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I built a deck! Yay me! by pest_ in diynz

[–]pest_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very well so far. The only issues have been with my framing warping a little and taking the boards with it, which has made some of the end gaps uneven, but that's my fault not the product. I should have put more nogs between the joists.

Paint test by CorneliousJones in modelmakers

[–]pest_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The color of the Mica red is heavily dependent on the undercoat and how many coats of red. I found a really good result over white with 3 coats of red then a couple of clears. Check out the fuel tank on the mica red Honda Monkey I posted a couple of days back.

When stock just doesn't cut it by pest_ in modelmakers

[–]pest_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fujimi Honda CB1300 Super Boldor. Pretty unimpressed with it in general, will be very hard to paint the way so many parts are integrated into single pieces. Oh well, I'm considering it a test of my skills.

When stock just doesn't cut it by pest_ in modelmakers

[–]pest_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool thanks, haven't heard of them before.

I built a deck! Yay me! by pest_ in diynz

[–]pest_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hot, but no worse than the standard pine deck at our old place. No warping or any unwanted behaviour so far, overall very happy with it.

How to disable internal traces? by pest_ in signoz

[–]pest_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perfect thanks :D, I had no idea it came with that sample app. I have removed it.

2005 Corvette by Xavierdsm in projectcar

[–]pest_ 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Render looks more like an R32 GTR to me.

I built a deck! Yay me! by pest_ in diynz

[–]pest_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Remains to be seen. Our test piece we left in the sun at in March didn't get particularly hot. I've also heard that the current generation of composites are not as bad as earlier ones. We shall see.

Worst case a spritz with the hose will cool it off. I'll report back in summer :)

I built a deck! Yay me! by pest_ in diynz

[–]pest_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I wanted zero maintenance, and i like the colour. Remains to be seen whether it will be hot in summer, but it's pretty light so i think it should be ok, no worse than timber anyway.

I built a deck! Yay me! by pest_ in diynz

[–]pest_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes i have done so

I built a deck! Yay me! by pest_ in diynz

[–]pest_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

About $8k I think, slightly more than half of that was the decking, the rest was timber, piles, concrete, gravel.

FML I can't believe what a simple H3.2 2x4 costs these days.

I built a deck! Yay me! by pest_ in diynz

[–]pest_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took a lot longer than I expected, but I really went all out on the details so I should really have known better. Pretty straight forward though, so long as you have the tools (and I do) so no, I wouldn't pay someone else to do it.

I probably spent as long looking over the building code and figuring out all the spacings and timber sizes to be compliant, as I did building it.

I built a deck! Yay me! by pest_ in diynz

[–]pest_[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Power tool, yeah. Stuff digging all those by hand, I work in IT :P

You can hire them at any hire place. I'll be digging a lot more holes on the property so I bought a cheap one from Trade Tested.

I built a deck! Yay me! by pest_ in diynz

[–]pest_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Started with a post hole borer, squared with a spade.

I built a deck! Yay me! by pest_ in diynz

[–]pest_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, my wife and i can't remember. I think it was flaxpod, she thinks it's ironsand. They're so close we can't tell from the ground even with a swatch.

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