Building a new hobby space...oh and a house too

[Tomcat64]

Had a similar run in with a pirate a couple of years back, delayed shipment and then decided that he didn't have the product after all. Fortunately I was able to get the money refunded pretty quickly but it's a pain in the butt we could all do without.

Great to see that the house is progressing again Scott - love that view from the outside. It must feel great to come home to that when you've been away.

[Twokidsnosleep]

This is a link to the listing.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/351954607327?ul_noapp=true

I got my refund yesterday and then this morning an email from eBay asking if I was still interested in this item to buy and it linked to the above listing. It is the same bloody guy!!
I got suckered in for the super cheap deal, didn't check into him first...all my bad

[digger303]

This is a link to the listing.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/351954607327?ul_noapp=true

I got my refund yesterday and then this morning an email from eBay asking if I was still interested in this item to buy and it linked to the above listing. It is the same bloody guy!!
I got suckered in for the super cheap deal, didn't check into him first...all my bad

Don't be too hard on yourself he seems to have 98% positive feed back, but still a lot of bad ones for only a month. I probably would have bought from him as well.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Worked hard getting these two areas of the garage levelled, gravelled and a 220 line buried ..cable in the foreground)
Rebar-reinforced 4x4's to stop the neighbor's rock yard from sliding through the fence


Got the stone steps in place and all the gravel levelled. This was all soil before right up to the garage foundation and stucco


Then for some fun. I whipped this beast out of the garage.
I had made it up from an old dental grinder to become a disk sander. Home made power tools...dangerous as hell!!!


I had saved some cedar from the house demolition to make tool holders for my workbench. When I was stabilizing the fence, the cut offs of the 4x4 Douglass fir looked like perfect cubes. So I made thee different sizes and they will become brush holders. You can see my existing cedar tool holder in the background of the first pic below



Was good to be outside woodworking and making stuff for the model bench

[digger303]

a 220 line is ? Not 220v power ?

[Twokidsnosleep]

a 220 line is ? Not 220v power ?

Yes 220V power to run to the garden area for power to a hot tub.
I asked the question about power during frame stage and got bad advice, so they will punch a line into my garage and then power goes all way to the garden.

Have to decide about the landscaper as he won't do stuff until August!!!
I think we will do some ourselves and keep moving forward until then

[digger303]

We would never be allowed to run power cable like that......reg's...750mm underground....covered with a warning tape or shallower have to have bricks or concrete over it and encased it conduit in both cases.

[Twokidsnosleep]

We would never be allowed to run power cable like that......reg's...750mm underground....covered with a warning tape or shallower have to have bricks or concrete over it and encased it conduit in both cases.

Hmm...you are twice as deep as us. Our Code is 18 inches. It is a metal cased conduit as well.
I really like the idea of bricks on top, might just do that for the next section.
I should map all those tricky little bits to the house out so I don't forget what is where
Not a bad idea actually...going to start that now

[digger303]

steel casing is different...definitely can't put a shovel through that. I thought it looked like heavy plastic.
Very organized mapping stuff. I'd lose the map

[ForbesHutton]

We would never be allowed to run power cable like that......reg's...750mm underground....covered with a warning tape or shallower have to have bricks or concrete over it and encased it conduit in both cases.

Wouldn't want to do anything to endanger the venomous snakes, venomous spiders, venomous insects, sharks, crocs, or the world's only venomous mammal. You have to take care of all that delicate wildlife.

[Twokidsnosleep]

We would never be allowed to run power cable like that......reg's...750mm underground....covered with a warning tape or shallower have to have bricks or concrete over it and encased it conduit in both cases.

Wouldn't want to do anything to endanger the venomous snakes, venomous spiders, venomous insects, sharks, crocs, or the world's only venomous mammal. You have to take care of all that delicate wildlife.

Ya, god I wouldn't want to be digging about down there and all those deadly creepy crawlies...bad enough finding the wolf spiders here. The dead rat in my long lost trap was fun too, scared the heck out of the wife with that

[ForbesHutton]

We would never be allowed to run power cable like that......reg's...750mm underground....covered with a warning tape or shallower have to have bricks or concrete over it and encased it conduit in both cases.

Wouldn't want to do anything to endanger the venomous snakes, venomous spiders, venomous insects, sharks, crocs, or the world's only venomous mammal. You have to take care of all that delicate wildlife.

Ya, god I wouldn't want to be digging about down there and all those deadly creepy crawlies...bad enough finding the wolf spiders here. The dead rat in my long lost trap was fun too, scared the heck out of the wife with that

You don't even have mosquitoes!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Wouldn't want to do anything to endanger the venomous snakes, venomous spiders, venomous insects, sharks, crocs, or the world's only venomous mammal. You have to take care of all that delicate wildlife.

Ya, god I wouldn't want to be digging about down there and all those deadly creepy crawlies...bad enough finding the wolf spiders here. The dead rat in my long lost trap was fun too, scared the heck out of the wife with that

You don't even have mosquitoes!

Exactly

[digger303]

Wouldn't want to do anything to endanger the venomous snakes, venomous spiders, venomous insects, sharks, crocs, or the world's only venomous mammal. You have to take care of all that delicate wildlife.

