Recent content by Big-Red

Spiral stairs to basement?

Okay so I may have come to a conclusion on advise of my Mother. I could move to a surposed 'better' house in a 'better' neibourhood and be miserable. Where I am I can have loud cars, make noise, do a driveway burnout or have a party without neibours complaining or calling the cops. The house...

Work bench I made out of scraps, had to buy mdf for the top and screws, cost around $65 to make Shelfs cost was only screws, so about $5 Edit, this is what the car looks like after sitting in the shed for 2 days..... Yes it gets dirtier then if it was outside.

Apologies for spelling, Auto correct doesn't work for titles on my browser for some reason. I didn't do well in English at school lol. Maths and science where my forte. The wheelie bin shows aprox where the front corner of the new building would be. Proposed building, side door and end...

My current garage is nearly ready to fall down. A secure Double garage will add value to the property for both sales and also rental. It maybe 5years before id be in a position to buy a second property. I'm just not sure if I should but my projects and dreams on hold for so long. I may not be...

Shed size Dilemma So I was all pumped up about to order my new shed but then had a thought. Should I build my dream shed at not my dream house? But then again I might end up staying here for another 10 years. Option 1) build my dream shed 9x7x3.6m (2 work bays with room for hoist +1 workshop)...

How are you finding the depth of the shed? Not too cramped up front with the shelving and toolbox?

We have a single older benpak at work, goes alright for a older jigger, all the rest are Molnar or rotary How high is yours? All the Chinese ones I've come across are around 3.6-3.8 Max hight. Would have thought there would be comfortably enough room. Also what is your roof pitch?

I brought a set of bluepoint ratchet spanners (wrenches). They have both 6 and 12 point sides

When I started reading at the start I thought you where crazy for taking so much time and spending so much money on renovations. You must have really burnt threw your savings to do that. Seeing that you have stayed at this location for so long makes the investment not so bad. Sorry to hear that...

Thank you for taking the time to document your work. Its great what you have done here. I'm not going to lie, there was a part of me who was hoping for it to be a operating station when I started reading. Honestly I don't know how you had found the time! Back lights behind the glass of the pumps...

Thanks for the reply Ozwelder. I'm going to have a look around the local displays before making the final decision. I have heard some have the c-sections Tech screwed together, but I haven't seen it myself. I have to get my head around what to do with slab. I've got a idea of what I want to do...

Current proposed building.

Best quote has been $8700 which included a PA door. Others where $9300-10,500. The current slab has been poured in seporateable sections, there are some raised concrete dividers, slightly different levels and I'll be cutting into the lawn a bit in one section. So no real avoiding pouring a new one.

Oh and I don't see much need in adding a bathroom (have one at the rear of the house) and gas isn't very popular in Tassie. I don't even have a landline or internet connection so a phone line to the shed isn't nessesary. Tassie does have some nice roads, just not in Winter. Did you come down...