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Has he finished it yet?
So please you got some one decent doing it. Good luck
You shoud invite the original brickie round to show him why he was binned.
Has he finished it yet?
He had to nip off today and work on another job, so just two days this week so far. One more day will complete all the block work on the three walls bar the gable end. Then a few days work for the bricks and it will be done. He can't work next week (booked on something else), so not sure exactly when it will get finished.
"Had to nip off today and work on another job" eh? This thread's going nowhere fast. Bourbons for me please 👿
Really pleased for you that you have got a good tradesman on the job. Should help the stress levels now that you can see some real progress.
Good for you Flaps!
Aye. Very well done for not kicking off, and for listening to those who know their stuff.
I keenly await your next thread regarding floor paint.
Glad you are getting it sorted footflaps, its been a great post to read, cannot wait now to see what its like when its finished
"Had to nip off today and work on another job" eh? This thread's going nowhere fast.
Amazingly he's just offered to work Saturday to make up for it!
Progress this am:
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/8144140574/ ]Brickie #2, Day 2 progress[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/brf/ ]brf[/url], on Flickr
Amazingly he's just offered to work Saturday to make up for it!
Name and shame! 😉
[i]Amazingly he's just offered to work Saturday to make up for it![/i]
I had a plasterer who did this.
Turned up at 5pm for a couple of evenings as he ahd other work on but I needed job done quickly so he did 3 or 4 hours in the evening so I wasn't left waiting.
I use him all the time now 🙂
See,now that's a Brickie, as I said in my first post you can tell by how they load their gear out! Just tell me one thing tho, that out of the reveal isn't whats tying the front leaf in is it?? 😯
Great progress now, but just spotted a big mistake.
There's no plate of biscuits to accompany that tea!
Just tell me one thing tho, that out of the reveal isn't whats tying the front leaf in is it??
If you mean the bricktor stuff? That is part of it.
The bricks and blocks were supposed to be bonded in but the imperial bricks don't line up at all with the blocks, unless a massive mortar bond is used, which would look daft.
So Plan B is resin bonded Wall starter kit on the side that's build and Bricktor on this side. Then both sides get steel L shaped brackets, on the inside, to run across the joint and round the corner, bolted into the bricks and blocks to make sure it can't separate.
wwaswas - MemberI use him all the time now
How much plastering are you having done? 😆
How many brackets then? One for every block course? And how will they be fixed? Are you going to bolt right through? My main concern would be, the load exerted at plate level due to having an open frame roof and also the fact that the gables are going to be a bit waffy on their own at both ends! I still think it needs a dose of looking at!
Footflaps: At the risk of sounding a bit, you know, "stalker-ish" I can work out from your photos to within about 4 houses of where you live. I hope you're planning on buying some big fat locks for this man-cave to keep your bikes safe...
[i]How much plastering are you having done? [/i]
a previous owner clearly had an artex fetish - the bloody stuff's everywhere in every pattern known to man 🙁
As we do up each room he's coming in and sorting out the artex. We've either pulled down ceilings if the lathe and plaster under the artex has gone or he's skimmed over it. Often the plaster on the walls is a bit blown too so he sorts that out too.
How many brackets then? One for every block course? And how will they be fixed? Are you going to bolt right through? My main concern would be, the load exerted at plate level due to having an open frame roof and also the fact that the gables are going to be a bit waffy on their own at both ends! I still think it needs a dose of looking at!
That's what the engineer is for. The load is all vertically down, and spreads out across the whole wall. The ridge beam is fixed to the gable ends, so isn't just resting on an engineering brick. Plus the base is so solid, there won't be any movement in it (14.5 cubic metres of concrete, 18 sheets of steel mesh etc).
At the risk of sounding a bit, you know, "stalker-ish" I can work out from your photos to within about 4 houses of where you live.
I can get it spot on, but then I sometimes drink just up the road and I think I've been in his next door neighbour's property. 🙂
[i] I've been in his next door neighbour's property.[/i]
sounds like you were burglarising the place when you put it like that 😉
Firstly, I do not [i]burglarise[/i], I burgle.
Secondly, I do not burgle.
Re-appropriate goods is a much friendlier turn of phrase. 😆
At the risk of sounding a bit, you know, "stalker-ish" I can work out from your photos to within about 4 houses of where you live. I hope you're planning on buying some big fat locks for this man-cave to keep your bikes safe.
Yep, plus there is always insurance.
The main defence is a burglar alarm with remote connectivity (Ethernet + GSM MMS backup) so a list of 'key' holders get a call plus live video footage from the workshop if the alarm is triggered, which means I can call the police from work knowing it's not just a cat jumping on something.
The title of this thread provides me with much amusement
A "brickie" is a word engrained in my mind from my yoof, and has a very different meaning.
So "Rate my brickie" is very funny 🙂
The Great Wall of China went up quicker than this job, by the time it's finished you'll be considering having to start some re-pointing in places.
which means I can call the police from work knowing it's not just a cat jumping on something.
