xsspeed Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 so so lush, loving the mounting plate for the sidewall lamp and switch - awesome detail. gas bottle next to switches made me nervous though? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 Cheers man. We always turn the gas off immediately after finished using it so I think it safe enough. But I do need to do a drop out hole below the bottle in case of a leak (although there shouldn't be a leak if the bottle is turned off...) Yeah i went searching through the piles of wood offcuts for something nice. Hannah cant stand the screws I have used to hold the lamps in place though.. but I couldnt find any black screws. I think she is being fussy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I have a random box of black screws I can send you if you want. FREE I bought a box of black ones while hungover and didn't realize till I got home. So I used like 4 out of the pack of 30 odd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 cheers alex. are you coming to hanmer? I can meet you there for a screw... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 cheers alex. are you coming to hanmer? I can meet you there for a screw... No, wont be coming to hamner way too poor for the foreseeable future. dont even have the money to get volvo road legal as "reliable modern daily" is costing big money as of late (Just ran bearings in engine a while ago so had to fit new second hand engine and now the gearbox is shitting out as well) Stupid modern cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 No, wont be coming to hamner way too poor for the foreseeable future. dont even have the money to get volvo road legal as "reliable modern daily" is costing big money as of late (Just ran bearings in engine a while ago so had to fit new second hand engine and now the gearbox is shitting out as well) Stupid Swedish cars. So I am going to sell it, along with my fluffy white dog and buy a Morris 1100. What could possibly go wrong with something English? My thoughts exactly. Great idea on a Morris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Not even a swedish car stupid modern japanese mazda thing Also never selling fluffy white dog he is an awesome little bastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 Oh its a mazda that died. Put it in a morris 1100 and then it wont die- itll just leak. Kidding on dog- hes cute. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 So a quick update. (turning into a gardening thread....) Spent more time clearing out that last big bit of gorse. Its now a lovely big area that we might just have to put a picnic bench and small shelter on. Then could rent it out to cycle tourists etc in summer I went into the bush and cleared back all the manky scrub that was hiding the ferns. Its a sweet job as the difference is amazing. We also cleared more gorse and sycamore/hawthorn trees from along the roadside of the drive. This weekend we will continue along there and clear out as much as possible. Its looking heaps better without the sycamores as they are tall skinny ugly leafless trees. Really glad to get the hawthorns gone from near the gate as so bloody prickly and nasty. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 What do you do with all your clearing rubbish? Bonfire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 gas bottle next to switches made me nervous though? Yeah please improve this a bit, mentioned purely for your own safety. No second chances if something did go wrong. I had developed a nervous twitch after seeing the gas cylinder in the shower, but the kitchen setup gave me a full on seizure. Bang the cylinder outside and bubble test connections every so often. Other that that, loving your work. Reminds me of when my grandparents purchased a block of land (north of the road on this link)with a run down house. It started in much the same way, all gorse / blackberry. They transformed it into an amazing place. I can see you guys are doing the same thing, so much respect for the hard work you're putting in and the great results! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 What do you do with all your clearing rubbish? Bonfire?Big bonfires. Much fun and warmth. Discovered that the new burning area is a neat little 'sitting around the fire' amphitheatre. Will have to make a sweet decking/seating arrangement there.Bling- fear not. We never ever leave the gas bottle on. It's turned off straight away- a habit we have long been into. