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Slim



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 20 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:

at least i got those before they multiplied


jema
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 20 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    









A bit of mortar at the base of the posts as the concrete is quite granular.

A view and a zoomed view from the boardwalk. It's lonely on the boardwalk at dusk in October and figures are hard to make out well at that distance. Bits are being ordered

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Close to completion, seems to have ended neatly in terms of reuse. I am out of joists and will have to use some of the offcut decking board.
So essentially all the old deck material has become raised bed and this deck
This leaves me with a lot of naily but solid decking from the collapsing deck.
The joists were badly rotting and a very few of the boards, but as I say the rest are thick and fine.
Some will go to make a new raised bed.

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 20 2:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

looking good and the upcycling is rather nice

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This is done for the year I think, but it's begging for a post down in the pit and further extending the deck without narrowing it any more than it is at the end.
With each extra board the view of the marsh improves the the unattractive pit gets more out of the line of sight.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 20 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

nice

sgt.colon



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 20 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It looks really good Jema. It will be nice when you've added more boards to hide the nasties.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 20 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I figure now is the time to start on what was always part of the project which was to make the raised bed area a bit more of a greenhouse.
So going to order some polycarb sheeting, frame it with 2x2 and also put in some 2x2 rafters. That way I can bung panels on top and screw them in from under, moving them at will as designs change.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 20 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

when screwing polycarb to timber use oversize pilot holes, soft washers and flat head screws

putting all the stresses on small rigid points can cause problems in winds and with thermal or timber movement.

jema
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 20 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



Another raised bed build one the overhanging decking boards cut back. Polycarb on order, I have not been using washers more relying on lots of screws to prevent movement and spread load. We have had a lot of wind and no damage to existing stuff.

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 20 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Another thing with polycarb is that it does deteriorate in sunlight, so as it ages, look out for damage. The ribbed stuff with air pockets on sons greenhouse is very brittle and disintegrating. Not sure how many years it has been there, but a good few I think.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 20 10:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
when screwing polycarb to timber use oversize pilot holes, soft washers and flat head screws

putting all the stresses on small rigid points can cause problems in winds and with thermal or timber movement.


that should read soft and metal washers

jema
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 20 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



Another last post of the season. Occurred to me I had the post, the remains of a bulk bag of ballast and opened cement.
So that's all of a bulk bag gone on 5 posts, the rest were postcrete.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 20 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

well done, tis nice to finish a bag

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 20 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Good that you managed to finish off.

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