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jema
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 20 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    






Under engineered but I think sufficient.
But now we meet the descending corner. For the longest time the plot was to cut a diagonal across it as I felt the ground was weakening rapidly. It's still not very clear where all the bricks and other crap I'm now digging ends. It's very tempting though to level the corner up.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 20 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

very useful snaps, i will have a think about what they seem to show and ask questions

soonish

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 20 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



Another view, the final step is a bit lower than in the last one. Important to correct mistakes as even 4cm or so, ends up being a whole lot of ripple effect.

Notably next step will go below the old fence level.

I think reclaiming the corner is a no brainer really, though I might do something novel at this point like cement an actual post in. I am thinking the corner would be a good spot to build a potting bench.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 20 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

from the snaps it looks like there is a "natural" break across the corner of the level above the slope /steps you are creating

if you cut off that corner, brace it by continuing the spikes and sleepers the next to base level would be bigger, everything might be more stable and it would make a "winding road" to lowest level easier

if that(potential)sleeper corner was properly secured the whole thing might become a lot more stable

you know it better than me
what do you think of that stuff?

ps the sleepers need a bit of work but so far they are about in the right places, the spikes need attention to make em deeper before cutting off the tops and using them short and they need adding to on the "over the edge" ends, preferably notched in or spiked between the sleeper and the pile
what do you think of that?

has it rained heavily recently? on bare /worked ground it can be educational to see how it behaves in the wet

hose simulation can work even if it is messy

is owt bulging or obviously sliding on the bits that fall away outside your perimeter?
that is a biggie, hope it looks stable, the oak is rather vertical so i am optimistic

tis starting to show what good work you have done to it so far

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 20 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Looking up slope is the first time it's seemed that there's much of a hill there. Amazing what the perspective shift did to my mental image of your spot

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 20 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

https://www.downsizer.net/gallery/30355/step5.jpg

looking at that snap

take a line from the post at the end of the sleepers to a path width "downhill" from the end planter to the leaning frame thing

stabilize that cut with a continuation of piles and sleepers

then you have a decent platform for the path to the lowest level

the cut where the old frame thing is leaning needs face support but the sloping bit will probably be stable enough that a few decent plants will stabilize it

tis still a bit tricky to get the exact sizes and profiles from the snaps so have a look on the ground and see if any of that makes sense

like slim said , tis a bit steeper than it looks from the top

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 20 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

stakes, string and bubbles are your friends

find a level from the end of the steps sleepers across to the sloping old frame

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 20 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    






An upstairs, downstairs view.
I am now in amongst the decking where slicing and dicing can go faster, have removed, pulled out with bare hands a couple of posts.
I do wonder if the invention of concrete was simply slow to reach Totton?

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 20 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



Getting there, decided a reciprocating saw will be a bit safer than the chainsaw.

dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 20 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

good call on a demolition saw, with the proper blades they do not mind eating wood with nails etc

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 20 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
good call on a demolition saw, with the proper blades they do not mind eating wood with nails etc


I can recommend the BOSCH demolition blades they cut through anything and are totally flexible and can be bent back into shape if you are a little rough

jema
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 20 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

derbyshiredowser wrote:
dpack wrote:
good call on a demolition saw, with the proper blades they do not mind eating wood with nails etc


I can recommend the BOSCH demolition blades they cut through anything and are totally flexible and can be bent back into shape if you are a little rough


hmm, easier said than bought it would seem.

RSN6VB RSN9VB

seems to be the thing, but apart from a bulk pack of 200 from the USA I can't see to find any,

derbyshiredowser



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 20 9:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

These are the ones I have taken 2 large sheds down with

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-s922hf-reciprocating-saw-blades-wood-metal-150mm-5-pack/97679

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 20 11:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i am on my second milwarkee sawsall

i killed the first one but it took a few years, it died in two goes, i replaced the batteries which went first and a week later the gearbox went, so i got a "new" demonstration model of the saw part posted via a wierd rout from the deep south

tis a nice to use and very strong bit of kit
that sort of kit will die eventually but it is the quick safe cuts per £ equation over a lifetime that matters

some bosch tools are ok, i have a decent planer but i kill their drills and sanders very quickly

for breakers the top of the mid range hitachi stuff is ok at the mo and if it breaks it can be mended or if it is beyond that you will have broken lots of things for what it cost
ditto angle grinders

some of my best power tools are less well known brands , some Erbauer kit is ace and can be found cheap/some is carp, all are noisy and not pretty, but the good uns are ace
i have a few "unbranded" things that are top quality
my circular saw is twenty years old and still on the original blade and brushes, cost a tenner with no label(might have been a bit under a grand with a label)etc

if you need a 2 stroke, 12" off cut saw stihl are still ace after decades

huskies for chainsaws though:wink: i like to cut at any angle(and lift it to a "safe" angle when starting up and walking up) and if it might cough and die (like stihl chainsaws) it makes me nervous as i then need to re-start it in whatever place works:roll:

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 20 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i just thought that although you have a terraced "rubble" slope it does have good drainage

rain down and through with no springs is a bonus

that bottom part does look deep and damp at times, which could be ace

would you like some panda beetles?

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