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Ah! The mysteries of tape measures. They're not supposed to stretch so I suppose it's all down to making things for a price. I long ago reconciled myself to the fact that no two tape measures would read the same. Sometimes it's wear at the end where the clip slides back ond forth on a couple of rivets. I have a rule (sorry about the pun), the same tape, and only that tape, is used throughout a project.

Now I don't want to worry you but have you checked your steel rules aganst each other and against the tape? I bought a set of three rules (6, 12, and 24") from a certain well known purveyor of tools and they don't even agree with each other!

You can see why people splash out on Moore and Wright or various American brands once you try to tighten up on measuring accurately.

Tony Comber
 
Graham Orm":13ysl9bi said:
The squidgy things are called 'buddy's, or at least they are in Manchester. They are to stop the sealed units sticking together.

The sealed units are supposed to sit on plastic packers that lift them off the frame. This is so that any moisture that gets under them cannot damage the seal when it freezes, this will happen the first winter if they're not packed. The unit will fail and steam up. The glass suppliers might sell them, if not they'll know where to get them. They need to be the exact same width as the sealed unit so that they carry both panes of the sealed unit. If not when the sun is hot it will soften the sealant holding the unit together and one pane will slip and the unit will fail.

If they're in tight, best scenario the unit will fail and steam up, worst they'll crack.

Do these plastic packers look like a thin wedge with serrations ?
If so I have Pile of them
 
lurker":2wcrg4qz said:
Graham Orm":2wcrg4qz said:
The squidgy things are called 'buddy's, or at least they are in Manchester. They are to stop the sealed units sticking together.

The sealed units are supposed to sit on plastic packers that lift them off the frame. This is so that any moisture that gets under them cannot damage the seal when it freezes, this will happen the first winter if they're not packed. The unit will fail and steam up. The glass suppliers might sell them, if not they'll know where to get them. They need to be the exact same width as the sealed unit so that they carry both panes of the sealed unit. If not when the sun is hot it will soften the sealant holding the unit together and one pane will slip and the unit will fail.

If they're in tight, best scenario the unit will fail and steam up, worst they'll crack.

Do these plastic packers look like a thin wedge with serrations ?
If so I have Pile of them

No they're an even thickness and vary from about 1mm to 6mm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/25186483 ... 108&ff19=0
 
Graham Orm":1wxsu9kj said:
lurker":1wxsu9kj said:
Graham Orm":1wxsu9kj said:
The squidgy things are called 'buddy's, or at least they are in Manchester. They are to stop the sealed units sticking together.

The sealed units are supposed to sit on plastic packers that lift them off the frame. This is so that any moisture that gets under them cannot damage the seal when it freezes, this will happen the first winter if they're not packed. The unit will fail and steam up. The glass suppliers might sell them, if not they'll know where to get them. They need to be the exact same width as the sealed unit so that they carry both panes of the sealed unit. If not when the sun is hot it will soften the sealant holding the unit together and one pane will slip and the unit will fail.

If they're in tight, best scenario the unit will fail and steam up, worst they'll crack.

Do these plastic packers look like a thin wedge with serrations ?
If so I have Pile of them

No they're an even thickness and vary from about 1mm to 6mm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/25186483 ... 108&ff19=0

I have some of those too also ones that looks similar but obviously fits over a corner.
Give me a shout if you want them Steve, but I guess your problem is the opposite.
 
Jim Lurker came to help today. It's ages since we've seen each other so it was nice to catch up.

First job was to sort out these windows. I'd already started to ease the tops of the frames a bit with a wide chisel

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and I set Jim on fitting tape and pins the the inside beading whilst I fitted tape to the external

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It was a jolly sight easier with two, rather than struggling as I did on my own with the first two.

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Then I cleaned the glass whilst Jim set the nails

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They look good

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I decided that it would be a good idea to carry on with the front whilst I had another pair of hands, so Jim cut lengths of slate lath for me whilst I nailed them up.

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Next we nailed up a lath the full length of the front. This will support the the back edge of the soffit.

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I then started to cut and fit trim for the windows. This covers the gap between the window frames and the framing. I started with the bottom piece, which I ripped to 30 degrees

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and nailed in place

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And then we stopped, because that's when I had my tablesaw accident.
 

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Penny":zcxej8ul said:
And then we stopped, because that's when I had my tablesaw accident.


Oh dear... What have you done?

Unless I missed it I don't think there was ever any more detail provided on the accident. That combined with no posting since 21st is a bit concerning. Is anyone able to confirm all is OK at Maskery towers?

Terry.
 
Yesterday I started to fix my saw. My hand drilling is not very accurate. I miss my drill press, so today Ray and I carried it down to the workshop. It's as rusty as **** and needs some TLC ASAP I'm busy tomorrow but I'll try to do that this weekend.

So after doing what I could to make a new guard, I did a bit on the outside. I didn't take any photos, so I've faked a couple just now.

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I've cocked up. I really should have made those bottom trim pieces come right down to the cladding. I don't know why I didn't. Not only would it have saved me some work, it would have looked better, too. Too late now, I'd have to replace the verticals too.

Ray has scrounged some pipes for me, so we have used them to build a honeycomb structure in the soakaway hole. Ray lined the sides with some woven membrane (we recycled some builders' bulk bags) whilst I made some staples for him out of galvanised fencing wire.

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Then we sawed up the pipes into short lengths. I already had a few ribbed ones, so we had plenty. We did think of planting them upright, but decided against it as, in time, they would sink into the ground. All the weight would be on a thin ring, so that's quite a bit of pressure.

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So with some more membrane on top to stop soil leaching in, we could start filling in again. There is a good foot of soil and I plan on having a raised bed or two there as well.

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Of course, we have to get from the workshop to the soakaway, so we started to dig a trench. It was "we" actually, although I admit Ray did rather more of it than I did. We hit something hard. Very hard. Someone, for reasons best know to themselves, had buried a bag of cement. Unfortunately it has gone of and is unusable.

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So it currently looks like this. I think we shall have to did the trench a little deeper. It doesn't help that the ground is higher at the soakaway than it is at the workshop end.

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Using these pipes has saved me about £400 in soakaway cages, something for which I am very grateful. I've spent far too much on this, I am skint and it is a ridiculous project upon which too have embarked. Sure, I love it, of course, but it was a daft thing to do.

Although it was only 2pm, we packed up. It's been really windy here today and wind and contact lenses are not happy bedfellows. Even with my wraparound specs, dust still gets in and it is agony. The only thing wind is good for is flying kites, something I've not done for far too long. I must put that right soon.

So we stopped and went shopping for guttering and stuff. That will be next week's job.
 

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I would suggest that you keep a precise record of the location of the soak away for future reference, future plans can change.

Still an enviable achievement.
 

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