Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

I think your opinion of the capabilities of the average man is rather exaggerated.

Capability would prove/disprove itself later.... never seems to stop them bodging things

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Capability would prove/disprove itself later.... never seems to stop them bodging things

This is true.


When we pulled the ceiling down the tools were in the barn.

I found the middle supporting hook thing of the curtain rail and started work with that and had two beams worth down with that my the time DH was back with a couple of hammers and a crow bar. I took the hammer and kept going but because it was a weak day the hammer felt too heavy so I went back to my bodging hook.

Otoh, my fil was astounded I rearrange furniture myself, he asked once who it had to do it for me. :rotfl: Not every one tries pn, really, not every one tries.

PasturesNew

Without skills, or tools, or experience, things are more daunting on your own as there's nobody else's opinion or companionship while you attempt your first bodge. If there are two of you and you try and fail then you've had an activity and done your best. If you're alone and try/fail then it kind of makes you feel more useless, frustrated and stuff.

While I could fit some bolts today .... the wood the small part fixes onto (that the bolt slides into) is warped, so the gates don't even line up with anything. The gates had bolts originally, but as the wood warped they came adrift. It needs somebody with wood experience to stare at it and know what sort of wood/solution needs to be applied so that [a] the two parts of a bolt can meet and be fixed to wood they won't need adjusting every month.

So it's not a straight forward "bolt onto gate, other bit onto upright, job's done" either.

PasturesNew

I am, of course, EXCEEDINGLY grateful that it's MY house, so I can spend the money on it to solve the problem I have .... and feel a long-term benefit from doing so, without having to "ask permission" or justify my actions

lostinrates

Pn are the gates / fences solid wood or slatted in some way? If solid are they well build or are there any cracks / gaps/ knot holes?

If there are as a temporary measure I'd do a farmers fix of stout string ( farmers use baler twine...which you won't have) tied on the inside. Front gate can be left open during the day and tied over night.

If nothing else will make you feel more secure.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Pn are the gates / fences solid wood or slatted in some way? If solid are they well build or are there any cracks / gaps/ knot holes?

If there are as a temporary measure I'd do a farmers fix of stout string ( farmers use baler twine...which you won't have) tied on the inside. Front gate can be left open during the day and tied over night.

If nothing else will make you feel more secure.

The wood is all uprights. The fence and the gates are floppy though. If I touch the fence it moves. The gate has warped so as I stand looking at it the top has moved forward by 2-3" and the bottom has moved towards me by 2-3".

There's nothing to affix string/similar to.

I could do some photos .... but that's a faff at the moment.

lostinrates

I have two sort of silkie cockerels out with big chickens ATM. One has a crow, the other has a sort of sinister/ comedy whistley attempt at a crow, yet is the dominant one. This morning after he peeped out his whistle, he walked past me uttering a whistley little chuckle.

Quite sinister, yet cute. He is the white fluffy cat of bond villains, in chicken version.



Pn, I'm worried your fence moves so easily.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Pn, I'm worried your fence moves so easily.

Me too. It's on the list to get somebody to look at it/advise before winter. All this stuff was on the list of things to all be addressed at the same time, as it's fencing/gates and woodwork skills I'd planned on taking a little time sourcing the right sort of person.

The problem appears, to me, to be that the original developer put up a fence that looked OK, but without thought for its longer-term foundations. I suspect the uprights aren't man enough for the fence... maybe not deep enough, or not concreted, or something.

I suspect the gates warping can be fixed by adding a diagonal strut and/or maybe a further "frame" to strengthen it, which would include a diagonal part. One thing's for sure.... it's not a question of somebody walking up to it with a bolt and drill and just fitting it .... as there's nothing to fit the two parts to so they'd meet. The gates need straightening first, then changed so they retain that straight shape.

As for the fence... fence posts might need replacing, and/or an improved horizontal structure might be needed, and/or a diagonal strengthening bar might be needed.

It really needs a "professional eye" standing in the space looking at it. It's not something that can be "fixed" over the internet

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

Pn are the gates / fences solid wood or slatted in some way? If solid are they well build or are there any cracks / gaps/ knot holes?

If there are as a temporary measure I'd do a farmers fix of stout string ( farmers use baler twine...which you won't have) tied on the inside. Front gate can be left open during the day and tied over night.

If nothing else will make you feel more secure.

A bike lock might do the same thing.

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

I went back to the hematologist today and I'm now officially In Remission with a 20-30% chance of a recurrence. Those odds aren't that bad considering my age and how common lymphomas are anyway.

That's good to hear!.:T