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So Friday my day was filled with meetings and web based work from 09.00 to 17.00
I had ordered two tons of sharp sand, 6 x 25kg bags of cement, 4 x Maxi bags of 20mm Shingle and a pallet of 100mm dense concrete building blocks My biggest concern was managing the delivery, as I wanted to get the bags put on pallets so that I could move them down to the bottom of the garden from the sidewalk where the delivery lands. At 08.15 the hijab truck stopped outside in the street. By 08.30 he drove off, having delivered. Mickey helped me with a wooden pallet rested on some 100mm beams for the building blocks as they do not come on a pallet...... Nd I really did not want to have to wheel them all down little by little on the wheelbarrow. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psz1qk235a.jpg Bloody heavy at over a ton, pulling uphill on the drive out front. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psdpakuokh.jpg My £5.00 pallet truck bought years ago as the scrap recyclers, came in bloody handy. All pulled through to the back of the house. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psunnhe2ns.jpg Next move would be downhill, to the garage where they would be used. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psihjhoom9.jpg During lunchtime, between webconferences I got the precarious loads up on the pallet truck and carefully got them down the slope to the garage. I was pooping myself that the loads would end up off the concrete strips and spread on the lawn. After doing the bags of sand lith cement and stone on top, on my own, the blocks bottomed out and I needed to call Mickey over to help me shove and guide the blocks down the path. Dece[timely heavy and too heavy as loaded. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psccszl4rm.jpg And all done. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psqxgwm3dg.jpg Weekend ahead will be garden, yard work and a lot of preparation for making foundations, and also relaying a meter of paving. . |
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I got to scrub the tiles with a wire brush on Sunday, and they came up good.
Job done now, other than wanting to replace the large wooden lintel at some point. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psf3mbhm6q.jpg |
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Amazing, how time flies.
Especially when you are busy doing stuff. A lot of what I am doing in preparation for building this 6m Meter by 6 meter carport in front of the garage is appearing from the left field. Stuff like having to cut back my shared hedge with Mickey some more. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4hjl86q9.jpg Moving my steel cabinet of garden tools away, clearing the proposed wall to be demolished. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psj3ayws0p.jpg https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8x9w0paq.jpg The woodwork shed is getting new roofing felt later as storm Dennis tore the top sheet off earlier this year. Also painting it and of course clearing growth from around it. Tight fit https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psrcem8a79.jpg Discovering an old nesting box that was habituated last year and having to repair it for reinstallation. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psjlelva55.jpg https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0afoliw7.jpg New position. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psjfukn5ln.jpg Painting the shed at Mickey side which is 2 foot below my ground level was interesting. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psyueap07h.jpg https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pshaa4o9fh.jpg Front and left side Done. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0mynpj5g.jpg More dismantling next and clearing the secret garden somI can get in there to paint and do the refelting of the roof. |
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BBQ came out really good. You look like you've lost some weight too.
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You are very kind, I have actually gained a lot of weight, being stuck here at home, indoors mostly, working online from home. Quick photo dump today. Dennis in St Louis has been getting on with his 1966 C10 on a 2015 NASCAR chassis, motor and transmission build. They have seen unprecedented rain and bad weather this year, so shoptime becomes a natural option. The dogs are always in the shop with him, and Son Adam’s dog Cinch hates thunder and lightening. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psklnexw1u.jpg Loads of panels made, shaped and welded to bring the C10 and Race truck bodies together. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pspcqcjo7a.jpg Rear end. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psbtciqfh7.jpg More parts, panels made nd fitted as nothing is off the shelf here. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5u3msnis.jpg https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psagpu4vlm.jpg C10 dash meet race truck body https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0kst7okq.jpg During one of the few rain free days, the GMC Cabalero (which I believe is for sale) did some garden work. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pshsjdegsm.jpg Getting here..... https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pspphu5jnp.jpg Little criminal...... https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psqruukykk.jpg Getting on with it. Steering and pedal placement. Note the custom made gas pedal from Andy Martin in Tulsa Oklahoma https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psghzw2ihx.jpg Bedsides in for paint at last. Note the wheel arches needed to be moved forward to suit the race truck wheel placement. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psf7s8e9y0.jpg Visitor at the shop. Chevy, going on Ebay over the weekend. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps035kbjfw.jpg What $18k buys you in axle hardware. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psxabsty9r.jpg Inside and outside painted. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psrqxgcjtk.jpg Back home two days ago. Fitted...... https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9tz1t4ko.jpg Note NASCAR exhaust poking out in front of rear tyres. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psish2kyx3.jpg Hope to see more soon. |
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Galaxy to the rescue, again.
