Decking replacement

[harrycatcat1]

1 hour ago, JKD said:

That's a booger !!! Didn't want to be correct on this one 😕

These things happen 🙄🙄

[ditchman]

1 hour ago, harrycatcat1 said:

These things happen 🙄🙄

small pilot hole then self tapping screws ?

use titaium or colbalt drills for stainless steel

Edited December 5, 2022 by ditchman

[amateur]

16 minutes ago, ditchman said:

small pilot hole then self tapping screws ?

use titaium or colbalt drills for stainless steel

I have found that a lathe centre drill used in your drill gives a good start in stainless, allowing you to apply pressure without the risk of breaking it that you get with a smaller "hard" drill.

I have also followed Old Farrier's tip of using tallow as a cutting lubricant on stainless, with good effect

[harrycatcat1]

20 minutes ago, ditchman said:

small pilot hole then self tapping screws ?

use titaium or colbalt drills for stainless steel

Thanks, the firm reckon that they will put me a drill and tap in the post as I gave them some grief but self tapping screws sound good 👍 

Could have done with asking them to send a tower drill too 🤔 🙄 

2 minutes ago, amateur said:

I have found that a lathe centre drill used in your drill gives a good start in stainless, allowing you to apply pressure without the risk of breaking it that you get with a smaller "hard" drill.

I have also followed Old Farrier's tip of using tallow as a cutting lubricant on stainless, with good effect

Yes I've been doing some research and they do say keep the drill from overheating so I will need to think of something 🤔 

[harrycatcat1]

I've got to dig out a centre pop now, when I worked at the pit we used to use a pick out of a shearer drum.

Edited December 5, 2022 by harrycatcat1

[billytheghillie]

3 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said:

I've got to dig out a centre pop now, when I worked at the pip we used to use a pick out of a shearer drum.

was that the orange PIP or apple PIP?

[TIGHTCHOKE]

4 hours ago, ditchman said:

small pilot hole then self tapping screws ?

use titaium or colbalt drills for stainless steel

Cobalt all day!  

[harrycatcat1]

1 hour ago, billytheghillie said:

was that the orange PIP or apple PIP?

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I did correct it 👍👍👍

[TIGHTCHOKE]

PW's longest running refurbishment thread!   

[harrycatcat1]

3 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

PW's longest running refurbishment thread!   

Oh it's not finished yet 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 far from it 😉😉 only just screwing the post brackets down trying to get them vertical 🤣🤣

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Plenty more months to go then.  

[discobob]

At this time of year you can say it is the gift that keeps on giving!!! (or taking - your sanity 😁)

[harrycatcat1]

1 hour ago, discobob said:

At this time of year you can say it is the gift that keeps on giving!!! (or taking - your sanity 😁)

It's doing my head in to be honest, I expected to put all the frame together, put the glass in and screw it down. 

Nope, screw the base of the posts down,  get the posts level and right spacings for the glass. Then when all the posts and glass are in put the handrails on mark them and drill them 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Plenty more months to go then.  

Oh yes 🙄🙄🙄

[JKD]

Nothing wrong with taking your time,,,, rush and things go wrong and mistakes are made 🤓 You're doing a great job 👍

[harrycatcat1]

34 minutes ago, JKD said:

Nothing wrong with taking your time,,,, rush and things go wrong and mistakes are made 🤓 You're doing a great job 👍

👍👍😉😉 I will do my best

[harrycatcat1]

Flippin cold this morning. I had two pieces of wood cut as templates for the glass. Screwed the feet down. 

Put the glass in and I'd forgotten to put the caps on that cover the screws at the bottom of the posts 🙄🙄

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by harrycatcat1

[ditchman]

oh for gawds sake get on with it.............you need to burn off all them bloody yorkshire puds and gravy 

[harrycatcat1]

16 minutes ago, ditchman said:

oh for gawds sake get on with it.............you need to burn off all them bloody yorkshire puds and gravy 

🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍👍

[billytheghillie]

30 minutes ago, ditchman said:

oh for gawds sake get on with it.............you need to burn off all them bloody yorkshire puds and gravy 

I think he is extracting the urine, wanting us lot to take pity on him and rush down there to help him.

[harrycatcat1]

2 hours ago, billytheghillie said:

I think he is extracting the urine, wanting us lot to take pity on him and rush down there to help him.

It's not flippin working though is it? you lazy gets 🤔 😴 😉😉😉😉🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[harrycatcat1]

Cold this morning, two more pieces of glass in.

 

[weebster]

Laid our first lot way back,in fact the 9/11 attacks were taking place the day I was laying the boards, joist were 400 centres 6x2 s&t from jewson back in the days when the edges were squared rather than todays rounded off type that actually reduce the size to 145x45mm....boards I got from an agricultal dealer (barker & geary).

Still going strong today and stained with cuprinol non slip decking stain....some ten years later I did another deck around the pond using joists from wickes and boards....barely lasted 10 years before I had to replace 5 joists and countless boards even though the 2nd deck had the same 7mm expansion gap....both decks the boards were staggered rather than straight end to ends.

Used screwfix decking screws but found they were too soft and would round off if they hit a knot in the joists but wickes decking screws were far better being star headed rather than posi drive....shame I can't say the same for their joists and boards.

[harrycatcat1]

Balustrade progress to date.

 

[amateur]

Looking good 👍🏻

[harrycatcat1]

12 minutes ago, amateur said:

Looking good 👍🏻

Thanks 😉