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Yeah thanks OP. Question for the thread, that beam type structure that he's using for the foundation, is that something you see ever in NA because I've honestly never seen it. Reminds me in principle of the q-something solution for concrete between floors but it's individual little reinforced beams.
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It's not getting old at all, these are great and informative and very interesting posts. Interesting solution for the pump, I've seen full on diaphragm pumps at bigger sites which will happily pump (some degree of) little bits of gravel and stuff around without too much fuss.
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This thread is incredible, it's like someone actually going through with all the wild stuff people would be told to do if they were asking for advice in a thread about the same situation.NotJustANumber99 posted:Also, now I look back on it I'm lamenting how no one will ever know about all my piles. That's your ceiling OP
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NotJustANumber99 posted:
Ask him for his merc level job not his van level job.
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You should point the cement mixer straight up so when you drive it goes ooooooooooooooo. Sorry I'm just realizing, did this all happen last year and you're just giving us the replay now? Or is this happening currently? Thanks for the updates regardless. e: I'm assuming you were kidding about the mixer but if you're actually curious the air currently inside it would prevent further air from entering, with the small exception that the pressure in it would increase slightly with your speed as a little bit more air would be in that volume. It's the same principle as how pitot tubes work. VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Jul 1, 2022 |
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Disappointing that you've decided to seemingly use windows of a similar size and style and shape, against SA tradition.
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Jul 25, 2022 23:33
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gently caress that's the coolest thing I've seen in awhile.
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NotJustANumber99 posted:need these joints machining into all the ends for joints. Somehow I haven't got all the woodworking tools I used to so I make a bit of a hash of it all as usual, but good enough Looks good still, guessing from the saw mark that you did what we used to do in laneway home construction and set the blade depth on a circular saw to the depth you needed, then criss cross the area to be removed, then use a hammer to smack the pieces out, and chisel to flatten?
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Lost all the car batteries and a compressor. Neighbours lawn mower. A day faffing around. My sense of security. My faith in humanity. I was surprised (not really) to see this happened but then remembered that the UK has the original Surrey/Whalley and maybe it's a Surrey thing.   e: While I was working as a site safety officer at a small private hospital in our Surrey, we had a guy climb our crane overnight to cut the copper grounding cable from the very top. I have no idea how long it took to scamper up the crane to do this and then gather probably 100lbs of braided copper and I guess put it in the back of a truck or something. They also broke into the site office and stole my boss's laptop which I used to play diablo 2 LOD which was a huge and upsetting development. VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Aug 11, 2022 |
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NotJustANumber99 posted:lol no Was this a strategy to make your neighbours like you more or?
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For what it's worth I (a Canadian) would never associate that structure with McDonalds, it's not at all like any one of them I've ever seen.
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Holy gently caress lmao
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I love that look! Here in Vancouver BC basically nothing is roofed in that pattern but it has a huge aesthetic. Maybe because I'm not used to it?
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This guy's got tiles for miles
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Those look great, good work.
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Oh yeah no bud that's just so people with wheelchairs can go in there okay
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BonerGhost posted:Doesn't concrete stick to the form usually? How do you just pull it up? You generally will have what's called Form Oil and you spray it on the forms. It's stinky as gently caress and horrible. If you're doing a taller building or otherwise reusing the same forms eventually you don't need as much as the wood absorbs it but yeah not great.
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I was clicking through my bookmarks without really looking at the thread titles and as soon as I saw this photo I knew which thread I was in. Love it.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:I imagine that when this house is eventually sold; surveyors, architects and builders alike will travel from miles around to see it and quietly, reverently whisper "what the fuuuck" If there's something I hope people (who have never worked in or around construction) take away from this thread, it's that pretty much every building has issues/interesting solutions like this. Every house you drive by, every little place had it's story, shortcuts, dumbass subtrades, etc as it was being built.
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Yeah was going to post that, or you can just cut and resolder the ends on the other side of the conduit.
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Jaded Burnout posted:what happened to middle guy? 
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Jul 24, 2023 10:29
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God I want to be that guy
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I'm from the Canadian West and I personally de-knot each and every board that gets sent back from the colonies.
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Vim Fuego posted:He posted the floorplan in another thread As ridiculous and prison-like as it is, and obviously it is (I think that one didn't get built actually after an uproar), I wouldn't have given a poo poo as a uni kid and my dorm window was only ever used for getting into the dorm window of the guy beside me on the 3rd floor so we could flip all his poo poo upside down and confuse him. This was before mental health was a huge topic in adolescents so I appreciate it's not a 1:1 thing.
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His Divine Shadow posted:You could also not use your phone while making GBS threads. What insane poo poo is this
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This subforum must be active enough to keep an entire crew of skilled tradespeople employed. Why is there no Goonswork.co.uk?
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Snapped my brand new paintbrush priming them. Tried to contact the company to whinge at them but they don't seem interested, not sure whats going on there Congrats on your new Freestyle brush - they exist and yes they cost like 3x as much as a normal brush.
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In Vancouver you tear down your place to do a joint land sale to a developer way before 17 years is up. They got good use out of it!
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NotJustANumber99 posted:
Looks good! Really seems like it's at that point where it's starting to pick up pace rapidly. Literally lol'd when I saw the hole saw on the cord. If you have this stuff in your area, I recommend an olfa blade instead of that folding thing you're using:  Any blade for these works:  These let you get the blade way out and you can get it very flush with whatever you're trying to cut/scrape there. they're also super quick and cheap to change blades. I've had the same one for almost 20 years and I use it on tons of projects.
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NotJustANumber99 posted:So i rang and said thats ridiculous. lady tapped away for a minute and then said ok on your trade account 25 quid. This is an allegory for the American healthcare system, in which you are playing the role of an insurance company making the call and they are the finance dept of the hospital.
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Vim Fuego posted:Why do you need seals between rooms in your house? Is this thing taking off to space at some point? More likely he's going to fly out everyone that's ever shitposted in this thread and then pump all the oxygen out of that room while he watches the 35 hardwired webcams from the next room over.
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Computer viking posted:Are piles equally resistant in both directions, or have they only been approved to handle downward forces? quote:Uplift capacity of single piles and pile groups embedded in cohesionless soil
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withak posted:I am a licensed professional engineer specializing in foundations and I can assure you that piles handle forces in both directions! What is your take on the foundations of the structure in the thread OOC? e: oops thanks! VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Sep 15, 2023 |
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Is it scarier to find the poo poo or is it scarier to not find it and realize they've put it in the plaster because you gave them a hard time? Nice brownish colour, that plaster.
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OP you really gotta run huge LED strips down that loft and have raves in it.
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WhatEvil posted:Nobody can. It's hydroelectric lmao e: for content, 87% of our power in BC is sourced from hydroelectric! It's v good.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:It is a conceptually interesting question - when does it become a house that requires airflow as designed, and stop being a building site? When the electricians come in. They won't come in before it can be locked up.
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Is hardiboard not really a thing in the UK? Everything is hardi here (concrete fibreboard).
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Its almost looking like this goon will finish his place before 100 pages which must be a record of some sort?
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Potrzebie posted:Are you sure you got this right? In Sweden, where we have negative pricing on the spot market quite often, your random private customer will not see those prices. Only big industry, that can soak a ton of excess power off the grid as needed actually get paid. Because they do perform a valuable service to the grid owner. And as of right now the price has not been so negative as to cancel out the profit margin and ~fees~ that are the bulk of cost of electricity. I assume it does in fact work in his favour and that's why he can't get anyone out to install one, honestly.
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