape.

Rumour of the concrete has come from TS I think.... I've got photos of site to day being sent to me so ill post when they come through.
Apparently you can see the concrete under the muck a lot easier today.

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:35 pm
by ry1996
The actual footers haven't been poured yet, you can still see the rebar.

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:59 pm
by Krazycoaster
ry1996 wrote: The actual footers haven't been poured yet, you can still see the rebar.
Yes, i've just noticed this as well. The white boxes that can be seen go in the center of the rebar to support the footer's shape.

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:20 pm
by Ripsaw Raver
poviding they are footers and are to the indoor section, it looks like the track will careen straight into that mud wall unless there is some kind of airtime hill or small zero-g-roll, not like the standard Inlinetwists Gerst seem to do.

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:11 pm
by DeanGaryCox
went there yesterday... the hole they've dug and the whole ride site in general is alot bigger than what the pictures make it out to be!

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:04 am
by PeteB
-- BREAKING NEWS --

Some of the TowersTimes team were at the park today for Scarefest and have unfortunately not returned..

It seems due to the heavy rain, they have also been washed away, hence why I am the only one online.

RIP TeamTT who went to watery grave. Sad times.  :(





The information above is total rubbish lol, team TT are fine!

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:09 am
by Ripsaw Raver
you tit lol

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:31 am
by stretchy
You really should keep better tabs on your team Pete. Last time you lost them they were found working the street.

Re: The Smiler - Construction Discussion

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:26 am
by Kenzie2012
Just to point out again.... The concrete was NOT washed away.