It's done now and solid as a rock, but thanks..
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It's done now and solid as a rock, but thanks..
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The top down sequence was
roof bar
plastic bracket, bridged by steel bolt [1]
that then bridged the lower part of the plastic, with a steel L bracket, which hooked into the edge of the door frame
The L bracket, was simply not long enough to reach the door frame, besides which, I would prefer the rack attached to the 4x ready tapped mounting points on the roof. My first attempt to do that, was to make some tiny L brackets, to link [1] to a bolt into the roof. Problem was, that the two clashed, neither could be tightened - they ended up occupying the same space. Even had it worked, it would have been a nightmare struggle to put on and take off.
My revised idea was to use a 160mm long, threaded rod with a nut locked on the end of it. That bolted down, through the bar, through the plastic bracket, thought the rubber cushion, then into my car's roof fixing. Each 160mm rod, is 6mm - rated at 400 N/mm2, which I think it more than adequate.
The end result is much stronger than the original design, and bolts down into place in just a couple of minutes.
The car has a massive, but awkward boot - the entire underside of the parcel shelf is occupied by the factory Harmon Kardon bass speaker. The back seat has a drop-down centre panel, for a pair of ski's, but due to the speaker, lacks any useful through height.
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Her ladyship has been fancying some sort of small greenhouse for a while and was going to buy one of those tiny ones, were you build a frame, then put a plastic material over the top - just a few shelves, no space to walk in. I spotted a new, small walk in one on FB, going for half the original cost and around the same as she would have paid for the smaller one, so we went after that, in very heavy and thundery weather.
Not fun driving in that, I had two near misses, where other drives had slid through the give way line, but safely there and back.
We have to go out this morning, to pick up some timber, and as the car was wet, I decided to leave it out of the garage ready for this morning. As the garage was empty, and dry, we decided to build the little greenhouse up in there, just to make sure all the parts were there. An hour later, we were able to take it out, and round to where it would be going. It was new, never assembled, obviously the previous owner had been unable to fathom it out
Not fun driving in that, I had two near misses, where other drives had slid through the give way line, but safely there and back.
We have to go out this morning, to pick up some timber, and as the car was wet, I decided to leave it out of the garage ready for this morning. As the garage was empty, and dry, we decided to build the little greenhouse up in there, just to make sure all the parts were there. An hour later, we were able to take it out, and round to where it would be going. It was new, never assembled, obviously the previous owner had been unable to fathom it out
Have you told the insurers you've changed the nature of the vehicle.
A few people have tried those out over the allotment and one of our friends had one to bring on her plug plants. All I can say is treat them like you would a tent in a hurricane and secure them down well! Our friend lost two hundred quids worth of plants when it ended up at the other end of their garden after a particularly windy night.Her ladyship has been fancying some sort of small greenhouse for a while and was going to buy one of those tiny ones, were you build a frame, then put a plastic material over the top - just a few shelves, no space to walk in. I spotted a new, small walk in one on FB, going for half the original cost and around the same as she would have paid for the smaller one, so we went after that, in very heavy and thundery weather.
Not fun driving in that, I had two near misses, where other drives had slid through the give way line, but safely there and back.
We have to go out this morning, to pick up some timber, and as the car was wet, I decided to leave it out of the garage ready for this morning. As the garage was empty, and dry, we decided to build the little greenhouse up in there, just to make sure all the parts were there. An hour later, we were able to take it out, and round to where it would be going. It was new, never assembled, obviously the previous owner had been unable to fathom it out
It will be. It's screened from the wind, by the house and will be fixed to the utility room side wall. There, it will get the morning sun at least. I'm just back from collecting my timber...
10x 2.4m lengths of decking £40 inc.. Bargain. I would have needed less actual timber, had I bought 3.6m lengths, but it worked out cheaper done with 2.4m.
A dishwasher cutlery basket. The one in our old Hotpoint lasted over 20 years. The one in our new Hotpoint we bought about 18 months ago had cracked in several places on the bottom allowing cutlery to drop down and jam the spray arm. Had a moan up to Hotpoint who just weren’t interested and just wanted to sell me a new one at £25 plus postage. Sod that every 18 months. Bought exactly the same one, new, off eBay for £8.98 delivered.
Two bags of mixed seed from Holland and Barrett to sprinkle on my healthy breakfasts (so should last a long time ). Were £5.99 but had been marked down to 99p and I got the second one at half price too!
Ordered a Gen 3 Fire TV cube from Argos. Picking it up tomorrow.
). Were £5.99 but had been marked down to 99p and I got the second one at half price too!Ordered a Gen 3 Fire TV cube from Argos. Picking it up tomorrow.
A dozen bottles of Green Duck, Blonde
A big sack of Jameswellbeloved duck and rice for my pooch.
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A charging lead for the new motor.
Got one last week from "the largest dealer in the country" which had the brand on the bag, but the contents were not the real thing and it was only single phase.
Bit of a rip-off.
Anyway, this one should be good.
Got one last week from "the largest dealer in the country" which had the brand on the bag, but the contents were not the real thing and it was only single phase.
Bit of a rip-off.
Anyway, this one should be good.
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Isn't that toilet cleaning fluid?
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