Picture is only to show what needs welding, it's a picture dragged from the net to give an idea what i need doing. the welds rawl bolts etc are totally irreverent to my question :-).
Hi everyone i am in the process of fabricating a support for a ham radio mast, i am a joiner by trade and don't have much faith in my welding the last thing i want is the tower crashing down.
I have all the material to fabricate all the parts needed and a mag drill to do the holes,
Everything...
Thanks the finishing has taken me longer than the erection but pleased with the end result but glad to see the back of it, at least i can sit and enjoy the new space :-).
Thanks mate,
Yes artificial grass, i was going to put Indian stone down all round but decided on grass (better for the grandkids) for the front Indian stone for the side, i need to pick some silicon sand up to brush in.
A bit of an update,
Ive not done much work inside but i did put some insulation in the dwarf wall and boxed it in,
The last few days ive been doing some landscaping on the outside its still work in progress but coming along slow but sure.
Not much to report today but i did get all the glass in, the rain gave it a leak test all is well,
A bit of snagging to do on the outside i need to get a water butt and plumb the fall pipe into it, a bit of trim to go on then the patio,
Still a bit of work to do on the inside electrics floor...
Thanks mate my welding improves every time i pick the gun up its probably ok but best safe than sorry,
It was so easy doing it this way bolted the main beam to the wall and followed round one section at a time with a levelling leg on the end squared it up then welded no messing around with...
Post cost about £10 gravel boards the same there 1ft so your talking around £90 plus concreate to fix the posts for every 6ft long 7ft high section, the second section is obviously cheaper one less post less concreate.
I don't think it takes all the strength from it my initial question was regarding strength and was answered
One reason it was done this way was because i am not a welder half butting is a fail safe way if the weld breaks the conservatory wont fall down, how ive half butted the joints the...
Hi a bit more progress today i finished the tiling then cut the top row to suit,
Then it was back to cutting and welding, first job was to put a block of timber in the ground to brace the floor on the 4mtr run, so i dug a trench then dropped the timber in,
Then it was onto the cross beams i...