Recent content by BiTurbo228

Ok, better picture, better design. Spin the lathe around 180, which means access to the motor and drive belts can be done form the main garage bay. The downside of this is if I want to keep a good working space, and get a set of dividing curtains behind it nicely, I've only got a metre to...

Right, terrible 30-second sketch of what I'm currently thinking. Welder will need to sit just round the corner in the main project garage, but poking out far enough that the torch and clamp will reach the vice nicely. Workbench with at least 1 vice (probably the big one) in the corridor with...

Right, next few bits of stuff that's not as strenuous as tiling. Cut the face off a few bricks to pop in the gaps between the corridor dwarf wall and the main garages. Not the prettiest thing in the world, but it's a lot better than blue expanding foam! Then filled the back of them with more...

Right, a few more jobs progressed which I'm posting about now even though they're not done because I'm managed to tweak my back again so I'm back onto light duties. Same place as before but not so bad this time, just trying to do too much too quickly. Very frustrating being on the slow train...

Thanks! Now, there's a question! There's probably an order that things should be done in, and an order that I'd prefer them to be done in. And some rationalisation that needs to happen. The Citroen BX (which just needs a clutch, clutch cable, and general refresh) and the Alfa 156 (which also...

Next couple of jobs done on the garage. First one was finishing cladding the back face. I wanted to get everything buttoned up behind the garages before cladding the back of the corridor as I've been using the open studwork as a thoroughfare, and this is the access once it's buttoned up...

Thanks man! It definitely feels like one of those sliding piece puzzles! Yeah we weren't actually all that interested in a thatch, but everything else about the house lined up perfectly so we went for it. Luckily we've only got one close set of neighbours that own all the fields around our...

Haha yeah it took long enough just to write it up!

Yeah that would about do it!

Right! Quite the ride the past few months. Time for an update. I've completely lost the chronology of stuff as it was all a bit of a blur, so I'll divvy it up job-by-job. Most of this stuff happened between the last update and the end of April. The corridor Job 1 was to get the two holes in...

Thanks man! I am really too :) especially when I look back and think of how much work it's all been. Yeah it's interesting. You never really see asphalt or metal shingles here. Asphalt flat rooves or single sheet shed rooves, but not shingles. Bit of an update too :) after what was pretty much...

Getting mightily close to finishing this roof. Having to time it around windows in the weather though, which have been few and far between, so I've been sorting out the upstairs storage area. Latest job has been a set of shelves at the back for lighter stuff.

All the way there with you on that :LOL:

Haha I got as far as picking up a rusted-out MGB on eBay for 99p, getting a gearbox and transfer case, and working out that I'll probably need a front diff from a Skyline (preferably a V-Spec) as it's on the correct side of the engine and the right ratio to match a Jag rear end. But other...

Next few step forwards. Finally got round to cladding the back face, which involved various degrees if clambering through hedges (hence why I've been putting it off :D) I've actually clad the whole back face, but the last photo I got was of the vents at the top: One of those vents the loft...