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    Works a treat on the reflective tape in a hi viz jacket. So, if you see a hi viz jacket with reflective tape that's missing .....
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    So does that mean that a racking wall provides that resistance - and by extension other non-racking walls don't ?
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    Bang on F. I am as close to certain that one can be that video evidence has played a very significant role in all discussions about our refusal to pay in full for poor workmanship. The same video footage also evidences unsafe practice on the part of several people (me included, sad to say) If we ever build again, I would double the number of cameras.
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    OK, I'll bite. What on earth is a racking wall? And don't just tell me it's a perimeter wall.....
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    Moira, really. And we all thought you were a nice girl..... I mean, really.....
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    It almost certainly did fall of the back of the lorry. Look at the damage. The sparks from the fall together with the methane must have caused a flash in the pan : see the fire damage. That was in turn put out by the contents. No wonder there is no need for a fire extinguisher in a portaloo.
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    Well @Dreadnaught here's what you need, I imagine. You can find it just off Junction 33 on the M6 (North). I'm sure the owners don't want it any more. It's been there for a week. I took the photo while standing up-wind. Can we try, just for me, try, and keep subsequent posts clean, eh? Please?
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    Not sure @StructuralEngineer, I'll dig around and find out.
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    I deliberately went round local building sites and watched carefully. I saw everything from excellence (Network Rail sites) to utter, dangerous confusion. Now Debbie asks if, on driving past a worksite site, I want to stop and look. Occasionally I do. And I always learn something. I went into several sites armed other hard hat and hi viz and asked the Site Agent if I could photograph the Kwikstage so I could teach myself how to organise it well. Got the odd strange look, but frankly, it's worth it. All the agents asked agreed to me spending time just looking at how the sites were organised. A few were really interested in our self build. There's loads of good will for self-builders. (Except within sight of the build, where there's a surfeit of jealousy)
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    Novice? Novice ? Every day I go out onto my build I have nearly no clue as to how to do what's been planned. Often, just a bit sick with worry. Take yesterday's cockup for example . It took BH just 10 minutes to sort it out. (Thanks @Dudda and @ProDave ) This is the UK Novice Central. You are in excellent company. And as for saving money, I'm on £12 / 13 k at the moment . This is the most supportive community I have ever found online.
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    I part company with you at the word resulted. @PeterW will be along in in a minute to dissect the 85% statement above.
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    WhadaPlonka I'm really tired. I'll take the hint and stop for the day. The next mistake will be worse. Cheers @Dudda
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    'Old on a minnit...... I'll just try it.....
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    Have a look at these: if you've built with Kwikstage, you know what's wrong. I've tried loads of fettling and naggling. And you can see that I've thought of a 'fix', but 'ees a bodge, and I no like 'em. Not a pretty sight is it? Honestly, I must have spent an hour fiddling about: I took it all back down and started from scratch. I measured the diagonals - all within a few mill. Whas' goin' on eh?
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    Its what you have. Making the best of it is the trick. I have a reasonable site with lots of 'space' which I cannot use. But one side of the site I have about 8 meters for storage space. So I found some stillage cages and bought about 10 or so. Made some shelving out of scrap. Got some scrap corrugated sheets and made some roofing for it. That means I can stack light-weight stuff on the top shelf and heavy things on the bottom. Ladders can be stored on the tin roof. Doubles the storage volume, but much more importantly, I can easily see where stuff is.
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    If you stumble, it's more likely to be because you are tired. Years of training soldiers taught me that a stumble is the first sign of tiredness. They stumbled whether they were wearing boots or cross country-running shoes, on a mountainside or an assault course . I live in the Lakes and when friends come to visit I used to (not so much now) take them up on the fells. A stumble is always a cue to watch for the next one and a reason for increased caution. These trainers (clickable link here) are for me a sensible compromise. have a look at the Safety Rating too (in this case S3 WR SRC) . Boots on their own won't cause a fall. They will hold your foot in place better during falling and on impact, though - as in slipping on wet ground and twisting on the way down. The tipping point for me is the shoe / boots weight and my knackered hip. The ones I have now are so light that I can wear them all day without needing some WD40 for the ball and socket joint at the top of my leg. And just because I know you'll love this, here's the H&S guidance
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    You aren't thinking about not having some form of toe / foot protection are you now?
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    That was a key decider. I'm doing so much ladder work and klettering aboot the place , and will be for a year or so, that decent footwear is key. The bridge under the foot arch is well made too. There is so much poorly made work clothing around : it's almost as if the construction sector doesn't care about it's workers. It's very poor.
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    Now, why so heavy ?
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    My toes on Saturday. The bridge of my foot is still painful. Mending a broken sledge hammer shaft: the head fell off after I had ' mended ' it.
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    OK Dad.
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    Yes: I winced a bit but..... I can hardly feel them - lighter than a normal shoe: already managed to drop a sledgehammer hammer head off the workbench on to them. And my annoyingly old hip has stopped hurting since I started wearing these.
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    Yes, been there, got the annoying T shirt. Thats why I have a pair of these... Debbie can't get me out of them: too comfortable
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    Our 7 meter Glulam is only some 160 kilos in weight. The original plan was to get a crane and pop it in that way. But 160 kilos, I mean .... 160... that's just a bit heavier than me after I have had a serious curry. So, thinking about a telehandler or pulleys or something. Thinking Out Of The Box anyway. Yes, I know, thinking's dangerous. But 160 kilos for Gods sake. 'S nowt.
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    'Smells' to me like a missing 'path', as in footpath.
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