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So I started digging the trench for the electrics today, not a very interesting post, but there we are. It is quite slow going as a gang of one, so does anyone fancy having a digging meet at my place? Bacon sarnies and tea or coffee on tap if so!
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Nice progress, I would if you where local, I do owt for dead pig on a barm
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I do owt for dead pig on a barm I ran it through google translate, I gots nothing, I assume this is some sort of Northernish dialect that I am not familiar with? I did another few feet on the length of it tonight, but the whole thing needs about another 8" in depth, the rain is not helping!
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Roughly
I am always willing to provide manual labour in exchange for some Bacon on a bread roll HTH.
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Any local digger hire places near you? With some haggling you could get less than £100 and it would whip through that.
Slightly more costly than bacon sarnies of course. And the usual warning about cable thefts when installing, our site get done on a very regular basis.
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And the usual warning about cable thefts when installing, our site get done on a very regular basis. Instead of burying the cable directly, bury plastic ducting with strong string in it and only pull the cable when you can connect/secure it both ends. Plus you can also run phone and/or water. Colin
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And the usual warning about cable thefts when installing, our site get done on a very regular basis. Instead of burying the cable directly, bury plastic ducting with strong string in it and only pull the cable when you can connect/secure it both ends. Plus you can also run phone and/or water. Colin good thinking, plastic drain pipe or similar and then you can add things at a later date if needed
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We've ducting being supplied by the electric company, I should have some help coming next weekend so hopefully we'll have it ready for when the building comes in a few weeks time.
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And the usual warning about cable thefts when installing, our site get done on a very regular basis. Instead of burying the cable directly, bury plastic ducting with strong string in it and only pull the cable when you can connect/secure it both ends. Plus you can also run phone and/or water. Colin Make sure you use something that doesn't rot (the voice of bitter experience).
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Well Thursday night saw the duct for the cable delivered, so I chucked it into trev and took it to work the next day, threading these things is a pain in the ! 1) Attach weight to string and poke into ducting: 2) Spend rest of lunch break swearing at a spanner that refuses to emerge from the other end: Today, ably assisted by my dad and uncle, we got the trench dug, filled, ducted and backfilled, it took around 5 hours in total, and would have gone a lot smoother if some curse word hadn't dropped 3" of limestone over half of the land to be dug. The crew on the easy section: My paw after attacking nearly 40ft of 3" thick limestone with a mattock, my palm hasn't been this blistered since I discovered master...er...manual labour! Father Ruff (closest to camera) with the trench depth gauge to his left, hard at removing the spoil: Depth gauge in action: He's smiling here, but after we lined the trench out with sand, he fell into the bag a little later on: All covered up, you'd never know we'd been would you? In the next few weeks, the garage should arrive
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So on friday night, I prepped the slab for the new garage, this entailed knocking off the old cement and sweeping all the rubbish to one side, it having rained, it was quite a messy job, here I am looking grubby on the empty slab for the last time: After collecting a car load of tat on Saturday, we arrived back Sunday evening to find the garage fairy had delivered us this: This morning, I discovered that there is a 7 o'clock in the morning, even on bank holidays, after 2 hours of work, this is what they are up to: And I think these bits go on somewhere too: Amazingly quick work, and a huge looking space to boot!
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Sept 6, 2012 20:08:16 GMT
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A few pictures from the weekend: The building finished: Daddy' little helper means that all walls are now whitish... Hairslide-cum-lockpicking kit: Trev assisted with more tat hauling and earns a new sticker:
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Sept 7, 2012 11:23:28 GMT
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Hairslide-cum-lockpicking kit: Possibly the first french manicure on Retro Rides ;D
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" East bound and down, loaded up and truckin' "
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Sept 7, 2012 11:29:41 GMT
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GREAT PROGRESS there mate.
Love the french manicure... goes with the Master.... erm?
Well you know what I mean.
Feels good too ehh ?
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Sept 9, 2012 20:58:21 GMT
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Heh, and I'd always thought hair slides were bleddy useless! Since the Grizzmeister is watching me, I feel I should update you all on today's progress and subsequent fail. This looks pretty good doesn't it? (the wall isn't permanent, we will re-lay that on Wednesday) Only problem is, soppy knackers here forgot to allow for the minimum height of the meter cabinet, so the window is way too big. There is no way round it, that window has got to go and a smaller one is to be found.
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Sept 16, 2012 16:32:04 GMT
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Ok well not the finest block work in the world, but on Wednesday, with help from my dad and his friend Phil (owner of a BFO disc cutter) we got the block wall up, it is fairly level and using some brick ties, we have secured it to the timber work in the middle of the garage and it will have the upvc door frame screwed into it as well. Next up is to build a frame around the top for the new window, we have measurements from the frame, so a little bit of working out later, we have a plan, and a boatload of curse word scrap wood to make it from.
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Sept 16, 2012 17:13:22 GMT
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LOL-ing here at you mate.
Glad you are progressing well.
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Sept 16, 2012 18:08:18 GMT
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PS: Bit late for this, but saw it in Belgium this week.... Very cool wheelbarrow, would have looked good on your site ;D ;D ;D
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Jun 10, 2013 20:44:53 GMT
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Jun 11, 2013 22:09:45 GMT
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Ok so after all the auction stuff I've been collecting up recently, I must confess I have been getting behind with keeping the garage tidy, and with the faint whiff of a viewing on our house, this little lot had to be attended to: I started at around 7pm this evening, not arriving at conclusion until 10.30, I think you'll agree with me on 2 things here; 1) No matter how much space you have, it isn't enough. and 2) It doesn't take 2 minutes to fill it with curse word. I did get my Motorcraft peg board up properly though, I think the spray job on the shelves below really brightens them up, I'm glad I took the time to do it now! The garage at dusk, just the downlighter & bench light on: I'm still not 100% finished with the tidy up, and there are a lot of tools I need to sort through and thin out a bit: The opposing corner, could be better I guess: The electric consumer unit is now hidden in it's own cabinet, giving a decent sized shelf below the window, once I've moved the edging stones out, I'll paint it all and the wall behind. A new acquisition; a BFO spanner that will probably never come in handy, unless I need to brain somebody with it! Tomorrow, I'll start on cleaning the house!
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