My daughter and I are Loving both your channels! Would be worth tacking a plate to one of the centre columns to be used as a fixed datum for your laser and levels.
@tom3144 ай бұрын
I love the "girls will you stop playing with those concrete blocks", it definitely shows the type of upbringing they're having! Also, and it's an important one! Did your new toy arrive?
@sus8e4624 ай бұрын
Wow! Indeed a view that makes all the hard work worth it!
@annaviola33924 ай бұрын
Love the progress. I’m having a hard time visualising a house within a barn but can’t wait for all to be revealed!
@54mgtf224 ай бұрын
I owned an old Nissan forklift with a 1600cc engine on lpg. I was an awesome thing to have. We kept everything on pallets and could move things around easily. They don’t like ‘steps’ so the rocks inside may be an issue but easily fixed. Great job 👏
@lightning6554 ай бұрын
Congratulations on getting to this point can't wait to see what happens next
@joeappleton92134 ай бұрын
Good idea on the fork lift Tim another plan get some pallets to put the blocks on …piece of then when it comes to shuffle them about yard .. 🤣👍 would insulation then a pour on top work out less expensive I’m thinking ? you could protect the finished slab with site boards the plastic ones that interlock to work on and run on .. load bearing would probably similar no matter which way round you do it but better thermal mass heat retention if the pour is on top looking forward to the master plan unveiling
@EM-fh2tx4 ай бұрын
Love the chicken helping out!
@martyletitbee15194 ай бұрын
Hey Tim one quick idea for you. Why not forget the concrete slab and level out the ground pop some grass seed down & its done!! Less work for you, the kids will love it as will maggy pie. Good luck getting the idea past you council planners tho 😂
@papabear68604 ай бұрын
Very nicely filmed welding shots!
@paulparry47344 ай бұрын
Looking fwd to seeing your new/old forklift in action. I’ve seen from your instagram you had some problems getting it off the truck. Your new house is going to be Mahoooosive!!!
@mandyleeson14 ай бұрын
Great stuff Tim
@dannymurphy17794 ай бұрын
A msot energetic video! Good luck with it Tim, I would have thought a beam and block floor would be a less risky option though.
@frankmckie29924 ай бұрын
A c3 ie jcb better known they have forks a front loader clam shell .....plus a rear hoe bucket ... just a thought
@christopherhindle11744 ай бұрын
I think you may find trying to keep and reuse the blocks is more trouble than they are worth, with the time spent cleaning them down, moving them around, etc., with all the other work you have to do in building your dream home and looking after the farm.
@TheRestorationCouple4 ай бұрын
I thought the same but having seen how clean some are its worth keeping those. At £3-4 a piece it could save when we need retaining walls in garden and no budget after build!
@alanweir374 ай бұрын
Put all the bricks on pallets , easy to pick up with a fork lift.
@declanwiltshire72584 ай бұрын
What about hiring a pan mixer that will run on the back of your Massey, that will save cost with a concrete trucks and you could do like you said a bay at a time.
@thomasbroker694 ай бұрын
I’ve been wondering about the slab it’s such a huge size it looks like it’s going to be humongous, this is an industrial scale pour, makes sense to do it in patches. 20k seems quite cheap in comparison to a normal self build slab. It’s this the equivalent of 3 or 4 houses plots?
@TheRestorationCouple4 ай бұрын
A rule of thumb seems to be same again as concrete cost to lay. Will make a decision in a couple of weeks to how we do it whether its a contractor in a single day or shutter the bays and do over a week ourselves.
@dannymurphy17794 ай бұрын
@@TheRestorationCouple What would be the impact on your sub base if concrete mixers enter your building though, they are known for crushing driveways for example.
@modockthegreat4 ай бұрын
did the forklift arrivre?
@athloneduke4 ай бұрын
Fantastic light from those gaps, digger took the hard work out of the wall removal, work smart, not hard.
@rorymccloskey8544 ай бұрын
Back straight, knees bent!
@arnoldmonk63814 ай бұрын
The forklift may be a good solution, the other advice about pallets is good too. But, please make sure that you wear the lap belt, it will help save your life in the event of a turn over, too many accidents every year with forklifts. Yes, boring health and safety, I’ve worked with forklifts and related training for many years, dealt with the fallout from accidents too many times.
@allenwaters39454 ай бұрын
Probably a stupid question but is it ok for us to view the welding arc on a monitor or could it damage our eyes?
@dickinsp4 ай бұрын
Is safe
@pindustries88364 ай бұрын
No you get burnt from the uv light from the arc its self
@CinnamonTrees4 ай бұрын
It's fine. The video won't be any brighter than, say, a webpage with a white background. It may irritate your eyes a bit (especially if you're watching in a dark room), but it won't do the damage that a welding arc would do in person. And as @pindustries8836 mentioned, the dangerous UV will be absent.
@MARTINA-gc3tq4 ай бұрын
If I was the structural advisor I would be more concerned with the desiccated clay base than the surface bubble on the steels.
@frankiepitt91354 ай бұрын
You’re not though.
@MARTINA-gc3tq4 ай бұрын
@@frankiepitt9135 wow, I hope you didn’t have to spend too long thinking that reply up!
@jamest51494 ай бұрын
Keep your animals away when welding… they can get arch eye like us and it is painful 👍
@frankiepitt91354 ай бұрын
And arc eye.
@13yrag4 ай бұрын
You should off left them walls up because when you concrete the floor all your animals will walk all over it
@Scoobydooo854 ай бұрын
Great job, so much waffle though.
@frankiepitt91354 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t watch if I were you.
@richardstevenson27274 ай бұрын
🫡👊
@stephenarthy65934 ай бұрын
Sounds like you’re digger needs some grease lol
@TheRestorationCouple4 ай бұрын
It's well greased before I start each time. I think its more to do with the dry dusty stuff on the tracks.
@EdgeRowing4 ай бұрын
Reversing dump (sniggers) lol - well done on keeping going!