Prepares army of deflecting cats
Firstly, I do not burglarise, I burgle.
Secondly, I do not burgle.
😆
Great thread, glad it's got a happy ending!
Any update, have you 'topped out' yet?
I love this not so Grand Designs thread. Has Uncle Kev been round to make you pregnant yet?
Any update, have you 'topped out' yet?
I love this not so Grand Designs thread. Has Uncle Kev been round to make you pregnant yet?
[i]Has Uncle Kev been round to make you pregnant yet?[/i]
wrong show.
you want "Insemination, Insemination, Insemination" for that sort of thing.
This must be finished by now, where are the photos?
Yep, c'mon fartflaps. People need to know!
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Waiting......
Getting close. The new Brickie can't work on it full time as he fitted me in at very short notice (although he did work all Saturday and a few hours on Sunday). Today was rained off at lunchtime as it was chucking it down.
The rear ridge pier is complete (this photo is a few blocks short of the end of play):
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/8178636147/ ]Platform Tower (well first section)[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/brf/ ]brf[/url], on Flickr
The front needs building up to the apex still:
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/8178660046/ ]Inside front wall[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/brf/ ]brf[/url], on Flickr
As for when it is finished, probably a few weeks as I've not manged to schedule a chippie for the roof beams nor a tiler, everyone seems very busy.
Assuming front pier gets completed tomorrow, ridge beam steel work will be cut to size Wed and arrive Thursday and get lifted into place (using brute force and ignorance rather than lifting gear).
Ironically I got commended by Building Control on my Project Management (keeping them in the loop via Flickr). To quote: "Thanks for these, very helpful I wish everyone managed their jobs like you!"
Glad to see its all progressing well. I'd love to see some pics of the roof structure as it goes up (just out of curiosity) as I couldn't get my head round the sketch you posted previously.
That ridge beam will take some serious man-handling!
We could all pop round to 'raise the ridge beam' in a barn raising sort of way 😀
Glad to see its all progressing well. I'd love to see some pics of the roof structure as it goes up (just out of curiosity) as I couldn't get my head round the sketch you posted previously.
Quite simple really, an 8m ridge beam runs from Gable top to Gable top.
Then on each side 21 joists run diagonally from the wall plate (wooded beam on top of the side walls), to the ridge plate (another wooden beam) bolted to the top of the ride beam. The joists are nailed into the plates and then metal straps are used to tie them to the walls with screws.
That ridge beam will take some serious man-handling!
Shouldn't be too tough, it comes in two sections which bolt together, and its a narrow section than the 4m cross RSJ which two of us lifted into position.
Plus having the post half way, means we can fit the post, then lift one half into position and bolt to post, then lift the 2nd one up and bolt to the first one.
So the ridge beam is bearing on the two gables, plus supported mid-span by the cross beam?
You've got pillars either side for the cross beam plus one at the back for the ridge beam to sit on, but what about at the front, does it sit on the masonry or is there another post down to the beam above the opening?
but what about at the front,
I need to take another photo of it finished at the front.
There is an enormously thick RSJ (1/2" steel) spanning the piers either side of the front door, onto which the wall continues up with another padstone sat on top.
So the ridge beam is supported at both ends and the middle.
The padstone goes on top of the blocks here:
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/8182370335/ ]Blockwork on inside of front lintel[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/brf/ ]brf[/url], on Flickr
That makes more sense!
Sorry i'm using this as a distraction from my current task - pricing an 8-storey apart-hotel in post-tensioned concrete frame including retaining the existing facades of an old warehouse and constructing a basement behind. All in a land-locked site with no access whatsoever in central London.
I wish I was building a garage!
Sorry i'm using this as a distraction from my current task - pricing an 8-storey apart-hotel in post-tensioned concrete frame including retaining the existing facades of an old warehouse and constructing a basement behind. All in a land-locked site with no access whatsoever in central London.
Can you not get away with a sharp intake of breath followed by a whistle through your teeth, a slow shake of the head and 'Its not going to be cheap mate.'? You can then head out on your bike without exerting any more effort on things so mundane as an accurate price.
I thought that was the official way of doing these things.
No, I haven't charged my lights 😉
Well the Steel arrived today and the steel fabricators helped me lift in into position, which I wasn't expecting - thought they'd just drop it off. They had to re-drill the cross member as the original holes were in the wrong place for the post. Chippies arrive Saturday to do the roof joists, then I just need to find a roofer....
Oh yes and they forgot to drill the holes to bolt the ridge plate on, so they're back tomorrow with the mag drill and a different drill bit to drill the beam in situ!
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/8188655534/ ]Drilling new post holes (as the originals were wrong)[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/brf/ ]brf[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/8187583907/ ]Fitting the post[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/brf/ ]brf[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/8187591393/ ]Ridge beam on padstone[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/brf/ ]brf[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/8188673832/ ]We need some packers....[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/brf/ ]brf[/url], on Flickr