Mr and Mrs Sheepers put themselves into debt for the rest of their lives.

[yetchh]

20 hours ago, sheepers said:

there's no fall,  or at least not very much but yea why? That's the whole idea of using a concrete tile with holes in it. 

You definitely want a little bit of fall.. Even if it's only 50mm from the house out. 

[sheepers]

i still dont see why?

90% of the area is under a roof and the bit that isnt is permeable, just like if it was grass. which it was before and it never flooded?

 

anywho, yesterday and today i did much work.

2 cubes of sand delviered and spread, screeded to some sort of level that compacted. then leveled again and compacted again.

and today i Rhona and i painted the thing. the pics are shit because sunny but you might get the idea. 

im really happy wiht how a coat of paint makes it blend into the house so much better.

concrete tiles get delivered tomorrow so tomorrow night after work ill start placing them. 

 

2020-08-16_03-43-42 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2020-08-16_03-43-35 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2020-08-16_03-43-22 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2020-08-16_03-43-08 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2020-08-16_03-43-16 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

 

[sheepers]

Got tiles delivered this morning so after work Rhona and I got to placing them. 

Not as flat as id like but they are sure to settle a bit so no matter. 

Now the hard bit of cutting all the edges. 

[yetchh]

On 16/08/2020 at 16:02, sheepers said:

i still dont see why?

90% of the area is under a roof and the bit that isnt is permeable, just like if it was grass. which it was before and it never flooded. 

Fall has just been drummed into my head over the last 10 years. Its just easier to put fall in when your loading out anyway than not. That way, if it somehow it does manage to get water in there at least you had fall. Ap can be quite water resistant so once you fill the pavers with dirt which can also pool you might find it takes a while for any water to drain through. As you say, its mostly covered, but sometimes it's just better to do that to your ass as well. 

 

[sheepers]

yea fair enough too.

[xsspeed]

mind your pedestrian gate out to garage - it may sag over time, sorry to point out but the diagonal is technically going the wrong way, ideal is tranferring load in compression back to the hinge side. It may be stiff enough as the leaf isnt too wide.  Its just sticking out at me though

[anglia4]

Looking great!

[sheepers]

10 hours ago, xsspeed said:

mind your pedestrian gate out to garage - it may sag over time, sorry to point out but the diagonal is technically going the wrong way, ideal is tranferring load in compression back to the hinge side. It may be stiff enough as the leaf isnt too wide.  Its just sticking out at me though

yea, your right it might sag.

it is held together with 100mm long 12 gauge screws at every joint so it might be ok, hasn't moved yet.

i guess time will tell.

[sheepers]

right. tiles finished.

i am NEVER going to lay those cunt fuck shithole bastard things ever again.

concrete dust can get fucked right in the arse. and the fucking piece of shit tiles are like fucking glass. you so much as tap them when they're not fully seated and they break.

how do you seat them in the sand? you have to tap them into place.

cunt arse shit fucking bastards.

but i never have to lay another one ever again so thats good. a meter and a half of top soil gets delivered tomorrow and we'll push that around until we lose it.

 

2020-08-20_05-38-41 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2020-08-20_05-38-48 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2020-08-20_05-38-34 by sheepers, on Flickr

[yetchh]

Most concrete products are like glass/shit.. 

 

[sr1600]

Nice work there mate , Looks really good.

Where do you hide all the extra toyota parts.....

(found a shaft for a gearbox buried in the lawn when digging my retaining wall posts  on the weekend , graveyard backfill)

[yetchh]

I literally had a dream about those pavers last night, was trying to cut in around the edge by the side gate with all the broken off cuts, was a total cunt.. Thanks sheepers. 

[sheepers]

ha!

feel  the pain of trying to do anything with these pieces of shit

[tortron]

was gona put some in. might pay a bloke

[Nominal]

17 minutes ago, tortron said:

was gona put some in. might pay a bloke

Sheepers contracting inc?

[tortron]

maybe to lay the cables

[sheepers]

[63Ragtop]

Nice, didn't realize it was big enough for two cars! Block much light to that narrow window? Gud jurb!

[sheepers]

Just recently I made a new range hood for the kitchen. 

 

I made it by using the guts out of a stock range hood and I made the rest. Basically the bit with the lights in it and the filters are "off the shelf" the rest I made. 

There are 3 150mm fans in the roof which connect to the top of the square but via flexible hoses .  The linear actuators are 24 volt. 

I had to make a bunch of frames to mount it all in the roof. Getting to where is mounted was not easy......

 

 

[Vintage Grumble]

Wholey shit that's sweet, you fucking mad man.