Casting own L-support

[el_richard]

http://www.stenbolaget.se/utomhusprodukter/murar/l-stod.html

 

[Manberg]

Winners find solutions! See opportunities where others see problems!

LOVE the enthusiasm!

 

[-Martin-]

How did it go??

 

[Pumba]

A thread like this is always interesting.
I was considering casting it myself too, but chose to build with gabions instead.
I received a completely insane quote for L blocks for my wall, it was almost 200,000 SEK with shipping and having them lifted into place with a crane truck, a corresponding wall with gabions costs me 25,000 SEK...
We estimated the cast wall would cost somewhere between 15,000-20,000 SEK, but it was dropped due to the complexity of casting a 20-meter-long and 2-meter-high L-support with an angle at one end.

 

[Erik Salhammar]

Building molds for such projects is both difficult and expensive.....There is an enormous pressure you need to withstand at the bottom of the mold.

but I think they are usually cast laying down.

still tricky. Someone I know cast their own, but after a couple of years they cracked at the angle..

 

[fsn]

but I think they are usually cast lying down.

still tricky. Someone I know cast their own, but after a couple of years they cracked at the angle..

..... as he also wrote in post #7 28Feb 2012

 

[tobbbias]

I think Mr. P S has likely ended up in the "graveyard of silent witnesses" after his great enthusiasm about casting those super large chunks himself... Not all engineers can be winners and find solutions...

 

[Erik Salhammar]

..... as he also wrote in post #7 28Feb 2012

one bonus point is hereby awarded to you. And if I know you like my dirty underwear, you'll quickly trade yourself for a Trisslott or two. Share the winnings with Fariidh

 

[Erik Salhammar]

I think Mr. P S has probably ended up in the "silent witnesses' graveyard" after his great enthusiasm about casting those super large lumps himself... Not all engineers can be winners and find solutions...

if you're not the owner of a concrete casting company, you buy these things. Engineer or not.

blast stone is more beautiful in every way. If you make these yourself, they are also cheaper. But then you must have access to the internet.

 

[fsn]

one bonus point is hereby awarded to you. And if I know you like my dirty underwear, you'll quickly trade them for a lottery ticket or two. Share the winnings with Fariidh

I don't know what you're trying to say, but you probably don't know me, I don't care about your underwear, and I don't know who Fariidh is.