ProDave Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 It's going to get a bit blowy over the Christmas weekend. Especially over West Scotland. If you are leaving your building site for the holiday, don't leave anything lying around that can blow away, as it WILL blow away. and make sure your buildings are secure. Passage Weather plot for Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexphd1 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 We better get a move on and get the icf poured before the weekend! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 26 minutes ago, Alexphd1 said: We better get a move on and get the icf poured before the weekend! if there were 4 little piggies the un filled ICF piggie would come first 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Alexphd1 said: We better get a move on and get the icf poured before the weekend! Very expensive kite you've built there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I had actually never related "batten down the hatches" to "battens" ie pieces of wood fixed over. I had always treated it as a standalone verb. You live and learn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Already seen 40mph sustained and gusts to 60 mph today at Inverness airport. And this isn't "the storm" All my sheets of OSB are now inside the house where they can't go awol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I'm getting some water inside the house At the SW corner it's being driven up into the eaves. Need to get those soffits put in asap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Oh lordy. Sunday is looking even worse with the >50 mph winds Stretching further inland.50mph winds stretching a lot further inland This is unusual for Passage Weather. Usually when they forecast gales a few days out, as you get close the prediction reduces. Not this time. Today was definitely a lot windier than their prediction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 You might be lucky - assuming Mr Clause goes over, flying west in the early hours, the slipstream should take the pattern back out into the Atlantic - of course if you don't believe in that sort of stuff - strap yourselves in. Looks like we in the SE will be OK this time but will still batten down those hatches anyway it will be our turn next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stones Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Business as usual up here... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMitchells Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 How did you get on, Alexphd1? Did you manage to get the cementing in before the bad weather? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple07 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Resurrecting this since the met office has just issued more weather warnings for high winds & snow....and I have the crane booked for getting the roof trusses on this Friday....yes....Friday 13th ?.....?❄️? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Make sure you've got some long ropes , and some heavy set friends to hold them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Snowing heavily in Kent (nr Sevenoaks) at the mo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Been snowing all day here. Life goes on, schools still open, school bus still running. Tonights B&B guests have a rubbish van. I didn't see what make other than it's big and front wheel drive, and it took 3 of us to push it up the road. Then next door goes out in his van without even a hint of wheel spin. Some vehicles are just rubbish (we found the same with a VW Touran, have I ever mentioned it was the worst car we ever owned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiking Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 36 minutes ago, ProDave said: Been snowing all day here. Life goes on, schools still open, school bus still running. Tonights B&B guests have a rubbish van. I didn't see what make other than it's big and front wheel drive, and it took 3 of us to push it up the road. Then next door goes out in his van without even a hint of wheel spin. Some vehicles are just rubbish (we found the same with a VW Touran, have I ever mentioned it was the worst car we ever owned) If it's anything like my brother in law, the weight of FLT spares and tools in the back of a FWD Transit made it impossible to drive if so much as a single snowflake fell. Well not impossible but a new clutch is needed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 14 hours ago, Onoff said: Snowing heavily in Kent (nr Sevenoaks) at the mo! Wrong bit of Kent. We had about 1cm last night which has now disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 3 minutes ago, PeterStarck said: Wrong bit of Kent. We had about 1cm last night which has now disappeared. Abandoned / stuck cars up Rowdow Hill this morning. Pilgrims Way and through Otford on the way to Sevenoaks at 4.15 this morning. Roads gritted but not as good as I'd hoped by any means. Lot of tree branches down due ti weight of snow. Trains OK to London though I missed the first one. Just spoken to the wife who said it's snowing again there now. Death Hill up from Farningham has loads of abandoned cars & lorries but according to FB they're being moved now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triassic Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Clear blue skies and sunshine in Cumbria. Mind you this time last year we people were bing flooded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple07 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 The snow certainly didn't stop us, hardy over here ? but with gusts of wind in excess of 60mph, understandably the crane company didn't want to chance it, rescheduled for next Friday, fingers crossed for a calm day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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