Don't worry Forbes, plenty to go around.

Ya, god I wouldn't want to be digging about down there and all those deadly creepy crawlies...bad enough finding the wolf spiders here. The dead rat in my long lost trap was fun too, scared the heck out of the wife with that

You don't even have mosquitoes!

Scott you want to take a look at the trapdoor spiders...found in your trench the next morning . They are a menacing little buggers and they look like the tank of the spider world, especially when they have all their legs retracted in....very heavy duty. Get the jet black ones where I am. Wolf spiders are quick little blighters...if you miss them with the first swipe, jump back quick cause they very jumpy
My Scottie has alerted me to 2 small snakes out the front in the last 5 days. Little bugger tries to bite them, big ones he's happy to chase and bark at.
The sharks have been taking a few bites in recent times, Must be due to lose another tourist to the crocks.
BUT we don't have bears...phew !

[PrivatePublic]

BUT we don't have bears...phew !

Well except the drop bears, gotta be careful of those. And TBH I'd probably rather stare down a Grizzly than a Cassowary.

[Nev]

Don't worry Forbes, plenty to go around.

Ya, god I wouldn't want to be digging about down there and all those deadly creepy crawlies...bad enough finding the wolf spiders here. The dead rat in my long lost trap was fun too, scared the heck out of the wife with that

You don't even have mosquitoes!

Scott you want to take a look at the trapdoor spiders...found in your trench the next morning . They are a menacing little buggers and they look like the tank of the spider world, especially when they have all their legs retracted in....very heavy duty. Get the jet black ones where I am. Wolf spiders are quick little blighters...if you miss them with the first swipe, jump back quick cause they very jumpy
My Scottie has alerted me to 2 small snakes out the front in the last 5 days. Little bugger tries to bite them, big ones he's happy to chase and bark at.
The sharks have been taking a few bites in recent times, Must be due to lose another tourist to the crocks.
BUT we don't have bears...phew !

That's a hell lot of nopes

[Twokidsnosleep]

I got a wolf spider in the mech room yesterday with the vacuum cleaner. He and I have been playing cat and mouse for MONTHS
This time VICTORY!!!

No thank you to the Aussie critters

[Lysus]

If I ever manage a visit there I'm wearing a suit of armor.

[digger303]

I got a wolf spider in the mech room yesterday with the vacuum cleaner. He and I have been playing cat and mouse for MONTHS
This time VICTORY!!!

No thank you to the Aussie critters

Vacuum's are great the bigger the spider the more satisfying the thumb as he goes up the hose and they never seem to find their way out again.

Nice chart Lysus... Those TAIPANS give me the creeps. If you upset them they will circle around and hunt you and snakes can be hard to see....nasty buggers !

Scott you have to remember the beaches are nice and bikini's are very prolific here ! Every thing else is manageable

[Twokidsnosleep]

Scott you have to remember the beaches are nice and bikini's are very prolific here ! Every thing else is manageable

Ok, bikinis I can handle , you smoothed it over all nicely

[digger303]

Scott you have to remember the beaches are nice and bikini's are very prolific here ! Every thing else is manageable

Ok, bikinis I can handle , you smoothed it over all nicely

Just don't go in the water.....

[Twokidsnosleep]

The garage got cleaned out and somewhat organized over the last two weekends.
Came to the realization that we need the old garden shed for tools and garden junk...and give more space for car stuff in garage

I love the metal roll up door as it leaves entire ceiling open and no door lurking over your head.
I have set off the alarm to the garage twice and house alarm twice.....will get use to that But the security systems are pretty cool, just no sharks with fricking lasers
Guess whose car got first dibs to park in the driveway

[Lysus]

Ya, that's a sweet door. Someone seems to have smudged you license plate pixels, hope RCMP leaves you be until you get it fixed

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ya, that's a sweet door. Someone seems to have smudged you license plate pixels, hope RCMP leaves you be until you get it fixed

Can't be too careful on the internet...what with all the crazies and whatnots

[exmoor]

Love the wifes car she got style ????lol

[Twokidsnosleep]

Love the wifes car she got style ????lol

Hah..not likely she likes SUV height vehicles
and that garage is just itching for something else for me and my son

[digger303]

I think you need to extend the garage forward by at least a car length if your looking for a new project OR go under ground.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I think you need to extend the garage forward by at least a car length if your looking for a new project OR go under ground.

Great idea, but Oh my gosh, the city would have a cat fit.
The "out building" can only be so large...or I would have a through and through garage twice the length

[aur0ra145]

How many kits equals that car? ...asking for a friend.

[digger303]

How many kits equals that car? ...asking for a friend.

A sea containers full.

[digger303]

I think you need to extend the garage forward by at least a car length if your looking for a new project OR go under ground.

