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Plan, do, review & stand well back
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Re: Plan, do, review & stand well back
Should be wearing a hard-hat just to be on the safe side IMO.
RC
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Re: Plan, do, review & stand well back
ReformedCharacter wrote:Should be wearing a hard-hat just to be on the safe side IMO.
RC
Which, the gent at the top or bottom, surely no need to go to the expense of providing two?
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Appalling. Those gutters should never have been allowed to get into that state.
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Can't see what the fuss is about.
Probably within Building Regs when it was built anyway.
Perhaps the pic is from an advert for Strongman Farmers Binder Twine.
Probably within Building Regs when it was built anyway.
Perhaps the pic is from an advert for Strongman Farmers Binder Twine.
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Haulikova Street Zagreb following the 22/3/20 and 29/12/20 earthquakes. "A 20 cm gap opened up in the wall of the 19th century building." Government is covering 5% of repair costs of uninsured buildings - so bailer twine it is then!
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A few mechanical wall ties and a bit of Polyfilla and the jobs a gud 'un.
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I'm still trying to work out why those bricks have been stuffed into the windows. Would they add any more strength/rigidity than the bodgers could have got from just running the four orange tapes round the brick-built edge of the window opening?
Okay, I can see that the top stack of bricks might have been sandwiched between two wooden boards, which I suppose would have had a bit of structural integrity. But the lower stack seems to have been freelanced all the way. The lowest tape in particular seems to be pulling its way though a stuck crevice like an ill-advised thong on a hot beach.
I've often seen bodged-up collapso buildings like this in small-town rural France, where the usual response to a sagging wall is to lay in a few artfully-crafted telegraph poles at an angle and then leave the whole thing to settle in for 40 or 50 years. If it survives, then the builders were right not to bother fixing it. If it doesn't, well, c'est la vie, or possibly la mort. What makes the gallic custom especially interesting is that their small-town buildings are largely made of soft stone rubble rather than brick, so their walls have no natural integrity to start with. Like trying to shore up a load of crumbly cheese.
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Okay, I can see that the top stack of bricks might have been sandwiched between two wooden boards, which I suppose would have had a bit of structural integrity. But the lower stack seems to have been freelanced all the way. The lowest tape in particular seems to be pulling its way though a stuck crevice like an ill-advised thong on a hot beach.
I've often seen bodged-up collapso buildings like this in small-town rural France, where the usual response to a sagging wall is to lay in a few artfully-crafted telegraph poles at an angle and then leave the whole thing to settle in for 40 or 50 years. If it survives, then the builders were right not to bother fixing it. If it doesn't, well, c'est la vie, or possibly la mort. What makes the gallic custom especially interesting is that their small-town buildings are largely made of soft stone rubble rather than brick, so their walls have no natural integrity to start with. Like trying to shore up a load of crumbly cheese.
BJ
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I was initially a little concerned for the poor inhabitants, but I'm glad to have learnt that they've moved out whilst the repairs are ongoing -
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
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Itsallaguess wrote:I was initially a little concerned for the poor inhabitants, but I'm glad to have learnt that they've moved out whilst the repairs are ongoing -
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
Is that speed limit a target?
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bungeejumper wrote:I'm still trying to work out why those bricks have been stuffed into the windows. Would they add any more strength/rigidity than the bodgers could have got from just running the four orange tapes round the brick-built edge of the window opening?
I don't think they're bricks, I think they are lengths of timber - look loike 4x4 inch. Presumably they run through the house to the other side.
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DrFfybes wrote:I don't think they're bricks, I think they are lengths of timber - look loike 4x4 inch. Presumably they run through the house to the other side.
Darn it, you're probably right. Although if this is Zagreb, they won't be four inches but something millitriculated instead. My worries about the slipping-through thong are undiminished, though.
Clearly, then, this is a thong for Europe. Okay, okay, I'll get me coat.
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bungeejumper wrote:Clearly, then, this is a thong for Europe. Okay, okay, I'll get me coat
What a thilly thuggestion.
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I mentioned Fleetwood "builders" - my mother had new soffits and guttering installed in her bungalow. The installers must have discovered that the patio doors fouled on the slightly lowered new soffits...no problem, get the saw out (don't bother even trying to get a straight line on the top of the doors, "free style" is good enough for the 75 y.o.). Extra ventilation - nuff said!
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