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Hi Peter. Ok thanks, will look into these: On face value Im wondering if getting two gates doing similarly each side, but perhaps slightly different rising angles, won't be a massive pain getting them to meet correctly. This is my concern with this idea.

Hi markc.. rising gates, do you mean the rising hinge types like Onoff's?

Hi Onoff. Yes cheap options is the idea.. would love motorised! But surely cost alot. The odd hinges is interesting never seen that before. I'll look into it. Does look a bit weird though, & with two split 60/ 40 gates? I was thinking the only option would likely be to flatten the front area, as the drive mostly seems flat, but then its the offset onto the road to consider. Get this wrong & you're stuffed.

Hi chaps- I have a fairly basic job plan of 60/40 timber driveway gates to build- if I could ask advice about here. My drive has an annoying slope going -across- the gates though messing things up it seems. The block wall over the road here gives idea of road slope. My drive flattens out a little, but still on the c*ck a bit at the gates area. Gates to open 'in' onto the drive. I'm just going for ~11sq" shallow-pointed-tip, tannalised pillars, decent but basic timber gates. Thanks, Zooter

Haha. Well then Im happy to keep it flame free bigJ. Thanks all. Zh

Cheers GW. Ive grown more hairs on my chest thats for sure, more confident. for eg setting my nutsack on fire with an anglegrinder is less likely now. Zh

@PeterW Hi Peter, cheers. Another job Im amazed at the results of. Testament to you guys/ this site. Well the cabin minor job gutter bits is easy/ in my own time, a rainy day job. --- SO then.. 2 big jobs left to do. The balcony, yes (& urgh.. a flippin big job bitten off more than i can chew with the idea. Daft). And.. the driveway gates job. Which, with my disgusting n'bors coming onto my property doing xyz for 4 yrs, I really should've prioritised/ done by now.. is the next job in line. Gulp. Thanks. Zh

Final bits fitted. Job done. Turned out fantastic, never thought I could have got this result, tiling especially. Do have some yellowing to the whited lower wall, damp getting thru etc, rhs of door.. but hey ho i expected this. Big thank yous to Joe, Onoff & Co for the advice. Zooter.

Yup indeed. Ive just cut my 6x tiles bits.. no clogging & a breeze of a job too. Great that's one stress out the way.. unnerving things, you gotta keep total concentration. Useful for my balcony project to come, cut metal threaded bar as per my cabin base. Thanks chaps.

Really? I had just packed it up > was going to dive into town & swap for the non-diamond 'stone cutting' one.. because it was offset. Ok but with alot of brick dust going on, it'll easily clog the 3mm or so gap. Seems odd.

@joe90 useful clip that Joe. I just bought a diamond tipped blade for 'stone/ concrete', but confused about the shape. Took my grinder into the store, & the offset ones (none diamond tipped) sat perfectly centrally in the guard. All diamond ones were flat.. which I can only assume, do not fit centrally in the guard. Have I got the right type? Ive no idea. Why are there two different disc shapes?

@joe90 I've manned-up.. got myslf a 4.5" Blk&DKR anglegrinder. How best to cut these tiles with it? does majority (I'm discarding) need to be clamped still whilst I whittle off my offcut > drops off? or set it on the ground & go at it there. I presume I get a stone cutting disc. Thanks, zoot

Thanks chaps- yes it was always going to be imperfect! (actually I like the cr*p grout job now). Much appreciate the help, terrific again. Just finishy off bits: I saw a ~4" (was it?) stone anglegrinder disc, in our fab welsh diy emporium 'Charlie's'- for £1.20. Is this feasable-? if so I'll buy a cheapo Agrinder. It was the discs I was told £15 for cheapest (in toolstation), putting me off.. IE £50 just to cut 2 tiles up. But if £26 then makes sense even if it breaks after the next job. Thanks zH

That's a good point.. I was just looking at your smart curvey ones.. but you'd likely then have 2 courses, of course. Nah sod it I'll just fill the gaps.

My family has roots in shropshire, I'm sure it was a lovely cottage. Yes you're right, it does add a bit of 'old' I guess from a distance.. but looks poorly done up close! hey ho/ never doing similar job again, no way. Porch is a single skin brick/ block of some kind: do you think skirting-? would hide the 3/4" tile gaps to the wall opposite ye olde threshold.

@joe90 Joe looking back at your tiles/ grout.. it's a mile better than mine: I'm dissapointed in the grout tbh. I mixed it super well, but saw this dark 'particle film patch' on the surface (I washed buckets thoughrally before).. thought it was just not mixed in, so went at it again/ & it seemed to mix in. But having done the job, it's appeared back again, in areas Ive grouted. Instead of nice even-colour like yours, I have patches of this dark filmy bits interrupting- rather ruining it tbh. It looks very light grey like a bad cement job's been used, not top quality grout as it should be. I mean it sort of blends in 'ok' to the rough n ready tiles.. but it's not up to par for a new grout job.

Cheers markc.. glad it looks in keeping from your pov. To think I was going to lino this too before being persuaded to go with these old tiles. Shows my choices aren't up to par.

Hahaha!. Tbh 1st time in my life I'm happier, I think, without.. some 'freedom perfect idyll' you just seek after having a vw camper ~I reckon. But you have your cabin, even more rustic than mine! tell her you've had enough & off to kip in it for a few days!

@Onoff further to your enquiries re. useage: last 2 night I've kipped in it.. great success, though the stream's quite prominent so takes a while to drift off. But got some lino (had lined up for porch job/ now ideal for cabin) down/ a futon.. & I'm 1/2 back in my vw camper parked up wild next to some river somewhere late 90's. Happy as a pig in the proverbial. It does offer me possibility now of doing b&b next year too. zH

Its pulling my finger out Joe.. hard when the sun's finally come out to sweat it on yr knees on a floor fretting all day. Urgh. Downhill now! paint the walls, varnish frame, fill the edge gaps in time: I tried to do with grout but its too much volume, over 1" deep & a good 3/4" along gaps to 3 walls. Maybe mortar fill up to a cm.. then top off with grout-? I'll cut 4x bits when an anglegrinder happens by, & mortar these 4 in (adjacent to door) as Ive no glue left. Save a bit of grout for them. should be ok.

Thank goodness I needed PeterW's advice, by re-reading replies prior to barrelling in (considering them, & not going my [lazyass] idea of sealing them after grouting..).. & sealed -prior- to grouting. I'd have had a grey disaster if I hadn't I think, so raw a surface they are. 4 coats I did too. thanks- zH

Ive found a new least favourite job. Me no wanna do floor tiling again! Theres still a bit of grey film over it.. but Randy's vids helped alot.

Hi there BigJ.. I'm only able if I take a huge ammount of time prior to jumping in, ie prep prep prep.. but even then I still do daft things! It ain't too bad tho no. Cheers zH