Had it been the Focus, not so easy. Went looking for some decent 100-150mm castor wheels at scrapyard to build a cab trolley for the C10 cab. Failed. But scored a free galvanised home gardening wheelbarrow for Sam the neighbour who usually borrows mine. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psu2adz03k.jpg Paying for itself every day. |
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No rain in St Louis today.
Dennis’s son Adam brought a new tailgate back yesterday from Kansas. Patina build sleeper NASCAR truck getting prettier every day now. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pswdrezyt4.jpg Exhaust brackets today. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psqbpqgoxm.jpg |
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So next job, done on Thursday, between meetings and customers.
Oh, and helping Mickey. He loves a fire. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0qt4vezn.jpg Windy outside, but I decided to start the long overdue refelting of the roof. Having added that little piece out front changed,the dynamic of the job, plus making it a bit more awkward to reach onto the roof with the flat head nails. This piece of felt landed on the floor three times before I threw a length of Used decking on it to keep it in place till I got the first few nails in. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psngdloebr.jpg When I had the shed built, I specified it to be made two lengths of shiplap taller than standard, in order for me to be comfortable doing woodwork in there. Add a concrete plinth and it gets taller. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5jfzrmqy.jpg Used a ladder to get on top, and of course when I had done the last sheet, my back refused to let me get back on the ladder.... Managed to after a bit. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psxi3gnkah.jpg And finally, done. Well, almost, as I need to remove the wall down the right side wall which has collapsed over time. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psu9vspuki.jpg When I got back up at the house, there was a knock on the door and Mickeys wife dropped off two packages, one for me. Sent by Craig’s wife and decorated by his daughter. South African style rusks. (Check google) https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psidepth6d.jpg Sally came over after 7.00pm as another potential lodger had messed her around, not actually coming to look when she was waiting to show the room and house. I was knackered and ordered a SMALL PORTION OF FISH ND CHIPS.that Sally picked up on the way to me. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pspv8xuwq0.jpg Yes, it really is a small portion, and we still did not finish all the chips. Mr Fox got his share. |
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It’s full speed now for Dennis and his NASCAR truck build.
With the bedside panels and tailgate fitted, more fettling followed. Tailgate fitted. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psrzuu6pyr.jpg With the amount of power that’s going to be put through the rear end, Dennis decided to add the rear spoiler to add to downforce and also stability. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psyxcnx5fa.jpg Adjustable supports to fine tune downforce to suit different race tracks. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psu6uruj4k.jpg Lovely https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psdhnpm4ez.jpg Smaller units above the closing chains. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psgsbvedre.jpg https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pszlpmpt3s.jpg Rear will get closed in for aerodynamics and also looks. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psk9cakh0g.jpg https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psmucetq5p.jpg Next job up for today is to go buy some new plugs. You may ask why would you need power inside the truck. Maybe I will leave that for you guys to answer......... https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5ya0nnpu.jpg Pretty obvious ehh. . |
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Hey Grizz, I enjoy your day-in-the-life-of posts. I have never been to the UK and it's cool to me to see the differences. And the similarities. Also, hearing about what you like about the US.
Where you live is beautiful. Thames, beach, fields, your home and garden. I can't quite get the layout in my head because there seem to be so many nooks and crannies but I like how you fix and maintain on it over time. Sorry about the loss of Harley. Grew up with cats and have never been a huge fan but would have loved a cat like that. A huge theme in your thread is the giving/sharing/finding things for others. Sometimes you snag something that I bet you would like to keep but you pass it along to someone who will like it even more -- outstanding. I will now be following along. I forget to pop over here to the burban/blazer side very often, but will more now so that I can keep up. |
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Any carport builders out there ?
