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Mar 24, 2020 19:55:13 GMT
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I had my dad helping me erect the steel, he is a 75 year old machine Tried to keep our distance due to the virus. I don’t plan to have him over now though, it’s too risky. He still farms 20 odd cattle old school style. I had the chance of a cheap 2 poster yesterday from a mate but have nowhere to store it With the weather forecast looking good for the foreseeable, I'd get that 2 poster and just wrap it up in tarps. I've got two in my classroom at school and one in the unit my dad and some friends rent. Worth their weight etc... |
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim
1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started.
1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Apr 16, 2020 15:12:49 GMT
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Update time. Not travelling for work has seen a little progress made, weather hasnt been that great and one stormy day seen the building move around a foot at one corner. Anyway, building pulled back in line, fitted the timber purlins manually over the space of a week, yes it was as dodgy as the pics suggest, bolted down at all four corners, just the middle frame to go, probably tonight, using chemical anchor. Levelled it all up with a rotating laser level and marked the floor level on the beams to give an idea of hardcore required. Anyways, a few pics of the process below but are a little sparse and I was more bothered with getting on with the job.       The building has been well tape measured up now and the diagonals are within 15mm of each other so near enough for me. Levels are good, so time to build some walls now. Struggling to get sand and cement in the coronavirus age though. |
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Apr 16, 2020 15:27:33 GMT
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looking at that last shot, it is going to be a cavernous garage space.
Luckily, I just secured 40m of RSJ to build a mezz floor with
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Apr 16, 2020 18:47:51 GMT
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Well done that man. It's going to be a superb building once completed. Keep up the good work.
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Apr 16, 2020 20:21:58 GMT
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thats, all stanchions securely bolted to founds, shouldnt shift in a gale now.
Looks like a small section of found needs extended to make sure the blocks will have a decent footing, its probably OK as is but best to be sure.
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Jun 16, 2020 12:13:17 GMT
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Apologies all for the radio silence of late. All has not stood still on the job though, as stated earlier, the found was a bit tight across one side, should have taken more care in locating the steel. So a trench was dug along the length of the found to slightly below the existing found level, the existing founds were pretty shallow however there is only a couple of inches of soil then onto rock so shouldnt move anywhere. There was also a 4" step in the found along this line so to ease block laying I leveled this out     |
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Last Edit: Jun 16, 2020 12:39:43 GMT by henspeed
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Jun 16, 2020 12:42:04 GMT
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Founds were now ready to lay down some blockwork, but before I could do that I needed to add in a stanchion to the rear gable end in the centre to support the sheets from eaves to peak and also the wall.   |
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Jun 16, 2020 12:47:00 GMT
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Was a fair old mission to get the stanchion in, with no teleporter on hand and only tractor and bucket, but in it went. Next up I began the 1st course of blocks, now I am not a builder by trade so this took me a lot longer than it should have.   decided to install the DPC along rear gable and continue building.   |
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Jun 16, 2020 12:54:50 GMT
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now the blockwork in the pics took me around 6 to 7 hours to get to that point and it wasn't very pretty either. So I make the decision to enlist an expert and I hired a brickie, was a decent decision I think, has depleted my shoestring budget a bit though but I don't think Id have finished building before retirement if I continued at my pace.    |
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Jun 16, 2020 12:57:41 GMT
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Blimey, that's going to be a fair old space. Kudos for getting on with it on your own (plus the earlier help from Superdad!)
Edited to add (as I diddn't see the latest pics whilst posting) that I don't blame you for hiring a brickie. My mate's one and makes it look easy whereas I'd just spread muck everywhere and be constantly measuring and moving things to try to get them level.
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Last Edit: Jun 16, 2020 13:00:25 GMT by Morris63
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Jun 16, 2020 13:16:51 GMT
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My initial thoughts were how hard can it be?
however it seems that these guys serve an apprenticeship for a reason.
Whouldve thunk it?
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Jun 17, 2020 12:25:22 GMT
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I've done a bit of brickwork in the past - like you it was a bit grim but it was only bordering the slab so not an issue. I've since learnt (but never tried) that it's all in the mix of sand & cement. We novices put too much cement in, you really need it mostly sand with just enough cement to stop the sand falling out. Mixed like this with a bit of plasticiser (fairy liquid) and with a wettish mix it's easy to tap the blocks around to get them level as the mix is soft enough to be manipulated. Sounds easy eh?  |
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Jun 17, 2020 12:49:05 GMT
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yeah i noticed a fair difference in consistency from the brickies mortar to mine.
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Sorry for the lack of updates, there is stuff happening just at a slower pace.
Anyway, it looks life my floor level will be circa 600mm above the adjacent ground.
What angle of ramp do you reckon will be required for entry, I may have some slightly low vehicles to get in and also a sodding great caravan?
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As shallow as you can make it in the room you have available!
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great call,
waht do you think the maximum acceptable angow would be?
would 11 degrees be too steep?
i could get it to more like 8 degrees but would give me a 4m long ramp in
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Get a long plank and some bricks/spacers. Put bricks roughly where wheels of your low car will be with the plank on them at the height of the lowest part of the car.
Run a bit of string from under the bricks to the middle of the plank then back down to the bricks at other end. This will give you a shallow triangle. Measure the angle of the triangle and make you ramp a little shallower than this.
This should make sure you don't ground out when driving over it. Shallow as possible as you never know when you might have to push a car in by hand. But obviously the longer the ramp the more it will cost.
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well a real lack of progress now.
It seems my brickie has dissappeared, wont answer calls or texts.
He has completed circa 50% of the job but vanished.
However he has done the hard parts, so do I continue and build on his work at a poorer quality and slower pace or engage the services of another builder?
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Will the brickwork show? or is it to be rendered?
If on show get another brickie.
If hidden, have a go yourself but practice with the mix on a 'fake' wall first to get the hang of it. The 'fake' wall can be knocked down after an hour and blocks cleaned for re-use.
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walls are to be rendered so as long as they are near enough then they will be good enough, also as its a steel framed building they walls are just to keep the weather out and not doing any structural loading.
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