Well after 12mths i have i have started my new roll off roof observatory ,i did have a garden shed for viewing which i had used for several years but i had to take it down to build a granny flat in the yard and it has taken me this long to relocate to high end of our block up in the garden for which i do have a better view to the west than i had before .the ground up the top was sitting on a hill at the rear and was sitting on a bedrock of clay so for the pier i have dug down into the clay base .The misses wanted something that looked rustic and blended with the garden area so i have gone for the rough sawn timber look ,as i did not have too much room the shed is 2.4 mts x2.4 mts.so far this is where iam at it is solid as.the first shot is where the observatory was then what is there now
i have been a tad bit preoccupied the last few weeks but in-between helping me out of trouble Alan has been constructing this wonderful structure - here was a shot i took a few weeks ago minus the great cladding job Al did
A bit more progress now have most of the cladding done,the pier is roughly
polar aligned computer bay done and waterproofed,now working on the ror roof so far a week of rain has slowed things down a bit
More progress in between the rain,all the outside cladding is finished and the roof is operational but all needs some final weatherproofing,electrical
painting and good weather and its going
AL
More progress in between the rain,all the outside cladding is finished and the roof is operational but all needs some final weatherproofing,electrical
painting and good weather and its going
AL
glad you put on the marine ply for the extra roof protection Al, the colourbond roof ill be heaps cooler under that and stronger. done heaps mate since monday
This was good but my stupid neighbours up the back of me thought they would put in more lights after I spoke to them about it.they told me it was there right and to F off now I will have to run more of the same all the way across and that will only cut off a portion off the light as we are on a hill and they are behind us ,and leave the light on all night,at the moment my observatory is totally useless
AL
they told me it was there right and to F off now I will have to run more of the same all the way across and that will only cut off a portion off the light as we are on a hill and they are behind us ,and leave the light on all night,at the moment my observatory is totally useless
AL
Sometimes I wonder what the hell is wrong with people! It really sucks that most of them just seems to be so self obsorbed that they dont give a **** about anyone else!
Do they have a real reason for wanting the original lighting - like security worries? (illegal activity?) They'd have to be more than a bit warped to spend money on more lighting just to mess you around.
A close row of advanced Leighton Green conifier trees will block off a boundary in a couple of years. If you rig up a wire strung between two poles either end of the boundary you can hang a sliding tarp on it. The poles need to be high enough to get the tarp up where it can effectively block. I say sliding tarp because if the wind comes up you want to be able to tie it off on one pole. Another option might be a full blocking shade sail under tension, but that it going to cost some money for steel posts in concrete and the tensioning fittings.
If your willing to do a Houghy and move house, there are still dark areas around Lake Macquarie.
Thanks guys for suggestions this has totally taken my nice dark skies away
I have now started to build as glend has suggested a 3metre from the ground max height for a sail cloth a metre above the fence height which is 1.8 mtre highx20metres long with braced timber post
covered in black plastic and sail cloth to make it totally light proof this will take the light only from the back yard it will still have light reaching above this from which I will have to view through. I thought about the trees but I cant wait for years for them to grow iam to old
AL