So for the clever engineering and applied geometry types out there. I am sure this is not a difficult thing, and if you add in CAD then even easier. Right....... I will try explain and hope it makes abstract sense to some of you. Simply put, I want to build an approximately 5 meter Long by 6 meter Wide carport, in front of and to the right of my existing garage. Part of the 5 meter “depth” has to overhang the existing garage door without impairing its opening Then........ I have a woodwork shed, built on a 200mm high plinth, and also slightly taller than average where the 5 meter side, away from the garage wall, needs to overhang the shed roof, while allowing a sloping drop off for rain and melting snow that tapers from the entrance side. It also faces into the majority of our wind and rain direction at that low end. I want the 6 meter wide front end and entrance span to be as non intrusive as possible, so uprights need to be against the sides of the overall area. Which means a potential upright support pillar at 4 meters against the garage front gable wall between the doors, leaving as much as a meter overhanging at about 2.6 meter or 8’6” off the floor and supported from an upright post with cantilevered support outward. Make any sense yet? Right. The rear post, next to the woodwork shed is near 5 meters from the garage rear corner, but needs to still overhang the shed to create the 6 meter width that I am looking to create. Out at the front of the carport, the 4th upright pillar is going to be about where the brick red colour wall is at the moment, that wall plus the grey wall are all coming down and the wall is getting rebuilt about where the red wall is now, including post no 4 the front one, which is at 6 meters from the garage. I am happy with a short lifespan roofing solution of ply and glued down felt roofing which one would hope will make 8 years before needing replacement. So...... How do I address the weird geometry on two planes as well as ensuring the energy/mass transfer is done sensibly? Amateur plan drawing. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psky4pnd1l.jpg Idea of where the posts would go, showing offset and set back. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pseperslu1.jpg https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psam3kv5mu.jpg https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9s9ngw4w.jpg Let the fun begin. |
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As luck would have it, I am a builder, and coincidentally about to start putting up my own 20'x30' carport. I think what you want to build can be relatively simple and I would bet I would mostly be confirming ideas you already have. I have a couple ideas to throw into the mix as well. I can't offer CAD but can offer some experience.
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All my close friends follow the same basic way of life and outlook. Live and let live. Too many focus on only themselves. Sharing ferls great mostly. |
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My posts are often to learn but also to teach and forewarn others not to make the mistakes I already made. My friend Fil “Sparkplug” suggested I cut a hole in the roof and floor and mount the post on the plinth anf get square geometry with only the slope to worry about. So I am happy for you to start educating or making suggestions. |
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Russians....
Stas in Siberia https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psj5schuxc.jpg Doing his day job. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psucmupgst.jpg Sunset https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4wmetgeg.jpg Cooking pork steaks, we may collaborate on a cook book one day https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psgrlttonx.jpg And 5 hours of time zone difference away, Vladimir was elsewhere in Russia in his workshop, having a beer, wearing a familiar Primark T-Shirt. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psiikmrcdf.jpg Seems dark beer rules. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psiriulbuh.jpg Later, Sally popped in to drop off two sets of vintage Halogen spotlights, from a friends loft. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pswwynic2u.jpg Minutes after posting about going to the scrap merchants to look for some trolley wheels, in order to build a cab trolley, but only scoring a wheelbarrow for neighbour Sam,. A buddy, Fil “Sparkplug” from Cambridge posted up these pics, offering free home delivery...... This week. Yup, life certainly is good https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psgczkdctq.jpg https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pskf1ncevp.jpg Wood is rotten, but I was only looking for wheels to reuse. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psufyagnit.jpg Suddenly more pieces were falling into place. |
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Getting the paving corrected as part of this carport build is necessary
The camera loses some of the damage perception but a plank gives you the idea at least. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psqmpckl4r.jpg https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8po5jfir.jpg While out at at the shops and in the scrapyard on Saturday, Mate PaulF whose hydraulic press I used for the Chevy Blazer suspension parts and whose brake line making kit I got to use to make up the C10’s new brake lines And I were chatting on Messenger Video, as you do, when he asked me what job was next, so I mentioned that the paving, posted above here, has to be repaired and the base compacted and redone. “Do you have a whacker plate or compactor ?” He asked, of. Course I did not, so he offered to go fetch his from a friend who had used it and deliver it to my place in an hour or two. Plus have a coffee and a chat. Bargain !! Couple of hours later a Nissan Cube reversed down my drive. