What does your day look like?

[wkkie]

One of the girls has been keen to ride lately so unleashed her on the local "single track" / walking track next to paddocks while I walked the dog... (Youies in the background)

Her favourite part was riding through the puddles!

 

[hifiandmtb]

Had a neighbour help me carry the boards down:

Also finished every little fiddly remaining structural thing & started framing the deck down the side of the house.

 

[nzhumpy]

Ekodeck? That shit be heavy for what it is..

 

[slider_phil]

Ekodeck? That shit be heavy for what it is..

But oh so nice when you don't have to worry about re-staining every year and warping issues

 

[hifiandmtb]

Ekodeck? That shit be heavy for what it is..

Fiberon (Nexgen in this country), made in North Carolina.

Probably 1.2t there.

 

[nzhumpy]

So basically same same but different name.

72 boards at 5400mmish? = approx 3.1kg/m ooommpph, you'll sleep well tonight.

 

[hifiandmtb]

96, including the ones running the other way. Yeah same.

 

[nzhumpy]

Reward yourself.

In fact that is what my day is looking like atm.

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

Almost as good as new bike day.

 

[hifiandmtb]

From this:

To this:

That’s just over half the side passage framed out. The next bit is a PITA because it’s lower to the ground & will be fiddly.

 

[link1896]

Removed an old window rattler air conditioner. A special needs individual had installed its support frame with huge slotted screws they then had to be bashed with a hammer for the actual ac unit to slide in. Plus some nails into hard wood framing that Homer Simpson would have been proud of.

Yes, I dropped the unit getting it out, sucker must be 60kg

Plaster is now up. Fuck I hate plastering.

 

[Ultra Lord]

Hifi’s day looks much more enjoyable than yours link.

 

[link1896]

Got even better. Flat pack bunk bed

 

[creaky]

Got even better. Flat pack bunk bed

Do you get the top?

 

[Kerplunk]

But oh so nice when you don't have to worry about re-staining every year and warping issues

Still fades and looks crapola after a few years in the sun though..

 

[hifiandmtb]

Lucky I didn't buy Ekodeck then

 

[Kerplunk]

Lucky I didn't buy Ekodeck then

Australia mate, UV always wins.. Deck is facing east, shaded by the house? Should be good for many years..

 

[hifiandmtb]

Installed some blocking for the picture frame pattern:

Will finish the paint later.

Also needs a little more blocking in the other orientation but I’ll do that after the boards are down.

 

[Dales Cannon]

A few selected shots from the Leyburn sprints. Celebrating 70 years since the 1949 Australian Grand Prix that was held at Leyburn.

This car I have mentioned previously but it the first time I have seen it race. Ex Jimmy McRae (Colin and Alastair's father) car. Was burnt out in the UK and then made its way here for rebuilding. Was further damaged and again rebuilt. I saw this car when the engine had been refitted.



GT40 replica.



1933 MG K3.



1939 MGB TB.



Repco Holden special. This car raced at the original Pittsworth sprints and has pretty much attended sprints ever year since around the downs.



Thisis a 1963 Mk II Sprite which I am fairly sure is sitting on MX-5 running gear.



And if you don't think these older cars get driven hard. This is a 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans long body. It clipped the last hay bale in the chicane which posted it sideways. Owner pulled the guard off the wheel and kept driving.





And the very rare 1980 Audi Quattro series I. NOT.

 

[Dales Cannon]

And a lesson in parking a 1967 Ford Cortina Mk II.

















Driver ok. School is getting a new section of fence!