Zoot wood balcony job.

[Simplysimon]

1 hour ago, zoothorn said:

It'll have to be a weight on a string for my plumbline.

probably more accurate than your bead

[zoothorn]

2 hours ago, Simplysimon said:

probably more accurate than your bead

My bead? Beard? Bread? 
 

Has SS been in the sun too long?

 

I think we need a zoot (summer) musical interlude..

 

 

Zoothorn.

 

 

 

[Simplysimon]

13 hours ago, zoothorn said:

My bead? Beard? Bread? 
 

Has SS been in the sun too long?

bead - spirit level, no idea why but that's what's the term is.

 

yes, though ony 26-27 up here, still too hot for us, we're not built for heat up here.

[joe90]

3 minutes ago, Simplysimon said:

yes, though ony 26-27 up here, still too hot for us, we're not built for heat up here.

Ha, down here in the southwest the sky started leaking (I think it’s called rain) well, just a little, light cloud and thankfully much cooler.

[Simplysimon]

Just now, joe90 said:

Ha, down here in the southwest the sky started leaking (I think it’s called rain) well, just a little, light cloud and thankfully much cooler.

we're getting it tomorrow and tues, just in time for return to work

[Onoff]

You can get a post level:

 

 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/post-level-5-125mm-/6872V?

[Pocster]

[Onoff]

2 hours ago, pocster said:

 

It certainly is. Just back from my local after 3 pints of Thistly Cross and a bag of steak ridge cut McCoys. Just me, the pub cat and a paperback in the sun trap garden. 

[Pocster]

2 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 

It certainly is. Just back from my local after 3 pints of Thistly Cross and a bag of steak ridge cut McCoys. Just me, the pub cat and a paperback in the sun trap garden. 

The high life for sure 

[Onoff]

4 minutes ago, pocster said:

The high life for sure 

 

The pub is high up on the North Downs...205m above sea level in fact...

[Pocster]

Just now, Onoff said:

 

The pub is high up on the North Downs...205m above sea level in fact...

Is it called “ Back street bashers and the drunken dog “ ? 

[Onoff]

39 minutes ago, pocster said:

Is it called “ Back street bashers and the drunken dog “ ? 

 

The Bear & Twink, where we first met.

[Pocster]

11 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 

The Bear & Twink, where we first met.

Ah yes ; of course ! . That friction burn all cleared up now ?

Edited August 14, 2022 by pocster

[Onoff]

3 minutes ago, pocster said:

Ah yes ; off course ! . That friction burn all cleared up now ?

 

Just the Monkey Pocs to sort...

 

 

 

[Pocster]

[Pocster]

[zoothorn]

12 hours ago, Onoff said:

 

The Bear & Twink, where we first met.

Don't you mean the late night Bear & Twerk establishment-?

 

 

 

 

[zoothorn]

Chaps,

 

just forming a plan for my 2 posts. Do the U shape brackets fix to posts, with say (2x) 8mm S.S threaded rods? Or 10mm?

 

And the post job itself:  Brackets here Wednesday, so I'll dig out my two pad areas & get the 2 buckets in ready next. Plumbline marks centres.

 

Is the idea roughly thus:

 

1) fix my two brackets onto posts,

2) measure & cut post notches,

3) attatch *temporary offcut thin timbers for support @ btm, 4) clamp in place over bucket with spike within/ 1 temporary screw to frame,

5) use *timbers to get level & plumb.. 5) pour concrete. 

? Thanks, zoot

 

 

[markc]

Morning squire, couple of screws each side is all you need to fix saddles to bottom of posts, the joint will always be in compression so technically doesn’t need anything.

I would fit the posts in place, temp props to maintain correct deck level, temp stays or braces to maintain post in plumb and get the concrete in. 

[Onoff]

I'd get my holes dug with a layer of tamped down rubble in the base - fairly level.

 

Drop a flat 'ish piece of rubble in last.

 

I'd then "hang" the 6"x6"s with the brackets bolted on, into the holes - the bracket sits on the flat 'ish piece of rubble. Then lift and pack under the legs. Knock 'em square with aid of the aformentioned post level (tweak one to the other by eye) and get the concrete in.

[zoothorn]

On 14/08/2022 at 09:16, Simplysimon said:

bead - spirit level, no idea why but that's what's the term is.

 

yes, though ony 26-27 up here, still too hot for us, we're not built for heat up here.

Aha. I''m the one been the one in the sun too long then.

 

You must be up in bonnie scotland-?

[zoothorn]

On 15/08/2022 at 10:14, markc said:

Morning squire, couple of screws each side is all you need to fix saddles to bottom of posts, the joint will always be in compression so technically doesn’t need anything.

I would fit the posts in place, temp props to maintain correct deck level, temp stays or braces to maintain post in plumb and get the concrete in. 

Hi there markc, 2 screws eh? Ok that's good but bracket holes  do look big'uns. I've got threaded ss rod enough for 1 each if needed.

 

Thanks that's a useful outline to work with, though manoeuvring the hefty posts in place alone I think a challenge.

Thanks, Zoot.

[zoothorn]

On 15/08/2022 at 10:51, Onoff said:

I'd get my holes dug with a layer of tamped down rubble in the base - fairly level.

 

Drop a flat 'ish piece of rubble in last.

 

I'd then "hang" the 6"x6"s with the brackets bolted on, into the holes - the bracket sits on the flat 'ish piece of rubble. Then lift and pack under the legs. Knock 'em square with aid of the aformentioned post level (tweak one to the other by eye) and get the concrete in.

Hang is a useful word.. I get the idea there, struggling a bit with the flat rubble piece idea though.

 

I'll get holes dug, buckets in & report back.

 

Thanks, zoot.

[Onoff]

24 minutes ago, zoothorn said:

struggling a bit with the flat rubble piece idea though.

 

[Simplysimon]

51 minutes ago, zoothorn said:

You must be up in bonnie scotland-?

yup, south ayrshire, 1m from the coast. part of the view from nearest beach arran not in the picture but it's just off to the right.

weekend weather