Gate Pillars

[andyscotland]

11 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 

 

Ta. Shows the poker in the pics but says not included in the small print! Doubles the price, with the poker 

 

Good catch. This is the one I bought https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nordstrand-Hand-Electric-Concrete-Vibrator/dp/B00KPKT2F4 but yeah is a good bit more expensive (including the poker).

[Pocster]

1 hour ago, andyscotland said:

 

Good catch. This is the one I bought https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nordstrand-Hand-Electric-Concrete-Vibrator/dp/B00KPKT2F4 but yeah is a good bit more expensive (including the poker).

My misses has got one of those you can borrow 

Edited August 5, 2019 by pocster

[Onoff]

3 hours ago, pocster said:

My misses has got one of those you can borrow 

 

Kango?

[Onoff]

3 hours ago, pocster said:

My misses has got one of those you can borrow 

 

'Cos you're a tough act to follow! ?

 

 

 

[Onoff]

My son just has a chuckle whilst we were going through the box with the sliding gate motor, controls, photocells etc. 2010 I bought the kit...

[Pocster]

13 minutes ago, Onoff said:

My son just has a chuckle whilst we were going through the box with the sliding gate motor, controls, photocells etc. 2010 I bought the kit...

Hey! No laughing matter - you’re only 9 years late ....?

[Onoff]

I'm blaming the rain for the lack of progress...

 

Ideally drill your bricks for any conduits BEFORE you lay them! ?

 

 

[Onoff]

Not saying I'm tired or that I need an eye test but I've just attempted to weld brass to steel! Half asleep I cut it, clamped it and had a confusing few minutes. Gave up, grabbed another bit of scrap angle, (galvanised) welded no problem after dressing the edges.

 

Brass angle came out of Molins in Deptford. 

Edited September 3, 2019 by Onoff

[Pocster]

48 minutes ago, Onoff said:

Not saying I'm tired or that I need an eye test but I've just attempted to weld brass to steel! Half asleep I cut it, clamped it and had a confusing few minutes. Gave up, grabbed another bit of scrap angle, (galvanised) welded no problem after dressing the edges.

 

Brass angle came out of Molins in Deptford. 

Oh how I miss the bathroom thread ..... ?

[PeterW]

29 minutes ago, pocster said:

Oh how I miss the bathroom thread ..... ?

 

Don’t worry, treat this like a sequel .... or prequel as he bought the bits before he started the bathroom ..... 

[CC45]

is the bathroom actually totally finished?

[Onoff]

40 minutes ago, CC45 said:

is the bathroom actually totally finished?

 

A few minor bits to sort like a mirror,  toothbrush charger, bog roll dispenser, shelves in the cupboard...plumb the UFH in...plumb the towel rail in...connect the body dryer permanently...do the WC odour take off...

 

So NO! ?

 

But I've just had a nice rainfall shower with the Bluetooth speakers blaring.

 

 

 

[oranjeboom]

58 minutes ago, CC45 said:

is the bathroom actually totally finished?

 

What will be completed first - Brexit or the bathroom?

[PeterW]

2 minutes ago, oranjeboom said:

 

What will be completed first - Brexit or the bathroom?

 

HS2....

[Onoff]

8 minutes ago, oranjeboom said:

 

What will be completed first - Brexit or the bathroom?

 

Manned mission to Mars.

[oranjeboom]

10 minutes ago, PeterW said:

 

HS2....

 

At least @Onoff should win on the lowest cost factor!

[Onoff]

7 hours ago, oranjeboom said:

 

At least @Onoff should win on the lowest cost factor!

 

And the most photos...

[Onoff]

The lad and I did a few more courses. We are not brickies by a long shot!

 

 

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Made a faux pas! 7th course high is a few mm higher than it should be. There's  an angle iron welded to the box section that the set back brick at course 7 should have sat on directly. I unfortunately put muck on it then the brick. 

 

Living with it. 

 

[ProDave]

On 03/09/2019 at 18:05, Onoff said:

Brass angle came out of Molins in Deptford. 

Did you used to work for them?

 

I did 3 years at Saunderton.

[Onoff]

12 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Did you used to work for them?

 

I did 3 years at Saunderton.

 

No my brother's FiL did, Wally James was his name. I got to clear his shed out a couple of years back (had the shed too tbh ? ).

 

Oddly enough I collected one of my welders earlier from my parents elderly neighbour and was making him laugh telling how I'd tried to arc weld steel to brass. Turns out his BiL worked for Molins too. I'll find out his name.

 

Only places I've ever frequented in Deptford was Garlands and the Rose Of Denmark.

 

Did some work at Rothmans in Aylesbury.

Edited September 8, 2019 by Onoff

[ProDave]

My 3 years at Saunderton was not the pinnacle of my career, but was the best I could get when I needed to change jobs. Out of one dying industry straight into another.

 

The pension scheme was worthwhile.

[Onoff]

Reckon I need to claw back 12mm in height  Due to a combo of initially the welded angle issue then too thick mortar lines and basically not working to those lines. My fault.

 

 

 

Each horizontal black line on the post is 75mm apart. Where the bricks finish at the mo it's 63mm to the next black line! So 12mm in total.

 

Thinking to thin 3 courses by 4mm each using the diamond blade in the evolution saw.

 

 

[Russell griffiths]

Don’t do it, if you cut one it will stand out like dogs balls. 

Why can you not just carry on as you are. 

[Onoff]

Just now, Russell griffiths said:

Don’t do it, if you cut one it will stand out like dogs balls. 

Why can you not just carry on as you are. 

 

Top of brick has to finish level with that wooden former on the front. What do you reckon lose it on the joints?

[PeterW]

Add don’t subtract ..!! You’ve got another 6-7 courses to go, make the beds a bit thicker and you’ll lose the problem.