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Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 2nd 2021, 5:04 pm
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Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

That is an impressive harvest! Can you post pics of your hydroponics system? I have set one up but it would not be producing veggies on this scale
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 12th 2021, 4:01 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

and about 15 strangers crammed in there
Forum: The Trailer Park
Sep 29th 2020, 5:00 pm
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Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

My dad once pointed his shotgun at a rat in an outshed on the farm where i grew up. About to pull the trigger, he noticed a second rat and waited until both were in the line of fire. Unfortunately he...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Sep 29th 2020, 4:19 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Not sure how much skin there would be left if you dispatched the snake with your shotgun!
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 21st 2020, 2:01 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

THAT is a table! looks fantastic. And i like the chairs too. Along with our IKEA chairs brought over from UK we have picked up 4 mismatched chairs for $10 each
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 21st 2020, 1:07 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

RE: tensioning bars
Interesting. I did have difficulty with gaps between the table top planks. Looking back i would have spent longer trying to straighten them with a plane before sticking them...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 20th 2020, 8:11 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Yep, good thinking, will give it a go


I don't think so, but not completely sure what tensioning bars are. It's held together by glue, dowels and screws


I think that is a neater way to...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 18th 2020, 8:02 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

PS welsh dragon is on a cornhole board that was made by my son and decorated by his friend. My son's effort is below:...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 18th 2020, 7:57 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

There is a double cross piece at either end with slots cut in. The extensions will be on arms that fit into the slots. Hopefully can see in this picture:...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 18th 2020, 6:02 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Thanks y'all! I was chuffed how it turned out. I have left a couple of slots to fit extensions at either end. The idea was to be able to sit many people down at the same time when we had another...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 18th 2020, 5:08 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Thanks!
Made from pine. Would have loved to use something like oak, but that would have been expensive and i had no idea if it was going to work or not


Exactly - you can't see all the little...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 18th 2020, 5:00 pm
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Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Farmhouse table project completed
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/britishexpats.com-vbulletin/640x480/table_4a9639363c4a46e461e656be700aa270baa8e9eb.jpg
Forum: The Trailer Park
May 11th 2020, 4:50 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Have made progress, in case you are following with bated breath. 9 leaks fixed, all sprinkler heads found, inline valves checked and cleaned and front yard seems to be fully functional. Project...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 13th 2020, 5:26 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

I spent the weekend like a giant mole, digging what looked like random holes and trenches in our front yard. I was attempting to resurrect our irrigation system, which has not been used for at least...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 15th 2017, 4:29 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

I haven't looked into it in any great detail, but i thought they did. Once my shingles start to go (not sure how i would know), i will take a harder look at the Tesla tiles. Although presumably by...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 15th 2017, 4:14 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Hey Pulaski,
Don't know how much sun you get all the way up there in NC, but have you looked at the cost of the Tesla roof tiles? I need someone to test them out before i try them :)
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 14th 2017, 4:50 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

I like that idea - I was thinking of using the wood to build a farmhouse table. I thought that i would have to wait a couple of years before it was seasoned and usable, so decided against it though
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 14th 2017, 4:36 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

We had a dead/dying laurel oak taken down recently. Our back deck was built around it so it was a shame it had to come down but one branch had already fallen off, making a bit of a mess. I asked the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 11th 2016, 4:50 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Thanks Pulaski, and thanks for your helpful tips for resolving it
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 11th 2016, 4:43 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

GFCI update
Just in case this happens to anyone else, and to allow everyone on the forum to finally take another breath, the mysterious missing voltage in the kitchen socket has been solved by going...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 27th 2016, 9:01 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Circuit breaker detective- might be worth a $20 punt, but i presume there is a break in the circuit somewhere so i am not sure it will transmit back to the breaker. UNless the breaker itself is...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 27th 2016, 8:31 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Yes, i have a crawl space. Don't like going in there though....
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 27th 2016, 8:30 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

I didn't know this, will look it up. I have got at least 4 separate circuits in the kitchen (not including the cooker - that makes 5).

No other sockets are dead
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 27th 2016, 8:27 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Thanks all. Yes, i thought it would simply be a case of finding a GFCI that had tripped but i have checked all that i can find (downstairs bathroom, porch, upstairs bathroom) and all are ok. I have...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 27th 2016, 8:00 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,389
Posted By newadventure

Re: Home and garden projects

Help needed from the British Expats Electricians Collective Knowledge:

One of the outlets (sockets) in the kitchen has got no voltage. It was working fine and now isn't. I have checked all the...
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