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pshnfak55v.jpg Giving birth to this handy tool. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psymzrshvr.jpg The weather turned in the afternoon which stopped play, but a good weekend in all. Saturday evening sunset. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psp0vp6cxq.jpg Sunday rolled in and I had planned to get started on lifting the paving and repairing the subsidence Facebook said it was 6 years since the last MOT on the C10 https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psk04on1tt.jpg But Sally who came over by 08.00 had other ideas as the weather still sucked. Also, I had managed to get a second short term lodger, a welder on a maintenance contract at a local power station. So it may just be 7 weeks or less, but cash ion the bank is cash in the bank. So Sally insisted I clear out some space for the new guy. She also has a new lodger, which will help fill the hole her cars engine blowing up had made in her savings. So it seems I was stuck indoors all day. Found some food from 2009 and more recently. Not impressed with Sally Poking the Bear. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psdsusvhcs.jpg Chatting with Craig at one point, he was photobombed by Lilly. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psvnzdxomj.jpg Back to cleaning the house, every surface, flor etc washed and cleaned. Sally is a menace with a camera. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psr2mfmnvf.jpg Eventually got it all wrapped up, and to be honest, I am pleased, and thankful for all the help she gave me too. Hope to find time over the next weekend to sort the paving if the weather plays along. |
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Your posts look like they are sited well and you can run 2 east/west beams over the top of them. And then run joists n/s, which will allow you to cantilever the overhang. I don't think you have to poke the NE one through the roof to get a square although I understand the idea. Starting from the ground, I suggest anchoring it somehow or putting significant weight at the posts. We don't want the wind to put it in Mickey's yard and 5mx6m is a lot of sail area. I'm going to speak in "Imperial" dimensions and you can translate as needed:) 4x4 posts can carry the weight, but will need to be braced so it can resist lateral movement (not fold up). Does it shed water to the "north" or to the south? Have you considered plastic or sheet metal roofing? Will probably allow you to go down one size in beams and joists. Your spans will probably mean that you need to venture into engineered material. What we call glu-lam beams and truss-joists. 5 to 6 meters is a lot. If you can live with any posts out in the middle, that will help. Your bracing will want to be a knee brace at least 1/4 of the way down the post (height). Attached across/ through, the grain, no end-screwing or toe-nailing, and please keep the description in context, ha. That's a pretty good start. I now recall that you may be using some steel galvanized posts? |
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Morning 08.30 here. Not sure about current time in Washington state. Thanks for the replies, much appreciated. You did get the orientation right. Water will be draining toward the rear, which to me is West, and the shed boundary. I will have to look at corrugated sheet metal, but will bypass the clear materials like polycarbonate as it fades and looks rubbish in the end. I am also contemplating getting the roof built by someone else, as my back is so deteriorated and working alone is not going to cut it, sometimes paying a pro is a much cheaper option. Weirdly, as a South African, I grew up with the Metric system But due to my varied interests, I always auto-convert to Imperial. I also AMA fan of over engineering rather than regrets. I will see how this unfolds. |
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There is an old traditional saying: “Never drink with a Russian unless you are a Russian”
Last night, through the wonders of Whatsapp and technology, I joined Vladimir and friends Oleg and Yelena in Olegs garage for a drink or two. Vodka, Beer and Bacardi flowed for over an hour. Between our broken Russian , English and Google Translate, we had a good visit. As we know, if you have no photos, it did not happen. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstjpqmxeb.png Yelena was hostess, pouring vodka and matching the guys all the way. Charming lady and mother of Olegs three daughters. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psmyotbrtc.png Following my previous visits with Vieux and guided tours of his shop and his neighbors shops, I would absolutely recommend you reach out to him via PM to exchange numbers and have a chat or text conversation. Whatsapp is free after all. это отличный способ поделиться нашими культурами и интересами. спасибо владимир |
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I agree that it is all within my skill set or abilities but my back hurting or dropping me on the floor at times means I have to get sensible too. I enjoy doing these things. |
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I was merely concerned that your enthusiasm seemed less after my input. Followed by an innocuous (intendedly, anyway) comment, humorously (in intent), to point out that it is bad policy for a builder to discourage someone from seeking the services of a builder. |
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Not sure how to reply to your reply really. I just agreed with what you had said, and said that I would ultimately do whatever I did, like most people do, one follows advice and possibly even combinations of advice from various sources. I saw your tongue in cheek comment, and again, I would usually seek out the tradesman who is happy to share knowledge and advice. |
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No photos as Photobucket messing around last 12 days and they do not reply to their Helpdesk.
