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Post by frostbite on Mar 1, 2024 16:33:02 GMT 10
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Post by frostbite on Feb 25, 2024 15:32:44 GMT 10
When Mrs Frostbite wants something expensive she doesn’t book out the next few birthday gifts, she just stops running when I chase her around the house.
Last time it was a $2k eyelid tuck, this time it’s an $1800 Bettinsoli trap gun. God knows what I’m going to have to agree to when I want to buy a $45k Ducati V4 superbike. Probably the ironing for the next 10 years.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 24, 2024 8:44:28 GMT 10
NSW to make you need a planning approval to keep a caravan on your property for more than 6mths Labour, the party for the working class, looking after battling Aussies during a housing crisis they created by importing half a million immigrants. The sheep get the government they deserve. They keep voting for these idiots.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 23, 2024 18:47:17 GMT 10
I didn’t get an itemised account. I paid the concretor, he paid the excavator. I paid less than $15k by paying in cash. I had the crusher dust or whatever it’s called, vapour barrier and reo as well. I doubt it was laser levelled or compacted, but the slab was poured on rocky ground. There should be pics on my Building a retreat thread.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 23, 2024 17:43:15 GMT 10
My 12m x 6.5m slab, plus a second 6m x 4m slab ( 102 square metres) cost me $15k, including 2 days with an excavator to level the site (it was a big cut).
The concrete supply was 30 minutes from site.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 20, 2024 15:55:09 GMT 10
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Post by frostbite on Feb 20, 2024 15:32:47 GMT 10
Iron radiates heat.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 20, 2024 15:27:54 GMT 10
Spent 2 days at the retreat with a friend who is an electrician. Wiring in new cabin now finished and I’ve started lining the external walls with R4 insulation. All the plasterboard arrives in just over a weeks time. I'm in early stages of a similar project on a slightly bigger scale. A few questions: Did you get the shed designed and built with windows already in place or retrofit them? Can you please put up a few pics of how those windows are fitted into walls/framing before the plasterboard is put on. How easy is it to use the steel framing system for lining out and putting in internal walls? (I've got plenty experience with timber but not steel and am wondering which way to go for doing my framing).
The windows came with the shed kit. Some shed manufacturers have limited size window selection. The windows are tec screwed or riveted to the outer corro wall of the shed. When I build the internal stud wall I make a window reveal out of DAR primed timber, to cover the gap between the window and the stud frame. The reveal screws to the stud frame and permits fitting of curtains and blinds. I use steel stud because it is termite proof and easier to use than timber. The bottom tracks fix to the slab with little expanding nails and the studs just click in. They aren’t load bearing so most of them aren’t even screw down. You can double the studs up at doorways to provide greater strength. They are easy to cut with hand tools, just measure, score each side and bend back and forth until it snaps. They are pre punched for services but my electrician said never run cables horizontally in walls.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 20, 2024 15:18:27 GMT 10
A few questions: Did you get the shed designed and built with windows already in place or retrofit them? Can you please put up a few pics of how those windows are fitted into walls/framing before the plasterboard is put on. How easy is it to use the steel framing system for lining out and putting in internal walls? (I've got plenty experience with timber but not steel and am wondering which way to go for doing my framing).
Mate forget plasterboard! Check this bloke out at 3.13 I wish I saw his YT Vids 30 years ago if they were around! Matter of fact check all his videos, there is some good stuff there re shed builds! That guy is doing pretty much the same as I have done, except he uses timber for his stud frame (will the termites eat it?) and 10mm mfd wall panelling (which I used in the lounge room of my main cabin). The problem with that panelling is cost ($100 per 1200 x 2400 sheet) and it doesn’t come in longer lengths, which means you will have joins every 2400 or 1200.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 20, 2024 15:10:20 GMT 10
We built my sisters house out of insulated refrigeration panels, just clip together, smooth inside and out, 150 mm thick, no painting and look good. No maintenance ever. Reasonably easy to install as they are quite light compared to their size. The outside is a bit too bland for her, so she is thinking about attaching some galv iron sheeting to spruce it up a bit. One tactical nuclear weapon can ruin your whole day. What supports the roof?
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Post by frostbite on Feb 19, 2024 18:43:49 GMT 10
Looking good! I don't think I'll ever get over being jealous of that view. Maybe you and your tribe come and see the view for yourself one day.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 18, 2024 16:59:59 GMT 10
Spent 2 days at the retreat with a friend who is an electrician. Wiring in new cabin now finished and I’ve started lining the external walls with R4 insulation. All the plasterboard arrives in just over a weeks time.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 15, 2024 14:50:18 GMT 10
Nobody in charge in the ADF has an IQ with 3 digits. They need to dump the bull$hite policies that create their retention problem. And sack everyone in DVA at the same time, give all the money saved to groups like Soldier On.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 15, 2024 13:30:51 GMT 10
Dirtdiva was awesome, I hope she is well.
Another MIA is that female doctor from north west USA. She was moving to her retreat from memory.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 9, 2024 18:40:56 GMT 10
Cool, 30 minutes cities, no need to own a car, just use public transport. Wonder how people will react when you catch the bus or train to the range with a rifle over your shoulder. Farkwits.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 9, 2024 14:50:22 GMT 10
We are currently seeing the collapse of the US empire. I predict civil war there within 10 years.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 8, 2024 15:06:19 GMT 10
I suppose America would be fine with Mexico joining the Warsaw Pact, or even Cuba. Oh, hang on…..
The yanks are some of the dumbest people on the planet.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 8, 2024 14:04:07 GMT 10
Does Russell Brand ever stop to take a breathe?
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Post by frostbite on Feb 7, 2024 4:29:36 GMT 10
If she also likes Lamborghinis I have a heck of a deal for you ... it would tick both boxes. Nope, but she was keen on a Ford Mustang for a while. Her latest crush is an expensive Italian trap gun. She has a pta in for one.
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Post by frostbite on Feb 6, 2024 20:11:06 GMT 10
I’ve got goats: and hares and about 40 ducks last weekend. Plus trout and the occasional pig and deer. And lots of gypsy sheep. The Mrs has a tractor fetish so we might get an old MF one day. I used to pull awesome wheelies on my Dad’s old tractor.
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