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What Keeps Me Out of the Workshop
awemawson:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on April 21, 2015, 10:00:23 AM ---They really look nice Andrew. An asset to the property. :thumbup: :clap: :clap:
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Thanks Steve. I decided early on that it all needed to look slightly OTT as it's amazing what an interest our guests in the cottages have in the animals around the farm. But I doubt that I can get away with the building costs offset against cottage tax, so the price of pork will have to rise :lol:
awemawson:
So as promised Brian the Brickie popped in for a couple of hours this evening to bring the pillars up to a height that I can fill them with concrete (hopefully tomorrow) He also re-set that lintel that I had to move.
awemawson:
I spent a couple of hours before breakfast knocking up some strong fine concrete and filled the pillars. Used a cut off sheep feed sack as a funnel to avoid putting cement marks down the outside. Took a remarkable amount by the time it was tamped down and fully compacted - 10 cubic foot by my calculations.
..it'll give someone a surprise if they reverse into it, and I don't think that the pigs will knock them over :lol:
RotarySMP:
When renovating my house, I moved a couple of door frames. Not knowing that these days they are just foamed in, I filled the frames with cement mortar. Amazing how much you can get in a seeming small space if you don't bother calculating the volume.
Mark
awemawson:
Brian the Brickie returned today (Saturday) and put in another 10 hour stint. He's got the majority of the front gable end up and (for some inexplicable reason) done a bit on the rear gable.
He can't manage tomorrow as he has a meeting of the local crown green bowls club, and being chairman has to be there :( He's suggesting he'll be able to be back Tuesday or Wednesday, but the weather is breaking so that might well stop him - still quite a bit of progress today.He's motivated to finish it, as I've told him he can't borrow my digger until this job is finished :lol:
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