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted September 12, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2014 More gorse. More Hawthorns. More Sycamores. More bloody Blackberry. All chopped down and burned. That was last weekend- in between sitting in the sun and just chilling out. It was a really nice weekend and we really are on top of all the clearing. Plus when we turned up on Sat morning we discovered that our neighbour who has been doing all the digger work etc has started laying down fresh stone onto the driveway. It was so good being able to cruise up the steep entry bit of the drive with the van in 2wd and no wheelspin at all. It looks great too and once we have had some rain to wash the dirt off we'll have the Mediterranean looking driveway we want with the white stone gelaming in the hot sun. Just need palm trees... We have put a thermometer up and on the Veranda it has recorded 27.5 C last week sometime. Seriously gets bloody hot in this little valley as it misses the winds that the surrounding valleys get and heats up. so we arrived sat morning, unpacked the van then just sat in the sun and drank coffee while kevin sat in the bush under a fern watching the fat wood pigeons in a tree - too hot for a fluffy cat.Eventually we started chopping down shit. Then burning it. Then having a beer. Or two. We have pretty much cleared out all the gorse now except for what there is higher up the ridge which can wait. The bush is taking that over quite nicely anyway While I was down near the entrance to our drive chopping down some Hawthorns (horrible nasty trees '..spit..') an old couple came by on mountain bikes. I started chatting away and it turns out the are from around the road about 2kms away. They have been living in the valley for about 35 years. They too have a bush block and have been there, done that. Really cool people and lots of very useful advice for us. I will be grilling them for as much advice as I can get because there is so much to learn- especially as to what grows well, when to plant etc etc. They are really proactive with the local community group that looks after the estuary and beaches etc which is something I want to help out with. I will bide my time before I mention a skid pad and 1/4 mile strip....Also turns out that their grandson in law (?) is building mtb tracks on their property and also builds alot of the tracks in Richmond for the mtb club. So thats handy- more info I can absorb! Anyway- photos. I was so engrossed in cutting down weeds and burning weeds.. that I didn't take that many photos. But here are some.Coffee on Veranda when we turned up...Kevin in the bush (Bushragdoll)The new driveway surface..The area to the left of the driveway where we concentrated our clearing- right down to the road below. Before clearing...Then not far before finishing the clearing (always more then we think there will be!) Daddy, mummy and baby saw.... Sitting down for a late afternoon coffee on the driveway high point, Monday afternoon.So this weekend I think might be rainy. We will do what we can but just in case its really shitty I bought Hannah a massive Lego Unimog for her Birthday a while back. She has been waiting for a decent rainy weekend to start building it so that might this one coming. Otherwise its clearing out some scrub near the cabin on the boundry so we can get to siome massive pines that need felling. They block the sun in the summer afternoon and need to come down- that will be a big busy noisy weekend for sure!Oh- we also sent through our application for consent for the shed a couple of days ago. Hopefully it will get processed quickly (ha ha ha...no it wont..) so we can get on with ordering it and getting it up. I fear they might be asking for a geotech report because of our location but we will see. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODB Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Wow really - a geotechnical report? Sounds like a gee up to me mate - you aren't in Chch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corbie Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 You think Christchurch is the only place that needs Geotech? Alex, Will have a look on Monday, might have some information around that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Have you got photos of your tracts of flat land? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Will get a photo or two but basically shed is going on that big pad that the Cabin is parked up on. The front wall of the cabin is pretty much where the front of the shed. The pad has been there like that for over 40 years with no a hint of subsidence. Just got back to nelson now after another good weekend of filling our knuckles with thorns. I was cutting down a massive hawthorn trunk that fell and just landed on my foot putting a thorn through the thick leather boot and into the side of my foot. Had to get hannah to get pliers- the fucker was stuck solid in the leather and 10 mm into my foot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 That whorethorn is an absolute festering cunt of a plant. There used to be one at my dad's old place. Used to be........ He took great pleasure in giving it a number zero with a saw. It wasn't even somewhere we would walk often, but it still used to gore me from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 They are the devils work I tell you. Thorns are nasty on them. Apparently Barberry has even nastier thorns? (not Burberry...which is still pretty bad but in a Max power sort of way...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Will get a photo or two but basically shed is going on that big pad that the Cabin is parked up on. The front wall of the cabin is pretty much where the front of the shed. The pad has been there like that for over 40 years with no a hint of subsidence. Draw aerial map of land please. I would like it to be to 1:100 scale and include cups of tea and Kevin. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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