What did you accomplish today?

curious2garden

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Checked in on the girls this morning in the flower room AND no light, breaker wasn't tripped. ??? :shock: Swapped the timer and the ballast power cord to another outlet and it fired right up. That power line hooks to the outlet behind my workbench also so I plugged the shop light into that one AND darkness. When I ran that line I used an outlet in the ceiling of the garage as a junction, so I dropped it out of the box to look at it. Neutral line was a little discolored at the post and I tightened the screw just a bit and TA DA! Glad I caught that when I did, don't think it would have started a fire, but still...
Good sleuthing
 

sarahJane211

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Assembled a swag of roof trusses today until it got warm, so I called a hiaitus. S'posed to be 22C today, but it's 32C & now I have a few beers under the belt. 'Can't be arsed anymore.View attachment 4870373View attachment 4870374
Just agreed to a 4m x 4m 2 floor extension on my house.
Tiled floors, balcony railing on the upper floor, no walls ........ $5,000.
They start tomorrow.
I'm thinking a Roman tent on the balcony where I can drink beer and smoke in the evenings.
 
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Rewerb

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Amazing those are roof trusses, nice!
They're half-trusses that need to be bolted together once they're upright (how in hell I'm supposed to achieve that, I currently have NFI whatsoever!!).

The E-W wing has a span of over 7m (23'). The N-S wing spans are 6.3m (20').

I'm not a builder's arsehole - I just have to work-out how to do things as I go...... SWMBO thought it'd be a great idea to be owner-builders, having watched extensive property-porn on TV, where the dream home magically appears in the space of an hour.........:roll:
 

Rewerb

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Yeah mate, you just have to help me move a few things out the the way.
Old Blue don’t like to be called dodgy 45 years old and still going :p
45 is nothing. Please convey my apologies to Old Blue if I have caused offence to the old fella. I promise to treat him well in my possession.


Hmmm.....I can feel a bit more effort on my part coming-on than anticipated, but I'm up for it if it helps you out. Just let me know when/how. I'm off until I RTW on Wednesday.
 

DustyDuke

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45 is nothing. Please convey my apologies to Old Blue if I have caused offence to the old fella. I promise to treat him well in my possession.


Hmmm.....I can feel a bit more effort on my part coming-on than anticipated, but I'm up for it if it helps you out. Just let me know when/how. I'm off until I RTW on Wednesday.
Pm me we will sort it out
 

Rewerb

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The Mrs called me back outside to the house-build, 'cos she insisted that she was DESPERATELY in need of a screw.

Now....how can a mere male resist such womanly wiles??

'Turned-out that it was a complete ruse & I ended-up having to assemble another 6 roof trusses.....

:wall:
 
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