3 cubic meters of logs cut to between 8 and 10inches long (like the mix of units?) turned up in the back of a tipper. It took me a hour at the time when they turned up (12:00 noon), then another 3/4 hours before we went out (16:00) and another half an hour or so later on (20:00) when we came back to get them all stacked, which was 3 times longer than I hoped it would take to stack them all in.
I now have the gutter on the garage, just in time for the rain. I got a little footage of the gutter working shortly after installing it:
The last 3 roofing sheets turned up today and I got them on just in time for the weather to turn tomorrow. Next I need to go to Mole Valley Farmers for some 200×22 mm timber for the fascia boards to cover the top of the wall all around and then fit the gutter.
I asked a friend to come and help me remove the old roof and build the new roof in three days. We actually managed the removal and build in less than 2 days, but the tidy up and final work is not yet finished. Everything I needed two people to do is done however. Two trips to the tip have been completed also, mostly plant material that was growing over the roof. I have yet to break up some of the old pallets and dispose of them. This is a photo taken ever minute stitched into a video, this is the first day: The second day: Then I used clipchamp’s AI offering to make this video: So you might have noticed the unfinished nature of the roof, I failed to get the length of the garage building right, so didn’t order enough roofing sheets. They’re coming hopefully this week. I […]
Having rehung the gates, but this time level, I needed to extend the drop pin. I had found that I had some bar stock of the right size. After a bit of cutting, grinding, welding, grinding and a lick of Zink rich paint it was done.
I had noticed that the something was worn in the drive as there was always a clunck when pulling off. Not the worst I’ve experienced in the Land Rover, but not great either. So I picked up two new drive flanges for the rear axle. And a short video to round it off:
I ordered a coupler/bush, to adapt from some female metric thread to 1/4″ BSP male thread of thew air line. I guessed it was M10 ish thread on the inflater thingy. I guessed wrong. It was perhaps M12. I don’t know, and now it doesn’t matter anyway. The metal filler stuff, similar to plastic padding came out and resolved the issue permenantly.
Here are some pictures and a video of the bits I got from Zeus: Then I decided I should paint…
I found these brackets in the garage we bought, (in this post https://bhhh.co.uk/forged-and-wrought-iron/) they’d been languishing on a shelf, which was too much irony for me.
I finished the work bench shelf. Though I had to unscrew the members I put in yesterday, put the plywood shelf-top in and then put the horizontals back again. Winner. Still need to find a better place for some of the long lengths of timber and the two bikes still need a proper home, but progress is being made. One day I might have a tidy garage, or not.
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