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Is that what's called "roller wave"? @craig will hopefully be along shortly.

I got a price for hinges to the DXF the kind soul on the other forum did. They were nom. 350mm long. £22ea, water jet in 6mm Gr304 stainless which I don't think is too bad. However 350mm is aesthetically too short. I reckon they need to be about 500mm long. Wondering if I could go down to 3mm. I went and stuck some white tape on at 500mm long. I'll probably have them cut blank as the coach bolt centres aren't exactly regular though they are on a straight line. I was going to mock up the hinges in tin foil to get a better feel before I committed to having them cut. Then someone else did me this: There'll also likely be a vertical stainless strip of some sort dead centre and a mock lock/clasp/GoT (blame @pocster) or WoW shield etc in the middle eventually.

A well deserved "That's really funny!" ???

Sounds like you do I bet! 5b2234b3-d10d-487a-974d-5901f2662722.mp4

Washing the clothes.

RF remote. I hid one up inside my mates dash when we did his gates (finished btw ?) and got an OEM switch to go in a blank (Ford Focus). So he drives up and presses the dash button as he comes along the road. I just soldered the OEM switch wires to the push button contacts and gave it a fused feed from the car instead of the usual 12V lighter battery.

Top of the uncapped pillar: This is the aerial and length of RG-59/U coax: I'm thinking to drill a hole atop the box section horizontal arm and fit a removable mounting plate: Conduit will come along inside the box section for the coax. Will look something like this: Nice big ground plane! ?

I'd be worried that the gap between old and new pillars might fill up with water. Do you have any experience of such things?

A while back I used a small ratchet strap to clamp a bit of timber onto this pillar as a guide for a 100mm core drill. I managed to place the ratchet over the corner and a bit of brick face came off: Suggestions? It's on the edge nearest a fence so not the end of the world. Options I guess are chop the whole brick out, dress the damage with an abrasive disc and maybe use some dye to tone it down or a glaze. I half thought I'd saved the bit that came off to "glue" back on but can I find it...nope! ?

If you wouldn't mind I'll take those nuts off you. PM me if you would with the cost and p&p. As for washers I'll probably do something a bit funky/shaped, in sympathy with the faux hinges I'll have water or laser cut. A kind soul on another forum has just converted this photo of these faux hinges into a DXF for me. (Think I've said before they're in the church we got married in). Cheers.

Fairly convinced now that plastering sand was the wrong thing to use. Sharp sand would have been better I think for some sacrifice in detail. This one could be future hardcore.

Never seen GoT.

Hmmm...this one hasn't come out as well as the first so far. The corner where the 15mm copper was set too deep needs repair for a start:

The newsreader?

No need for cooling in my bathroom this weather!

Use it, I have. Hotels use the same stuff. Cuts down on their cleaning bills. Won't do anything for pi$$ coloured grout though... ?

That's kind of you, in M16?

I may well do. The grey, circular foam strip I have is specifically designed to be siliconed over. Comes from the commercial curtain walling industry.

Two, that's it, done! Wait for them to cure and fit them. I'll have to rope a mate in to help lift them into position mind. Before then I do have to access inside the pillar tops and clean out any debris. Then do the final tightening of the M16 safety bolt (back up in case the weld on the L shape box section give up). I'll need some fancy plastic caps to go over the nut come to think of it. Think I can rustle up some white ones and spray them. I want a Gothic esque, thick washer there too...something to mull over... I also have to decide how and where to run conduit for my aerial coax and indeed where to mount the aerial for the gate controller. Probably atop the horizontal section of box with a CB style mount. I did half consider a fancy moulding at the apex of the pillar cap to put the aerial right at the top.....but decided not to. I've also to fill these (deliberate) gaps around where the box comes out of the pillar with foam strip then figure some cover plates or the birds will peck it all out. The box section needs painting black at some time too. Another couple of years then! ?

Second one done. Used the orbital sander against the sides to vibrate it down this time. Typically I did only 75% of last time's mix (when I had too much left over) and this time was a bit short! Scraped to the sides and filled the hollow in the middle with a nom. 4:1 mix, no lime, no dye, just whatever it picked up from the drum. Was a bit sloppy tbh. Far left corner of the copper pipe came detached from the cross timber so I think is sitting about an 1/8" too deep. I used CT1 first time round but ordinary silicone to "glue" it the the cross timber. Guess the drip channel will just be a bit deeper. Fingers crossed!

Could you... Install a couple of bfo davits in your garden to launch/recover your own boat? You could, but the cost???

Ready for the next one once the copper pipe has stuck to the cross members. Cleaned the mould out and re-siliconed the internal corners: Found a bit of slightly bigger mesh than before, not galvanised, so gave it a quick coat of zinc spray. Sand and dye already in the mixer: Cement and lime measured out ready.

Bit of wood with a notch in the end.

Truly exceptional bits of kit. A mate wanted them but couldn't find them so went with similar albeit square ones. Not anywhere near as nice imo.

Sorted! ? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Automatic-Operated-Presents-Bathroom-Washroom/dp/B08HQFGS6L/ref=asc_df_B08HQFGS6L/?