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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: sellickbhoy on May 03, 2009, 07:07:52 pm

Title: The stables are down!!!
Post by: sellickbhoy on May 03, 2009, 07:07:52 pm

you can see a nice picture of the old stable block in my garden

well, it is no more! Got the last of the junk in it cleared out yesteray and with the help of a few friends in came down and the site was cleared in about 5 hours today

off to pick up the bricks and cement tomorrow so i can build the foundations for my new log cabin tomorrow

was nowhere near as difficult as i thought it would be!

Title: Re: The stables are down!!!
Post by: MiriMaran on May 03, 2009, 07:21:55 pm

Wish I'd been with you - I love destroying things its the rebuilding I'm not so good at!

Title: Re: The stables are down!!!
Post by: sellickbhoy on May 03, 2009, 08:46:10 pm

aw naw!! I'd forgotten about that!!

luckily i'm getting some expert help in to ensure it get's built properly - i'm just lending some hands to lift, shift and hand the necessary tools over!

Title: Re: The stables are down!!!
Post by: MiriMaran on May 03, 2009, 09:07:31 pm

Thats about all I'm good for too!  Please add piccies of the progress.

Title: Re: The stables are down!!!
Post by: Hilarysmum on May 04, 2009, 06:45:08 am

I find a good bank letter makes the bashing down of walls so easy.  I'm with Mirimaran on the building up bit!

Title: Re: The stables are down!!!
Post by: sellickbhoy on May 11, 2009, 09:35:26 am

Concrete is poured and looking great

brick foundations for new log cabin are built

the site clean up operations is still ongoing but we have room to swing cats now!!

loads of rubble and hardcore/earth that'll be the perfect base for me to lay slabs on top of so I can relocate the greenhosues later in the year

it's coming together. Sadly the cabin won't arrive for another 2-3 weeks, so it's just gonna be a big empty space for a few weeks

Title: Re: The stables are down!!!
Post by: Rosemary on May 11, 2009, 07:57:14 pm

Ah, you can sit out on the base and have a bottle of beer and use your imagination! Glad you had a day off, too!

Title: Re: The stables are down!!!
Post by: sellickbhoy on May 11, 2009, 08:00:45 pm

that is exactly where the dog spent the day in the glorious sunshine

managed to get the hardcore/soil for teh greenhouse bases moved, just need to level it out now :-)

had a trip to the tip as well to get rid of some of the rubbish that was left in the stables

the sauna has now been ordered!! :-)

Title: Re: The stables are down!!!
Post by: Hilarysmum on May 12, 2009, 08:00:51 am

Amazing how we the intelligent species slog ourselves to death to provide a nice spot in the sun for the dog, and other "less intelligent" species.  Mmm wonder if this intelligence is a really good idea after all