LIFE AFTER HELGA !!!!
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He’s working hard, according to the pictures on his Facebook page! 
Charlie I had just read the thread and didn’t realise Ian hadn’t been on for a while he must be busy which is great!Have I missed something here.
Havnt seen anything for a couple of weeks.
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he's doing great work on that extension, he must be nackered but hopefully he's managed to get some relaxation at the golf course, can't be easy being a one man workforce..
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Have I missed something here.
Havnt seen anything for a couple of weeks.
. Hi love, I think Anthea Anthea M also meant SHE was catching up with Ian's thread as she has been amazing in fighting being poorly for quite a while. . See Morning Thread. Lovely to see her posting again... She is an inspiration. Can't wait until I can meet up over coffee Anthea. Biggest hug.
Never been on morning thread.
Lovely to see her posting again... She is an inspiration. Can't wait until I can meet up over coffee Anthea. Biggest hug.
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Hi all,,, yes sorry for absence ,, been busy but to be honest, I’m feeling like a bit of a fraud,, no Motorhome anymore and don’t really think your that interested in the run of the mill day to day grind! Lol.
works ok,, been held up with a couple of things, but today I spent the day unloading and moving a half tonne of steel RSJ off a lorry, and round the back of the building with two bits of wood, four lengths of drainage pipe and a handrail ( wood) cut into 2 lengths!! From 10 am till 1,30 but no injuries, no dramas , no mess, just nice and slow and careful wins the day!
I hope your all ok,, and there is no woman involved,, Lololol.
they don’t give great weather this week,, we shall see!! Xxxxxxxxx
works ok,, been held up with a couple of things, but today I spent the day unloading and moving a half tonne of steel RSJ off a lorry, and round the back of the building with two bits of wood, four lengths of drainage pipe and a handrail ( wood) cut into 2 lengths!! From 10 am till 1,30 but no injuries, no dramas , no mess, just nice and slow and careful wins the day!
I hope your all ok,, and there is no woman involved,, Lololol.
they don’t give great weather this week,, we shall see!! Xxxxxxxxx
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That's going to take some lifting into place.
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If they have not got a crane, the only way I have seen them unload a heavy rsj is slide it off the back till it is on the road, then drive off and let it drop on the ground
Your life is far more interesting then some of the threads on here and far more exciting then most of us....
working hard and earning a few bob You’ve got to have a holiday sooner or later and the motorhome will soon come...
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yes ivory,, I will post some pics, as I do weekly on my fb page at the end of the week,,, I had Stewart help me today and we got on the back of the lorry and just tipped it off the side with two lengths of wood,, onto a couple of blocks so we could put the drain pipe under it and move it !! It was so heavy though that it flattened the pipe so we had to use small wooden rollers! Lololol
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That's going to take some lifting into place.
530 kg to be exact,,, 225x225 x 89 ,, it’s a monster!!
6050 long!!!
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That's going to take some lifting into place.
two lifting genies will do it I think,, I hope,, and it goes in about 8 ft up!!
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Ian, being a woman and can't do building can you tell us how your lovely lady friend is? Was the little girl's party a good one for her?
Hope life is good. X
Hope life is good. X
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That’s a seriously heavy bit of steel at 89kg/m Ian. Will be interested to see some pictures with it in situ, and what it is supporting. Unusual to use a Universal Column section for a beam as, for it’s weight, it is less efficient to support loads than using Universal Beam(s). I would have looked to see if a couple of beams side by side would do the same job, with a possible saving in total weight and the bonus of lifting each one in place, and then bolting together. As a Structural Engineer I would always think of the men on site and their safety when designing structures, having spent a lot of time working on construction sites as well as in a design office. Stay safe when putting it in place.
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that was my argument David,, rediculous size for the job required! The existing outside skin of brickwork is sitting on the french door frame, no existing Linton,, so not much weight at all! Internal existing Linton is a wooden piece of 6x2 supporting floor joists,
the drawing I have for insertion is a 1200x 1200 wide, 500 ml deep concrete pad,, and two brick or block piers, with pad stones to top!
could have easily been done with goalposts, or indeed two seperate beams,, but no, no one seems to want to do that! Rediculous!
ihope we have no dramas lifting and propping,, it’s a huge piece of steel,, biggest and heaviest I’ve ever put in! Ever!!
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.... since when did that matter.... You should know by now we're a nosey lot Ian
Sound like overkill to me Ian
When I did my extension I had some 8m beams think they were 200x145 as it was 10m wide I had 2 on the ground floor and 2 on the first floor then we cut 9x2s into the web to take the floor/ceiling.
When I did my extension I had some 8m beams think they were 200x145 as it was 10m wide I had 2 on the ground floor and 2 on the first floor then we cut 9x2s into the web to take the floor/ceiling.
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Definitely not a fraud Ian.
Motorhome or no motorhome you’re one of the most popular members of Fun and many of us want to keep up with your adventures, and not just the NMC.
Other notable and very frequent posters also don’t own a MoHo at present and it never stops them from having a say or an opinion.
Keep posting or the NMC will be upset..........and we don’t want that.
Richard.
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Any pics of the steel and/or the lovely Lithuanian?
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Or even her Mum!
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News update!!
I took my Lithuanian friend Shopping on Saturday and it was a nice few hours!
I went to her youngest sons birthday party last week and also it was fun to see the kids enjoying themselves,, on a trampoline that bikma bought from fb and I picked up and assembled,, Easy job, took twenty mins and the kids were made up!
Vilma mum and the kids all ok, will catch up with them next weekend! Xx
I took my Lithuanian friend Shopping on Saturday and it was a nice few hours!
I went to her youngest sons birthday party last week and also it was fun to see the kids enjoying themselves,, on a trampoline that bikma bought from fb and I picked up and assembled,, Easy job, took twenty mins and the kids were made up!
Vilma mum and the kids all ok, will catch up with them next weekend! Xx
ian we follow you this far and enjoy you work so keep going its a change from some of the grumps
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Good evening,,,
had a good day today,, got all acrows in place to support the back of the house,, will be taking walks down tomorrow,, we have a genie lift,x 2 coming hopefully on Friday to get this monster steel in place,, my arse is nipping up even at the thought of it!!
had a good day today,, got all acrows in place to support the back of the house,, will be taking walks down tomorrow,, we have a genie lift,x 2 coming hopefully on Friday to get this monster steel in place,, my arse is nipping up even at the thought of it!!
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