Absco pool pump shed - Page 2

ZeroID (Brent) · #21 30-10-2015, 01:12 PM

Woah !! Congrats to you both H !!
An upgrade already !!

rustigsmed (Russell) · #22 30-10-2015, 02:09 PM

congrats H!!

jenchris (Jennifer) · #23 30-10-2015, 02:46 PM

Roll on the roll off.
Happy moving day.
If you move to queensland make sure you move at least 100 k inland.

Octane (Humayun) · #24 30-10-2015, 02:57 PM

Cheers, people.

We have a place in Queensland, this will be our home down here in Canberra. It's at the far end of Canberra down south with nothing but reserve to the west and hills to the east. No development is planned on either side as far as I'm aware. Should be quite dark.

It's a lot smaller than where we are renting at the moment, but, it'll be a stepping stone to our ultimate goal of having a country home.

The wife has been very considerate and every house she's looked at, she's made sure I have clear skies in all directions. I've taught her well.

H

Somnium (Aidan) · #25 30-10-2015, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Octane

Cheers, people.

We have a place in Queensland, this will be our home down here in Canberra. It's at the far end of Canberra down south with nothing but reserve to the west and hills to the east. No development is planned on either side as far as I'm aware. Should be quite dark.

It's a lot smaller than where we are renting at the moment, but, it'll be a stepping stone to our ultimate goal of having a country home.

The wife has been very considerate and every house she's looked at, she's made sure I have clear skies in all directions. I've taught her well.

H

Nice one! when i was looking for a house the firs thing i did was walk out the back and check the FOV, my wife got used to it

Octane (Humayun) · #26 25-11-2015, 01:00 PM

So, we move in on the 12th of December.

Permission has been granted to pour a concrete base and pier and also a slab for the shed.

I was thinking of building an observatory, but, this isn't going to be our forever home, so, the Absco shed will still be put into production. However, I will modify it to become a roll-off roof. As to what will control it, this is up in the air at the moment. Having bought Lunatico Astro's AAG CloudWatcher recently and impressed by it, I might get in touch with them to see what kind of system(s) they offer for observatory automation. There's a new product called Dragonfly out by the end of this year that might fit the bill.

Time to start getting up to speed on how to make form work and lay concrete and dig holes. My poor IT hands won't know what hit them!

If anyone is local and would like to help me with the handiwork...

H

bugeater (Marty) · #27 25-11-2015, 02:32 PM

I'd be interested in how you convert the shed.

My thinking is I'll go down the Absco shed route for now, since it'll be a lot of work to build a timber roll off roof observatory. If I'm still keen in a couple of years, I'll build the full blown one as well.

Octane (Humayun) · #28 25-11-2015, 04:48 PM

I'm thinking I'll just put Cee purlins on the internal wall of each outer shed wall, and, then gears fixed to the roof, and a runner of some description following the angle of the skillion.

I'll put together a 3D-plan after we move and will share my progress on here somewhere.

I've got a lot of thinking to do, and, because I'm a rank newbie at any type of construction, my ears are open to suggestions, hints, tips and tricks from the more experienced and skilled folks here.

H