Recent content by katotter

That is not the approach, just my other carport. The entrance will be on the left of the last picture, to the left of the stacks of bricks.

So I forgot to post the rest, I am at a standstill due to certain materials I cant get during lock down. Roof sheeting is up, apart from the ridge cap. Next will be to dig the foundations for the walls to floor level, get a machine to level the soil out and pour the floor.

Day three of the quarantine and I have this up already. Hopefully done end of this coming week. I had a challenge with the footings and foundations. Everyone makes mistakes and I made a great one. Drilled the holes for the threaded bar at the wrong angle and had to make an adapter plate to get...

So the footings have been cast and I am patiently awaiting their curing. After that I will be installing some M20 threaded bar into the footings at the correct spacing to affix the legs to, I actually wanted to make some fancy base plates with gussets and all that but decided that old school is...

I will be sure to do that, we are not snake killers (my dogs might be) but I try to have them captured if they might bring us any harm, the harmless ones are free to roam their land. Common ones are: Boomslang Puff adder Mamba Cobra Stick snake (branch snake, dunno) Mole snake Legless snake...

So the time has come for the footings. Had my guys dig the footings as level as they could and we cast a strong concrete mis in it. Dimensions was 600mm x 600mm x 600mm (2ft x 2ft x 2ft). There are 10 footings and they were cast in two days. Now for the wait for the concrete to cure then to...

Not in the heart of the Bushveld, but as close as you can get yes. I visit the Cape every so often I can afford to.

That is my aim, thanks.

My next planning will be for my solar system, as I do not have any utility on my stand, not even a pole for a transformer. I have a huge battery bank (48 x 520ah lead acid) that I am using currently at my house that I will be splitting up and adding new panels, with a 5kw inverter and as large...

I have a garage thread on here from 2013, but it died when I moved out and had to put all my stuff in storage, this one will be for keeps. The wall is not finished, it will get mortar plaster (rendered) and painted at the end. It virtually has no load because it is not retaining on the sides...

So here are the basic plans, I might change it a bit here and there but it is supposed to look like this when I am done. The side with three doors are for my builder, he is permanently employed and stays on the land with us, I am building him a new spot, his current place is poorly built...

Thank you so much, I will edit my original post now.

So after many moons, many monies and many other projects, I am finally in the market to start erecting my newest addition. I will post my plans at firs and then progress as we go along, it might take some time but I will get there in the end. I bought a steel structure off a fellow farmer and...

Very nice threat and great neat work, good to see some familiar tools and building methods.