But..... First Covid-19 Boot-fair of the year. Rain was forecast, soon;y 1/3 of field filled. Still got lucky. Needed a multi plug adapter to repair/replace one I drove over years ago...... £1.00 each or take the lot for £5.00 so I got 9 units. Also bought 14 GU10 lightbulbs for £5.00 And a very nice garden rake for £2.00 Came home, had breakfast, now headed out to garage to mix some cement in @Johnnybravo ‘s mixer to lay some more high density blocks in the ‘compressor room” that my interfering friend @PaulY suggested I build Next to the woodwork shed while relocating the wall on the drive. Those blocks are heavy for sure..... Good idea Paul. . |
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Taken two days off work.
Photophukit is “Back online” but now I need to figure how to actually upload and use it on iPad and App. Grrrrrrr...../ Galaxy has been working, carrying loads of builder rubble unearthed while digging and moving soil in the garden. Also ran a quick errand for @Johnnybravo whom I hope to make a cuppa for today, if he is not racing around, as he usually has to do when doing an extended pickup trip. Carport and extended drive work continues. Measured last night, and have gained 500mm of driveway space, door to wall is now 6.3 meter max, so should fit many American cars or big stuff. Even parking the Blazer was always interesting with about 450mm space to the wall once parked up. Chainsaw next, to remove the tree stump that started it all. Later. |
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To that end, I will make a recommendation. Since you have two existing structures and all but one post is adjacent to a structure, you have the opportunity to do a cable span and some sort of material cover. There are a couple of wood carports in my neighborhood that approximate the size you are looking for, and they both have beams and multiple posts on two sides and clear-span between them, rather than clear-span in both directions. Tonight I saw an ingenious cable cover over a set of nice cars and got me to thinking. |
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This is a test.
The “new Photophukit” is not yet imbedded in my phone or iPad. Lets see if this actually works. Pic uplosded Img tag lifted. Mickey brought around some cherries from his tree https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0944.HEIC In the mean time the heat and layong 19kg blocks along with some other yard jobs yesterday certainly kicked my butt. More to come. Hopefully. |
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Morning At the moment it is hot and humid here. Currently, they way it is unfolding, there will be two posts. One 5 meters from the garage, and the other about 6.2 meters. Then, I am now planning to make up two, 6mm x 200mm wall plates around 1 meter long, with a significant gusseted top brace around 300mm long, as well as a 6mm x 50mm strip welded down the length of the wall plates to add rigidity and strength before adding 8 large Rawl bolts to each plate. On top of these will rest the cross beams. I am planning to call in a professional at this point to do metal roofing for me along with the structure. All this of course is subject to change.... :mm: |
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Uploaded some photos. About 22.
Need to find time to sit, relax.... try use links and do a write up. I have been busy and busy. Bootfairs were one good, one a bust today. |
Re: GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project
Still trying to come to grips with the new Photobucket layout.
Not impressed Have to use an app to pull the links. Website seems to suck. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0480.HEIC Prozac made a return to the valley, sans NASCAR stickers Sally took the pic. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...dedb6ebf33.jpg Also on FB was a reminder that a year ago we were watching races in the Blazer. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...6_IMG_0500.JPG So, back to the restructure down at the garage. Started by lifting the paving. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...f4cdc50411.jpg Helped of course. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0431.HEIC Also got to prep for the first post by digging a 25 inch deep hole. And making up the positioning board for the threaded studs https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...f2234bb113.jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...d2c8405e43.jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0461.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0470.HEIC Poured https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0472.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...7e48bd1386.jpg Made a small box to keep the paving and sand clear from the post mount until the post is shortened and ready. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0517.HEIC Once that was done, I decided to build a single level wall to help keep the hedge under control in the long term. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...2b78ea0add.jpg Blocks are 19kg each. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...92fa36ceb0.jpg New lodger is a welder, but likes a beer and to do some physical work after work. Suits me. So wall done. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0526.HEIC I also decided to add little drains between every alternative block, in case the rain ever was a problem. And a thick wedge of cement from behind to stop anything from unseating the blocks. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0527.HEIC Once the concrete had gone off, I waited 24 hrs and then used PaulF’s compactor to do a final setting of the paving stones/ https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0608.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0572.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0609.HEIC ‘So after this I could start on the next job..... This wall has a few cracks, so needed rebuilding and moving to improve overall usability https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...12E0EA4(1).jpg ‘Red wall” also needed to go and be moved. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...1339788B9C.jpg So made a start, removing loads of soil from behind the wall. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...09FE48B60C.jpg I moved 11 loads over the street to where trucks had greatest deep trench that the council will never repair, but where people like to par,. And after all of that, Andy bought me a beer. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._IMG_0521.HEIC Later. |
Re: GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project
Good progress. That thing is going to be stout. You'll be able to park on it if you want to. I forgot how sturdy those columns you already had were. Just three of them though, right? They look strong enough that if bolted together they could be used as beams and span the distance. It sounds like you got a plan all laid out although I didn't quite follow all the details. Possibly a ledger running along the existing structures? Regardless, I will watch with interest. Sounds like you have an agreeable new tenant and it looks like you are enjoying the sunsets with reduced pollution. Sunsets here now look like sunrises.
