Recent work

[seanandruby]

touching the void....brilliant piece of work.

[mickg]

ha ha, I know i will hold my head in shame on the duplicate posting as I found yours about 10 minutes later

[lutonlagerlout]

getting slightly back on topic pitched the roof, built the gables
and later on today felt and battened




tiling and lead work tomorrow

cheers LLL

[London Stone Paving]

ive read in another book that a mountaineer died up that mountain decades ago, and was left hanging on his rope, frozen solid for (dont quote me) years, until they found a way of getting him down :0

That is true DN. 4 climbers attempted to climb the mountain before it had ever been summited. They hit some problems and tried to get back down but a couple of them didnt make it. There is a train tunnel that runs through the mountain and this guy was hanging within close reach to one of the window look outs but he couldnt quite be reached. He was up there for a few months before being cut down and he became a bit of a grim tourist attraction

[Mikey_C]

getting slightly back on topic pitched the roof, built the gables
and later on today felt and battened


tiling and lead work tomorrow

cheers LLL

does the pitch affect how much and the size of timbers needed in the gale construction. I've got an attached garage that I'm about to reroof the lower joists got added about 6 years ago in 6x2's but the rafters are 4x2's, there is no connection (timber) between the where the joists start on the wall and the rafters start on the wall. there is also no metal work connected to the brick work at each end. I'm starting to think I might need to rebuild the woodwork in roof before I put the new one on.

[haggistini]

Good sturdy roof there LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

a picture would be handy mikey
the roof is indeed overspecified haggi
all that timber is tanalised 250 by 50 joists and 150 by 50 rafters
all bolted together and resin anchored onto the wall
plus every single tile has to be fixed with a screw and fixing due to the low pitch
back on climbing phil the scaff summited mount Kilimanjaro today
said it was a lot harder than he imagined
LLL

[digerjones]

building a double garage at mo. main roof is 40degree pitch. its got a wood store on side as a lean to. the pitch changes to 22 degree, i'm useing these tiles http://www.forticrete.co.uk/product....es.html

[joydivision]

Fair play to the lad summiting Kili. I bet he's made up. Its a great feeling reaching a summit, even better when your back down with a beer in hand!

The difficult thing with the Kili trip is the lack of acclimatization. On most of these comercial trips the only acclimatising you do is on the way up! (Quick turn around of clients, up and down.)
Some people do climb Mt Kenya first, which is a better approach, allowing some acclimatising before the ascent of kili. That would make it more enjoyable for most.

Its the weirdest feeling, when you start feeling the affects of altitude. Every step feels like you have a bag of cement on the end of each leg, and your out of breath like your sprinting when in reality your moveing at a snails pace!

JD

[lutonlagerlout]

He did route 66 a couple of years ago and took a lot of photos,i wil see if he has done any on this trip
the roof we are doing dylan is 16 deg which is too shallow for those ones even
centurion
on the majority of houses you can only go out 3.5-4 m singles story without the roof interfering with your bedroom windows
LLL

[digerjones]

tony the tiles we are using are from the same company then. you rate them? i'm paying 66p a tile + vat. 16 per metre against 60 per metre for single tiles at 32p each.

[lutonlagerlout]

i prefer plain tiles but you need a minimum 30 deg pitch
and i prefer clay over concrete but for this particular job we are bound to use the centurions
i like the double roman profile, better as they are bigger and you can nail through them
seen your ones used a lot and they do look a good match for plain on low pitches
you can normally get reclaimed clay for around 20p a tile
LLL

[dig dug dan]

just spent 6 days at a local vineyard. spec was to provide new car park area, entrance gates to the vineyard, and covered seating area for wine tasting. They wanted the area gated off so they could charge £3 for a tour and taste. before, they would turn up, walk round for free, have a free taste and clear off. not good for business.












ok guys. give it your best shot

[ambient]

looks very smart quality workmanship

[dig dug dan]

thanks. It was a noce job, and i did it on my own in my own time which made a change!