NEWKID 27,143 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 3 hours ago, leegreen said: Are you gonna use the stand/uprights or are you mounting it straight in the tree? I'll dig 6 pits and fill with concrete as pads then mount on the legs, would be far too much to hang in a tree mate.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,143 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 2 hours ago, The one said: I would be worried about the sound of rain on the metal and being cold but if you sort that out and put a heater in it it looks comfortable enough The panels are insulated mate, I plan to over clad them with timber board, then cover the roof with a bit more insulation and a steel sheets. I'll put a small log burner in it, a settee, a pair of binoculars, some books and maybe an air rifle (if I'm feeling gay!) lol Should be alright, I'll put some pics up as it progresses Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,143 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 52 minutes ago, Rusty_terrier said: Keep us updated with pics. Will follow this quite an interesting project. Will do mate It's gettying lifted onto my mates scrap wagon tomorrow and bought back to mine... the fun part will be getting it down the back field and into the woods, it's a pretty steep hill and it's not the easiest thing to move!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,436 Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Looks like a cracking wee project will look forward to seeing it progress 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 21,704 Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Love the idea of that mate. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,143 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 hours ago, Rusty_terrier said: What kinda weight is in it ? I'd say around a ton, maybe a touch more.. its very awkward to move around though and was enough trouble lifting in one off the steel frame even though we were on a perfectly flat concrete floor.. weve got a plan though (brothers idea so can't take the glory if it works)... need to find a crappy old trailer, then take the wheels off and attach to the steel frame below the box, we can then pull it down the hill and into the wood on the back of a all terrain tell handler.. might be a disaster but god loves a trier lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabid 1,936 Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Nice one, will be a good little retreat if you get it done, a decent telehandler would lift that no bother, the legs are bolted on, so could unbolt them if needs be. where there is a will, there will always be a way. best of luck. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,143 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 20 hours ago, Rabid said: Nice one, will be a good little retreat if you get it done, a decent telehandler would lift that no bother, the legs are bolted on, so could unbolt them if needs be. where there is a will, there will always be a way. best of luck. Yeah it's all unbolted from the legs and on the ground mate, my business is steel fabrication/erecting and cladding so we're used to lifting loads etc.. just normally it's on a concrete pad and not sinking in mud in the middle of a wood! Lol we'll find a way though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 20,523 Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Looking forward to seeing this project progress. ...iv always fancied building a proper tree house I love watching the tree house master he's mad as a bag of weasels 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,143 Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 So after a lot of thought, it never made the woods...its just too big and awkward to safely move, just getting it off the wagon was a job, 12m telehandler with extended forks and it was rocking like hell.... But....a bar it will be....its starting to come together now.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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NEWKID 27,143 Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Copings off a job years ago and stored (main contractor messed up and we took then), cedral cladding off a school job years ago and stored, scaffold plank decking...there'll be a bar at one end, seating, dart board, juke box....should be alright once I'm done.. Mrs is delighted, the house is back on hold...I've promised her the bathroom will be finished one day...not till the bars finished though..lol 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 6,732 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 hour ago, NEWKID said: Copings off a job years ago and stored (main contractor messed up and we took then), cedral cladding off a school job years ago and stored, scaffold plank decking...there'll be a bar at one end, seating, dart board, juke box....should be alright once I'm done.. Mrs is delighted, the house is back on hold...I've promised her the bathroom will be finished one day...not till the bars finished though..lol Nice one mate, only slightly jealous! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 21,704 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Might need a hand rail to stop mates wobbling off when they get pissed Lol. Didn't know you could still get them California blocks, I think that what they were called. Nice job mate looks a nice sun trap. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,143 Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 7 minutes ago, Arry said: Might need a hand rail to stop mates wobbling off when they get pissed Lol. Didn't know you could still get them California blocks, I think that what they were called. Nice job mate looks a nice sun trap. Cheers Arry The California blocks (if that's that's what they're called) are existing.. the previous owners of this place use to hold a jazz festival here every year, this was the stage...I'm going to mesh the blocks and get it rendered... The steps and coping are hand made sandstone, which weigh a ton... we done a roof and steel work on real fancy place and the builder got these wrong, they were stupid money, they said if we could move them we could have em...they went bust a year or so later, owed us a few quid...its the only thing good that came from them!! Lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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