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Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 12 8:08 pm Post subject:
Just the one wall? What about the other three and a roof?

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 12 10:59 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Just the one wall? What about the other three and a roof?

There is a slightly larger eleven wall and four roof project to follow. That will keep me busy for a few months

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 12 12:32 pm Post subject:
I like the brick pattern. It will be interesting to see the finished article.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4563
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 12 2:51 pm Post subject:

alison wrote:

I like the brick pattern. It will be interesting to see the finished article.

Flemish bond.

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 13 10:45 pm Post subject:

Finished.

Brickwork looks darker top and bottom - that's just where its wet - the top before I covered it and the bottom where I cleaned plinth bricks.

I say finished, but I've still got to cast the coping stones.

That's prototype number 2. Number 1 weighed over 50kg. The holes in number 2 are reclaimed downpipe and give a 24% weight saving.

I realise that 5000 bricks and 20ton of concrete and mortar is not exactly a Downsizery project. In mitigation it wasn't my choice to build a wall - although it was my choice to build such a substantial wall.
In downsizer fashion I got 3500 bricks v.cheap (surplus from another self-build), 500 free new bricks (about to be skipped at a hospital extension) and virtually zero waste (all chipped bricks selected for cuts etc)
Apart from a digger driver, it's been a completely single-handed build.

Next 'little' project ?

Once I've finished refurbishing my gates (massive bargain and p/x'ed with a spiral staicase I had no sensible use for) and fitted them, I can start that house project.
Hanging those gates won't be a single handed job. They are 7 foot tall, solid bar and weigh in excess of 100kg each.

I've also got another 'little' project that I've started. Is refurbishing my barn. A much more DS style project involving new oak sole plates, reclaimed bricks, studs and curved beams. Will keep me busy for a bit.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 13 10:57 pm Post subject:
Very tidy, well done it looks great!

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 13 11:06 pm Post subject:
Is your real name Hadrian?

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 13 11:10 pm Post subject:
Is this what the house is going to look like?

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 13 11:12 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Is your real name Hadrian?

No it's Qin Shi Huang

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 13 11:20 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Is this what the house is going to look like?

I wish

I also wish I hadn't sold those cast iron lamposts a few years back

House will be more of a converted/extended barn type look.
That said, if I came across the right reclaim ........

derbyshiredowser

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 980
Location: derbyshire

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 13 9:49 am Post subject:
So what do you do in your spare time?

Woodburner

Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 2904
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 13 8:13 pm Post subject:

onemanband wrote:

Once I've finished refurbishing my gates (massive bargain and p/x'ed with a spiral staicase I had no sensible use for) and fitted them, I can start that house project.

I know someone that aquired a spiral staircase in similar fashion. He made a lookout tower with it!

(His garden backs onto fields, and big trees prevent neighbours from being overlooked.

)

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 13 9:10 pm Post subject:

derbyshiredowser wrote:

So what do you do in your spare time?

Sleep

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 13 9:12 pm Post subject:

Woodburner wrote:

onemanband wrote:

Once I've finished refurbishing my gates (massive bargain and p/x'ed with a spiral staicase I had no sensible use for) and fitted them, I can start that house project.

I know someone that aquired a spiral staircase in similar fashion. He made a lookout tower with it!

(His garden backs onto fields, and big trees prevent neighbours from being overlooked.

)

Yep that was one thought.
Or plant a fir tree in the middle.
Or make a lighthouse.
Or a windmill.

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 13 9:57 am Post subject:
It's a lovely wall. Once you've got the razor wire on top you'll be safe from the zombies when TSHTF.

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