Great idea, but Oh my gosh, the city would have a cat fit.
The "out building" can only be so large...or I would have a through and through garage twice the length

active camouflage still a little problematic too cheat the system effectively.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Landscapers are going like mad this week digging holes and moving soil
Glad I am at work so I don't have to watch it all unfold. A bit messy, but all good in the long run

[Lysus]

As much as I don't mind yard maintenance, I loathe yard work

[Twokidsnosleep]

As much as I don't mind yard maintenance, I loathe yard work

Moving Rhododendron trees in full bloom is far beyond my comfort and skill level

[ForbesHutton]

As much as I don't mind yard maintenance, I loathe yard work

Moving Rhododendron trees in full bloom is far beyond my comfort and skill level

It has tracks and you didn't demand a turn in it?!

You've never really been angry unless you've thrown a tree at someone.

[digger303]

Yeah love to have a go.... I did drive a 25t excavator from one site to the next for about 2km..shook like crazy when the tracks weren't in tune. The driver wanted a break for a while. It was good fun !!

[Twokidsnosleep]

You guys are hilarious
I was at work so misse the fun, but definitely ogling the mini Bobcat tank
We are all just little boys

[digger303]

nothing like digging a really big hole...hahaha

[Fridgy]

I remember the first time behind the sticks of an m113....

Much fun... and much nervous shaking involved. ....

"Left stick, right stick, F@*K STICK"

[digger303]

I remember the first time behind the sticks of an m113....

Much fun... and much nervous shaking involved. ....

"Left stick, right stick, F@*K STICK"

[digger303]

Hows the petunia bed and that Rhododendron coming along and have ya added a bobcat to the must have gardening tools. You have such marvelous looking trees all around. Looks nice.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Oh I have been pretty negligent with photos....I will upload some pics.
They did final (almost) electrical yesterday and we have driveway sconces and stair tread lights..looks really cool. I will do a photo tonight.

The rhododendrons seem to be ok so far...if it works out this will be a great back yard

This is the Grumpy Old General Rhodo.. he is slow growing and not to be messed with

Bit of a deck view. Have had some nice evening meals outside looking West with a bit of breeze


They raised the level of the back yard so there is minimal terraced area...makes for more useful space
Landscapers doing in ground pipes for watering, so trenches all over the place right now

[digger303]

LOOKS GREAT... When the snows come must be a devil to clean the balcony, open the door without wetting the interior.
I didn't think you would have to retic the garden with the way the vegetation looks. I assumed incorrectly I guess that it rained quiet regular until the snows come.
Assumptions are always dangerous

[Twokidsnosleep]

LOOKS GREAT... When the snows come must be a devil to clean the balcony, open the door without wetting the interior.
I didn't think you would have to retic the garden with the way the vegetation looks. I assumed incorrectly I guess that it rained quiet regular until the snows come.
Assumptions are always dangerous

We don't get much snow in winter, usually stays up in the mountains and only lasts maybe a day or two then back to wet
Last winter was unusually cold and snowy for longer periods
It rains tons, but when we move trees apparently summer shows up early for two weeks so I had to keep the tree leaves moist and the soil watered. Today back to normal and pouring all day.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Some driveway pics of the new lighting. Please pardon the mess, still a WIP
Front steps

Driveway wall

Roses we saved from the teardown

Lazing most spoiled puppy in the world and a rose

[digger303]

Looks amazing....You might start a new wave of upgrades in your street.
Step lighting is so good and practical.



Dog is so obviously well cared for.....or has everyone well trained and is content with the world.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Looks amazing....You might start a new wave of upgrades in your street.
Step lighting is so good and practical.



Dog is so obviously well cared for.....or has everyone well trained and is content with the world.

The dog has me wrapped around her furry paws....I am the sap and she knows who to go to for food and attention
Ya the block has had a few knock downs already...we are the fourth and there are two more coming in line soon.
I think Australia saw a big housing boom like this in 1996/97 when Hong Kong was turning back over to China...big efflux of money

[digger303]

Looks amazing....You might start a new wave of upgrades in your street.
Step lighting is so good and practical.



Dog is so obviously well cared for.....or has everyone well trained and is content with the world.

The dog has me wrapped around her furry paws....I am the sap and she knows who to go to for food and attention
Ya the block has had a few knock downs already...we are the fourth and there are two more coming in line soon.
I think Australia saw a big housing boom like this in 1996/97 when Hong Kong was turning back over to China...big efflux of money

Yes your right a housing bubble developed and was still in full swing until recently, but it was mainly concentrated in Melbourne and Sydney. It is all stating to look a little shaky now. New investor loans have dropped right off as well as new homes albeit at a slower pace, but the trend is down and I think this may be just the being of those two markets coming back to the long term average.
The USA is selling off our banks in the stock market and the locals are having the same feelings. A large share of our banks business is mortgage loans.
The country is also facing a large drought so agricultural income will be down...hurts the banks short term. Jobs will be affected unless mining saves us again.

The man dog team got rid of another feral cat yesterday and the missus was having second thoughts on how lovable our dog ...Hamish ...scottish terrier. Actually was he gets really a large dose of battle lust !

[Twokidsnosleep]

Monday day off was partly spent installing two shelving units into the closet in The Nerd Lab






I re painted the walls just to refresh up all the dings and bumps seven months have created
There is so much room, I may have to buy more kits
This is a tiny part of my stash, only scratches the surface

[Fridgy]

See you don't need and more kits this year........