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Re: GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project
Nice work Rian. Looking forward to seeing how your final design works out.
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Re: GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project
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Making wall plates to mount against the walls. Plan is mostly (totally) in my head. Quote:
Let’s hope...... This guy lived down my chimney for three days before I managed to catch him Created a huge soot storm in the lounge. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Went to my favourite scrap metal merchants to look for some decent steel to use in making up some wall plates for the carport. Failed, but managed to buy a really nice Muddy Fox mountain bike for the lodger for £5.00 https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Back home I started to pull down walls and dig out soil as @PaulY had suggested I create a compressor room next to the woodwork shed. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Taking down the brick and block work, and being as tight as I am, I cleaned the blocks and stacked them for future reuse. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds When unfit, it seems a bigger job than it is. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Archeological finds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Prepared for concreting and boxiing in. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Thanks to @JohnnyBravo for the mixer https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds The Galaxy once again proved itself more than capable in the shifting stuff department. I took 5 loads of rubble up to the farm to dump on their road building rubble pile. Exactly 1km, certainly beats the 16km or 10 miles to my local council tip. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds . |
Re: GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project
And this is said treasure pile up at the farm.
Someone dumped two full, unused pallets of grey paving stones there a year or so ago. The farm mixes all the rubble from time to time, but those with slight of hand skills can still score a few stones..... Get my drift? https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Speaking of.... I ultimately took 11 large wheelbarrow loads of paving cutoff and soil over the road to put in a trench a twin axle truck put there in winter, meaning nobody could park there safely, except for 4x4’s https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds @PaulY also offered to put a door on his Annexe as it was his bright idea to put the compressor outside. Thanks mate, sure I can make it fit once I build and fit a crooked doorframe. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds And the bootfair fig tree I bought three years ago, has 16 figs this year https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds In other news from the USA, Dennis’s new dog Archer had his first haircut, looks like a dog now. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Back to making more car space. This was an interesting build, no plans, no levels, no straight lines and nature to contend with (I respected the plants first and built around them) So a few curves where I avoided damaging the main roots of shrubs and trees. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Also carried on digging out all the rubble that had been deposited behind the wall by the paving contractor. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Also cleaned up every block I took down with bolster and lump hammer. Crazy, but saving about £60.00 in recycling between Zoom nd Teams meetings and doing admin indoors was quite therapeutic too. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Andy, my new lodger loves working up a sweat too, and loved putting the 20 pound hammer to the wall, bringing it down bit by bit. Really useful finding a good lodger. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds So once the clearing was done, I could start to lay the blocks on the new line I had planned. Pushing back the grey wall to where the red wall was before and joining PauY’s Annexe wall. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds One of the biggest problems is actually getting the curve to look half decent. So some recycled blocks were already halved, but the new, tighter curve meant some needed further cutting. Always glad that I buy certain rare use tools, so much easier going into the back of the garage and digging them out. Grinder, diamond blade, action. Build https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Walls headed in the right direction Also made some vents for the compressor room from the same fire wood and added them in. They will get cat proof mesh from an old freezer later. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Gained 500mm to make the space between garage door and wall 6.3 meters. This is only for a small section as there will be a solid galvanised post about 40mm to the right of PaulY’s Annexe wall corner that will be on the drive. Still, very pleased that so much work has resulted in so little gain https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds A while ago Sally and I went over to Kevin and Teresa’s in Maidstone for a fully distanced garden patio lunch, and I saw that he had thrown out for recycling, a pair of bulkhead lights. Guess where they are now. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Used some white oak skirting boards from the fire wood pile to make recess boxes to add into the wall later. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Bitumen all sides to protect the wood. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Poor Sally was not having much company here with me using all the bits of time I could find inbetween work an various other things, so she went for long walks with her new graduate lodger, to show him the area. Sharing a bit with me. She wins https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Long days and lonely nights..... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds |
Re: GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project
Another quick early morning job before showering and starting the days Zoom meetings etc.
