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dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 21 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

at the mo my money is on the leather washer not being soft and flexible enough to give swoosh past down and seal/lift up

it is the olde style type so if it moves and engages the motion(and there are no frogs in the pipes) tis usually a washer issue.

even if it was factory soft a while in a warehouse and transit may have made it crispy

tt recons, as do i, get the washer out, make it soft with something like saddle soap, water and then an oily/greasy dressing

re fit it to the correct "grip"
try it before reinstalling it to deck and tank

TT was a small kid in places with pumps and diplomatic status

jema
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 21 6:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Cheers will take it apart and play.

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 21 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If the washer is damaged, it is possible to get new ones. We got a new one for our pump and it works well now.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 21 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



hmm 77cm joist span at worst.

dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 21 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

can you get a mirror on a stick and a torch under that?

the bit that shows looks like fairly solid materials, although the build may have issues rescue rather than replacement may be viable

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 21 2:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Given the history of lack of concrete when it comes to posts, I need to get down and inspect. I also need to inspect the conservatory invisible to the right of the picture.
But yes as a general point it might be more of a rescue than a replace.
It's complicated by a desire to maybe construct a sauna at the end.
Nothing is rotting in the new part of the deck yet and it damn well should not be rotting, its not more than 5 years old.
The decking boards themselves are not the thinnest I've seen, which is probably just as well give a 77cm span!

dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 21 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

umm

a sauna is ambitious, be careful

re that deck at least the boards look good and there may be useful joists, if you want to keep it a bit of under pinning and bracing might give it a few more years

dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 21 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

was mine the number of the beast?

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 21 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack I think it was.




The feeling of imminent collapse is very largely down to a missing joists, a couple of missing posts and decking boards not being screwed in properly. That can be made vaguely sane with a magnitude less effort than ripping it all out.

Looking under a bit I think there is a sound post at the corner of the conservatory, that has sunk a bit, so there is a slope to the conservatory but I don't really think its in a hurry to collapse either.

There is a bit of rotting board and a dodgy joist to the side of the conservatory that also look bodgable.

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 21 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



brace it, mend it, the timber looks ok

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 21 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



Stalled a bit on activity in the heat, but this is a view from the new deck down to where there was a fence perched at the edge of the garden where it plummets to the marsh, there is now a rather inhospitable barrier of nettles, fennel and other assorted things. I never understood the desire to block the view over a nature reserve or the idea that a wooden fence at a marshes edge is a viable idea.

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 21 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

very nice salad , the moos say thanks

the fennel is handy for "tinctures" etc, the alkanet is rather nice and a nice tweak in the Boraginaceae family of pharma plants, etc

it looks like there may be quite a few interesting ones just in that tiny patch

medicinal monk juice can be tasty and fun

re the fence, the moos are the issue, a leccy kit would be cheaper than a stout fence and you only need to put it up for a few months each year so the working parts should last ages.

i kept piglets out of my pumpkin patch with a very simple, cheap rig,
long runs etc need expensive kit and plenty of daily care, a well-designed short run would be cheap, easy and effective

a few post with insulators, small energiser/battery/panel(easy power electronics etc)

a hour or so to set up the double line of triple wires when the cows come home, the delicate bits can have a 9 month holiday in a shed

that sort of thing kept cows out of my bed in a sibley tent

ps green wire is available if orange might look out of place and a line of cardboard soon blends in but it avoid strimming for, or in, shorts

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 21 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I suspect the fence was to mark the boundary more than any other reason, and was probably the cheapest option. Agree you want to keep the cows out of your bit so they don't use your supports as scratching posts.

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 21 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i can probably spec it easily if i have a to scale floor plan

that sort of run is perfect for 8000v if kept simple
a one joule will be very adequate
a not dead car or leisure battery
12/14 V small solar panel
a decent diode
a few bits of wire to connect them
earth peg(and bucket of water to keep it damp)
some wood posts, enough for two lines( defense in depth is good, split the feed from the energiser to inner and outer)
insulated screw in rings for the posts(3 per post)
wire(just get a roll, if it breaks tie a new bit in)
a key ring thing that beeps a couple of meters from a live fence
cardboard to suppress weeds that short the rig, if it aint shorting it will use less leccy than the panel provides

that was easy, making the thing is under a day, you have the required skills
there are site and "target"specific details for arranging the wires and rig position but it is all very easy

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 21 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

My view is don't solve problems that probably don't exist!
We have had cows close, but never actually in.
Was aiming to get some Rosemary in on the banks but having zero success with the seeds.
Sadly on the zero success front, I don't think the willow has taken figure there would have been signs of life by now.

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