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Giles and Paula Add a Room Onto the Side of The House

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    Steffen
    Joined: 26 Jul 2017

    Great Story, so this is your House, really cool, I mainly do old Buildings because of that, the Soul and the Patina always get me. I planned and orderd a full Oak Door for a Building from 1600 this week, can´t wait to see it in Flesh.

    That is quite a Chunk of Steel, good Job getting it in and out there without hurting yourself and/or trashing the car.

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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      Post a pic of the door somewhere….The 3 big steels arrive today...

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        Giles
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        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        And the large ones have just arrived…

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          Drawings for the gauged arches…Call me sad, but these are things of beauty.....

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            neph93
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            No buts about it. They are beautiful and you are sad [emoji6]

            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

            • Dame Vera Lynn
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              Graeme
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              Joined: 30 Mar 2012

              The gauged arches look complicated. Are the bricks cut to size and shape onsite, or do they arrive as a kit?

              I think that they'll be great when they're done.

              I agree with @Giles that @Steffen's door sounds great. I want to see pictures when it's done.

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                Giles
                IHUK Crew
                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                In the "old" days, they would have been cut and rubbed to shape on site, but this is a very difficult skill to find these days, and when you do, it comes at a cost….

                So, I'm having them cut and bonded to steel load-bearing lintels with 5mm joints off-site.  Well, actually 2 of the windows are bricked up to replicate the look of a Georgian window-tax bricked in window...

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax

                I've just found out that the large arch will way about 700 kilos - yee gods.

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  organisys
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 24 Mar 2015

                  Those arches will look great when done. Shame there isn't the proliferation of skills anymore to do this the old way, but it doesn't surprise me, the house I just moved into is a new build, some of the brickwork is interesting! The builder admits that they struggle to find bricklayers; sometimes it's any old trade lending a hand !!

                  As you mention, anyone who is skilled and experienced can command a premium and is booked up months or years in advance. I have a family friend who only does 'premium' and listed restorations or extensions now…

                  Pride of Japan :-)

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    Have a little bit of a hiatus for a while.  Can't go up any more until gauged arches arrive.  I can get the joists put in, but need some fecker to give me a price on Posi-Joists first….

                    Belt and braces....

                    And a larger Catnic on the inner skin….

                    Wondering whay the blocks are smeared with muck?  A rain storm that could have raised Noah's bleeding Arc came through when the muck was still wet…..

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      Graeme
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                      @Giles:

                      Belt and braces….

                      "Overengineered is our starting point." 😉

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                        Clint_D
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                        Joined: 5 Jun 2011

                        Congrats @mclaincausey!

                        Also, looks like you're making great progress @Giles!  I wish my project had nearly the momentum yours has had…

                        ATX IH Hoarder

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                          Giles
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                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          Great….

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            Meanwhile in Mundanesville….

                            Whilst we have a hiatus whilst I get the joists built, I fixed a maglock to the rear gates and bought a scaffold tower (not tall enough  ::), so have ordered another lift).....

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                              Oh, and I had a pallet of radiators delivered.  I know from experience that to move these, each one is a 2 person (3 to 4 for the large one at the bottom), so as I am on my own atm, they will stay outside the front door until I find some muscle….

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                neph93
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                                Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                I need a holiday and have muscle. Go halves on the airfare?

                                «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                                • Dame Vera Lynn
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                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  How long can you stay 🙂 ?

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    neph93
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                                    Just checked with Hot Ingrid. At first I thought she said “Two weeks, enjoy yourself” but I misheard. Turned out she said “Go and fuck yourself”. [emoji847]

                                    «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                    We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                                    • Dame Vera Lynn
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                                      Giles
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                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      You could do both…. ::)

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        Matty123
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                                        I laughed out loud at that exchange.

                                        Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                          neph93
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                                          @Giles:

                                          You could do both…. ::)

                                          I’m literally sat here with one hand cupping myself considering the consequences. I mean, I’ve metaphorically lost my balls already, how much worse can actually losing them be?

                                          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                                          • Dame Vera Lynn
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