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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Fencing hasn't moved in price up here

    Yet sheet timber has risen a chunk like

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    i noticed that too, was going to use it for shuttering but tanalised timber was cheaper.
    just binned 60 mtrs of it...

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    I am now following this.
    Currently planning a similar build and have spent the past 2 years researching (health issues put the project on hold in 2019). Most sleeper builds I've read are at least a few years old so I was reading through yours, thinking that looks good but then got worried as I was near the last page and hadn't seen any sleepers yet. Didn't realise until the last page this is actually a current build in progress!
    Good luck with it, looking good and can't wait to see how this turns out

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blenny View Post
    I am now following this.
    Currently planning a similar build and have spent the past 2 years researching (health issues put the project on hold in 2019). Most sleeper builds I've read are at least a few years old so I was reading through yours, thinking that looks good but then got worried as I was near the last page and hadn't seen any sleepers yet. Didn't realise until the last page this is actually a current build in progress!
    Good luck with it, looking good and can't wait to see how this turns out
    thanks
    hopefully i'll have something to show for it.... if i ever get hold of some sleepers lol!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blenny View Post
    I am now following this.
    Currently planning a similar build and have spent the past 2 years researching (health issues put the project on hold in 2019). Most sleeper builds I've read are at least a few years old so I was reading through yours, thinking that looks good but then got worried as I was near the last page and hadn't seen any sleepers yet. Didn't realise until the last page this is actually a current build in progress!
    Good luck with it, looking good and can't wait to see how this turns out
    Have a butchers at my pond build Blenny, I'm just finishing of a sleeper build.

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    Oooh, brilliant, thanks! I'm on it ��

    But it also looks like I need to start a new thread and, more importantly, order the sleepers!

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    The fence panels are the same but the feather edge is hard to get hold of,I used 4 ins posts and they have shot up.

    I dont understand why as the label said it came from Pontrillas timber in mid Wales which is near me.
    John

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    so the rain is back again....

    i've been getting a bit frustrated with delivery times from some suppliers.
    my builders merchant delivered my concrete blocks on wednesday after only ordering them on friday evening...
    i would have had them tuesday, but they had to come in from another depot first...
    great service!

    went down in person to the timber merchant today, as i've been waiting over 2 weeks for these sleepers to get here.
    they have faithfully promised to deliver them on tuesday...i'm not going to be happy if they don't turn up...

    there are other things i'm waiting on too... it's worse now than it was last year trying to get stuff...

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    Frustrating for you Dave...... put your feet up and watch the footie instead with a few cold beers mind you that could be even more frustrating to watch
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    Quote Originally Posted by smartin View Post
    Frustrating for you Dave...... put your feet up and watch the footie instead with a few cold beers mind you that could be even more frustrating to watch
    Rather sit twiddling my thumbs waiting for deliverys lol.. Never got the whole football stuff like

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Rather sit twiddling my thumbs waiting for deliverys lol.. Never got the whole football stuff like

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    Me too,
    No interest in this Squad...I wont be watching any of these games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smartin View Post
    put your feet up and watch the footie instead with a few cold beers mind you that could be even more frustrating to watch
    Hit the nail right on the head there Steve.

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    spent all afternoon till about 7pm diggin'...
    thought i had most if it done, but trimming the hole up square and flat is making another skip full of soil
    and it's actually a lot harder trimming a few inches of dirt flat, than hewing great chunks out...
    why does no one say just how back breakingly hard this part is in thier build threads


    but in an effort to avoid any more delays in materials i have ordered the 50mm PIR insulation for the pond.
    the box weld liner and underlay from kirkys koi, quite surprised how reasonable the price was...

    and picked up some 20mm rebar locally for the pond window support,
    and ordered a pair of 400mm x 400mm x 50mm welded structural steel angle iron support brackets for the window sleeper returns too.
    rated to 3.5 tonne should help hold the timber and window square

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    Just had a quick catch up dave , you did a cracking job digging out mate, god yes that levelling bit is back breaking, I was lucky and had a mini digger do the bulk of mine, but had to straighten the sides and bottom a lot !!

    Great progress, pain in the arsenal the sleeper delay, lots of materials are like that again now, too many home projects competing with builders for stock, once the furlough money runs out and people can holiday again things should get back to normal hopefully DTF's New Pond

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve's koi View Post
    The sound effects are about right!
    Uh, aah, uh, aaaah!
    Trouble is im still making those noises after I've finished digging lol!

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    Reading about your sleepers delay has spurred me to pull myself together, I'm ordering mine on Monday!

    Hope they turn up soon so you can get on with it. I hate waiting for stuff

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    Quote Originally Posted by dbs View Post
    Just had a quick catch up dave , you did a cracking job digging out mate, god yes that levelling bit is back breaking, I was lucky and had a mini digger do the bulk of mine, but had to straighten the sides and bottom a lot !!

    Great progress, pain in the arsenal the sleeper delay, lots of materials are like that again now, too many home projects competing with builders for stock, once the furlough money runs out and people can holiday again things should get back to normal hopefully DTF's New Pond
    now, me digging my pond out by hand in my 50's

    then, me digging my pond out in 1990 in my 20's...with a mini digger!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dbs View Post
    Just had a quick catch up dave , you did a cracking job digging out mate, god yes that levelling bit is back breaking, I was lucky and had a mini digger do the bulk of mine, but had to straighten the sides and bottom a lot !!

    Great progress, pain in the arsenal the sleeper delay, lots of materials are like that again now, too many home projects competing with builders for stock, once the furlough money runs out and people can holiday again things should get back to normal hopefully DTF's New Pond

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    unfortunatly i zigged instead of zagging.
    i had two local suppliers with sleepers in stock,
    i went with one i had used before...
    i should have used the other one...
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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    unfortunatly i zigged instdead of zagging.
    i had two local suppliers with sleepers in stock,
    i went with one i had used before...
    i should have used the other one...
    We have to at the moment too, we get preferred rates obviously at our main suppliers but frequently now just have to go to who has the stock... some client just won't wait.

    Cracking photo of you in the digger, where is one of you hand digging DTF's New Pond

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    Quote Originally Posted by dbs View Post
    Cracking photo of you in the digger, where is one of you hand digging DTF's New Pond

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    my missus was very interested when i was helping dig the old pond out with a digger...hence photo...

    everytime i have a shovel in my hand now, everyone is suddenly very busy doing other things...

    and i dont do 'selfies' lol!

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