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Old 21-03-2022, 04:19 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Good on you Mike... working with an injury builds patience.
So good to come here and see someone turning their dreams and into reality.
Alex
Cheers Alex, so much to do and plan, and in a somewhat remote location...sheesh...but getting there

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Forgive my ignorance, but is that pier going to be moved onto the slab? Or are you setting up an outdoor pier as well?

And when the decking is laid, will you be bolting a pier onto the concrete and building the deck around it?
See attached drawing, however since sketching this the 12" Goto Dob depicted has been upgraded to an 18" so needed its own housing, hence the T-shapped slab, which will have a 3mX1.9mX2.15m shed with double door, erected on it, so it will be a simple wheel in and out arrangement, with observations taking place at the end of the path on the isolated square pad at the end I also decided to turn the site shed through 90deg.

Yes, there will be a 600mm tall metal pier bolted to those sunken threaded rods on top of the support pier, which has a 1Ton footing...so no it ain't moving

Mike
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