Mixed fine kiln dried sand and cement in a crazy strong ratio and painted the wall to seal the pores for paint later, just to make the room lighter. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Also found while breaking down more of the wall, just how deep I had planted the tree that caused a lot of this, so unearthed more of it and fetched the chainsaw out, again early morning at -8.05 so neighbours could just shut up. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Cut. Drilled a bunch of holes in It and filled them with pure Roundup, that should sort it. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Took two days leave along with Sally when it was so very hot, spent them not with her..... oooopps. But Mickey had a lead on some storage units being emptied of the scrap left in there. Galaxy, gloves, trailer, CHECK ! https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Got some industrial shelving to go in the carport. These are not cheap. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds About 45 litres of white paint, 5 litres of PVA glue, 2.5 litres of indoor satin varnish, some tools, including a new pick axe and various other bits. Next day we went back to fetch a load of plastic decking flooring, and a new sheet of ply, a load of plastic storage boxes and various other free treasures. Mickey had been in there days before me and found three Dewalt power skill saws, random hand tools, drills, and some chargers plus a load of scrap copper that he weighed in along with aluminium for about £70.00 https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Happy guy. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds While out a few weeks ago in the Galaxy, I clocked a jumbo bag on a sidewalk where paving had been redone. On one of our return trips from the storage units with Mickey, we detoured along the country lane it was on, and I stopped to see what was in it...... JACKPOT....! I went to knock on the front door, but nobody answered, so we drove off. Next day I was dressed a bit neater and went back to knock again and asked if I could remove some contents. Yes, no problem, the bag is getting collected later today. Lucky me. So, I hear you ask, what was in this skip bag? Remember that with moving the wall on that curve, I now needed more paving stones to cover the area, and add to that the fact that the curve has a load of cut bricks, and you have a significant deficit. I had been looking for matching block paving, as I had originally selected a mixed colour, rather than red and grey as many people do. The stones in this bag are also thicker than what I have on my drive, possibly a commercial grade. So when I lift a large section of the paving to repair the sinking in caused by American cars and trucks reversing up and down the drive in from]not of the garage, the new heavy duty -avers will go in there, and the under ones go into the new, low traffic sections. Adding up the value of the pavement find, again I came up to a conservative value of £50.00 found for free. Would you pick up £50.00 off the pavement?/ Sure you would. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Amazingly, 100 exactly, dug from the bag and a load of 3/4 cut ones too, just in case I need them. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Pressure cleaned one of them to see how they clean up. Happy. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Free cash means money in the kitty for other frivolous pursuits like a Toyota Deliboy. https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread...toyota-deliboy I like it a lot, despite 270 miles to go look. . |
Re: GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project
Seems bootfairs are a bust so far this year.
Loads of Pink Sh!t as @JohnnyBravo would say. Not much technical or bargainous Today was no change. New Coca Cola rugby ball for CraigRK and his collection £1.00 12 skull bottles £1.00 Used Real bristle brush 50P Spanner to use as door hand;e on compressor room £1.00 Name plate 50p https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Contemplating not going to bootfairs anymore, but suspect it’s an addiction....... |
Re: GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project
What does pink er, stuff, refer to? 1-1/18 wrench for what, a buck 30, a buck 40? That's a pretty good deal. You seem to find cool stuff, and as mentioned before, you give a lot away. However, what you keep may begin to accumulate?
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Re: GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project
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Pink stuff is baby clothes, plastic toys...... Mostly useless stuff. Accumulating is the name of the game :mm: I have bought incredible bargains over the years. |
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