Tea? (Part 1)

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TheDoctor

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Don't remember, TBH. It was quite some time ago. I do remember being miffed that a work colleague got his mortgage sorted quicker than we did. And he had to find a house, sell a house. move and everything.;)

Oh well. Have you found any Yellow Label yet?
 

Arch

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tdr1nka said:
Yay!
We are off to Ireland again in June for some of the same!
Time for stage two of the caravan cottage, connecting the caravan to the toilet shed so's no more nipping out in the rain to answer nature in the night!


Lots of angle grinding and whizzy blades to get this job completed!
Please excuse the rough photoshopped plan pic, the only Cad on my computer is me!;)

Wow, that's quite some project! But I love the... well, excuse the phrase, and no offence meant, but, the bodginess of it. Like get a caravan, and weld a shed to it....:tongue:
 

tdr1nka

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Arch said:
Wow, that's quite some project! But I love the... well, excuse the phrase, and no offence meant, but, the bodginess of it. Like get a caravan, and weld a shed to it....:smile:

The long term plan is to sink and concrete in six telegraph poles around the caravan and built a timber frame 2 bed house onto that, eventually cutting the caravan away altogether!
As we are still saving for the big build(maybe next year?!)we are making the most of of what we have to hand all wood, windows etc. will be reused in the main build, which includes another story above the caravan.

The aim is to have as neutral an impact on the environment and a seemingly 'temporary' structure to get around the planning regs.


And it's not bodginess, it's called 'Ghetto-fixing';):biggrin:
 

Arch

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tdr1nka said:
The long term plan is to sink and concrete in six telegraph poles around the caravan and built a timber frame 2 bed house onto that, eventually cutting the caravan away altogether!

How cool! To walk in your front door and there to be a caravan in the living room!:smile:;)

Ghetto-fixing, I like it!
 

TheDoctor

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tdr1nka said:
The long term plan is to sink and concrete in six telegraph poles around the caravan and built a timber frame 2 bed house onto that, eventually cutting the caravan away altogether!
As we are still saving for the big build(maybe next year?!)we are making the most of of what we have to hand all wood, windows etc. will be reused in the main build, which includes another story above the caravan.

The aim is to have as neutral an impact on the environment and a seemingly 'temporary' structure to get around the planning regs.


And it's not bodginess, it's called 'Ghetto-fixing';):biggrin:

Cool.:smile: That is a neat plan. If we're ever in Ireland at the same time, I'll have to scoot over and take a look. I can kind of visualise this, but I'd like to see it.
 

tdr1nka

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TheDoctor said:
Cool.:biggrin: That is a neat plan. If we're ever in Ireland at the same time, I'll have to scoot over and take a look. I can kind of visualise this, but I'd like to see it.

And you would be most welcome too! We are about a 3hrs and very lovely drive from Cork.

We had originally thought about building a hay bale house but it really isn't the climate(we know people who have had trouble with theirs because of just how damp the area is).:smile:

That's why we're eventually building our gaff on stilts!:sad:
 

tdr1nka

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Time for tea!

Who's ready?
 

microphonie

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"You might like "Cooking In The Danger Zone" on BBC2 on Sunday evenings.
Not so much about "cookery" but how people get their food if they live in "dangerous" places."

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Originally Posted by Renard
Just watched it. Thanks for the tip.

You didn't see the programme where he visited North Korea?

Reynard: "Oh, what are you going to do with that stick? Brow-wrow-ow!-ow!-ow! Gerroff!"

:smile:
 

TheDoctor

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tdr1nka said:
And you would be most welcome too! We are about a 3hrs and very lovely drive from Cork.

We had originally thought about building a hay bale house but it really isn't the climate(we know people who have had trouble with theirs because of just how damp the area is).:smile:

That's why we're eventually building our gaff on stilts!:biggrin:

What's the nearest town or village? I know the N71 from Cork to Skibbereen, and I then peel off to Baltimore or Schull for a ferry to Cape. I've been across to Killarney, but not for some years.

*snares tea*
 
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