Not woodworking but still a nice project

[Mcluma]

A while back I asked for some ideas on a gate design, well this project game along a whole lot sooner than planned as a lorry driver hit one of the pillars and cracked it

This is the gate as it was before the lorry driver hit it


DSC_2033 by mcluma, on Flickr

Here you can clearly see the crack at the bottom of the pillar


DSC_2056 by mcluma, on Flickr


Here we are taking the pillar down, much easier to do with a little digger



DSC_2064 by mcluma, on Flickr

One pillar down, one more to go


DSC_2070 by mcluma, on Flickr


And here is the second one down


DSC_2071 by mcluma, on Flickr

Then a bit more digging with the digger, and on with pouring the foundation for the new pillars


DSC_2182 by mcluma, on Flickr

The materials have arrived!!


DSC_2191 by mcluma, on Flickr


Then its on with the bricklaying, boy o boy these blocks are heavy 10kg a piece


DSC_2239 by mcluma, on Flickr

That was after day one


DSC_2243 by mcluma, on Flickr

That was day two


DSC_2245 by mcluma, on Flickr

DSC_2249 by mcluma, on Flickr

And that is after day three, the hole in the wall is not for a cashmachine (I only wish) but for a letterbox
More to follow

 

[Max Power]

Watching this with interest, as Im intending to replace the current farm style gates on our drive that have wooden posts to a set of high hardwood gates with stone pillars. I was intending to sink some steel posts in the founds to hang the gates from and build the stonework around these

 

[Mcluma]

Watching this with interest, as Im intending to replace the current farm style gates on our drive that have wooden posts to a set of high hardwood gates with stone pillars. I was intending to sink some steel posts in the founds to hang the gates from and build the stonework around these

that is how they did the old ones,

these also will have steel in the middle and the fill up with concrete, but that is after all the wiring is done

 

[Max Power]

Lovely looking entrance. Was this on a while ago with a log/timber store to the right side?

 

[Mcluma]

The storage on the right side is the bin store that i build 2 months ago


DSC_0968 by mcluma, on Flickr

 

[Max Power]

How posh is that ,a little house for the bins

 

[Benchwayze]

How posh is that ,a little house for the bins

Alan,

I was going to build one for my collection of bins. But our Local Council insist on adding a couple to the list every few months, so I would be constantly upgrading storage!

So I put them in the yard. Not so far to go with the assorted recycled refuse either!

But that does look very nice Mac.



John

 

[Max Power]

Know what you mean John, we now have a green bin for waste, a blue bin for paper and plastic ,two brown bins for garden cuttings and a black container for glass oh and a large black composter for any garden waste you want to compost yourself :shock:

 

[Benchwayze]

Indeed Alan

And this morning after the gales, ours are scattered all over the lawn!

So glad they emptied them this week!

John

 

[Mcluma]

Well,

I did some more work on the gate pillars, finished the scratch coat, and then it will be rendered and painted.


DSC_2390 by mcluma, on Flickr


DSC_2389 by mcluma, on Flickr

 

[Benchwayze]

Not so 'Fawlty' towers are they!

=D> =D> =D>

John

 

[Mcluma]

Did a plint on the bottom of the pillars


DSC_2395 by mcluma, on Flickr


DSC_2398 by mcluma, on Flickr

 

[shipbadger]

Slightly bemused by all this talk of wheelie bins. After a brief trial my local council gave up on the attempt to introduce them; they kept congregating at the bottom of the hills once they had been emptied! A few near misses by motorists as bins rolled across the road saw them consigned to the bin (excuse the pun).

Tony Comber

 

[Racers]

Hi, Tony

You are lucky we have 3 now, garden recycling and general, they take up lots of room and I have to wheel them through my workshop to get them out!

Pete

 

[Benchwayze]

Wheelie bins? :evil:

 

[Mcluma]

Fitted the underground boxes for the gate motors and pebble dashed it


DSC_2442 by mcluma, on Flickr


DSC_2449 by mcluma, on Flickr

 

[Pond]

that is how they did the old ones,

these also will have steel in the middle and the fill up with concrete, but that is after all the wiring is done

Blimey, you obviously don't want a lorry knock the new ones down!! :wink:

Are your gates made from lead??

You've got a lot of efflorescence leaching through the render (winter weather and masonry don't get on do they?).

Doh never guessed pebbledashing!!

 

[Mcluma]

Well work need to go on

I hope to order the gates this week, they will be fully enclosed steel ones

 

[Mcluma]

Here you can see the pillars painted, and the letter box put in


DSC_2491 by mcluma, on Flickr



DSC_2516 by mcluma, on Flickr

 

[billybuntus]

Good effort although I much preferred the brick pillars you removed they looked much classier.