What Projects have you done/are you doing ????

Very nice Hex, but what I want to know is how do you clean the windows?

 

Thanks for the replies

Pete
It`s for my brother.. he needs something to out do the jones`s nextdoor.

Or let`s see it could be.. a greenhouse,a garden shed,an aviary, a cage for kids

...or just possibly, another can :D

roders
Still have a way to go yet, but door, staging supports etc are coming.

Paladin
no glass but yes, I bet that would be an expensive proposition?
8 unique triangle panel shapes and a total of 135 triangles!
(surface Area is: 19.5 sq m if you`d like to calculate it)

Fran
Staging supports as you describe are planned.

There will be a latticed ring of flat triangles attached to the 2nd ring up and diagonally braced backwards down to the base ring.
Essentially a curved triangular truss (including the lower outer wall) which supports the staging mesh shelves (for better airflow)
It also adds rigidity and directs the loads from the pots down to the base ring.

As there are always triangles at right angles to the sun, it should get plenty of light.. no matter what season or time of the day.

The height and shape will be good for air movement too (internal volume is about 11.3 cubic m)
It`ll be hard for the wind to blow it away as it`s very aerodynamic and sticks to the ground

DAG
That`s not a problem for the time being...it hasn`t any to clean

 

...hmmm.... like the idea of a cage for the kids!!!

 

lol Honey Bee
If you set it on some ceramic insulators you could probably connect it into an electric fence energizer too :D
Actually thats not such a bad idea..ultimate slug repelling greenhouse

Here`s a pic for Fran showing the staging supports .. great minds think alike it seems



[ 18. May 2006, 03:40 PM: Message edited by: Hex ]

 

I have recently seen 'self- cleaning' glass advertised on TV- is it too expensive? Whatever it's for, it's great!

 

Hey Liz
It probably has some sort of antistatic coating that stops the dirt from sticking to it.
I bet its more expensive than windolene

I just weight tested my staging truss triangle (above) by putting a 24kg (53LB) concrete block on it.
It didn`t flinch :D

 

I hope you have patented the design!!!! You could be onto a bit of an earner here!!!!

(As for the kiddies cage - the dog's cage comes in very handy....... )

 

Honey Bee
It`s a lot of work..great if you like puzzles though.
There`s 210 members with 8 different lengths.
The staging supports add another 70 members with 7 different lengths.
Thats just for the frame itself.

My time and labour is free, but commercially it would be big factor in the end price.. which is probably why you don`t see these in B&Q

 

Hex...I would expect it to cost no more than �£180 for the glass...Tops!
I buy Russian Sheet which is bigger than standard hoticultural sheets and only a little more expensive. I reckon you would get 5 triangles from the Russian and only three from the horti'.
This based on estimatation panes are no bigger than 600mm and that you buy the sheets and cut to size yourself.
I would buy a dozen sheets at first...(approx1500x750mm)and go from there.
How will you hold the panes in place?
I would bed the glass on a Clear silicone bed, wedge it until set, then face glaze them using silicone again...obviously more cost.
Glass is self cleaning at 60 degrees,I understand.

 

Hi Paladin,

Thanks for working it all out, i didn`t realise that glass was that cheap.

I don`t plan to use glass.. there are just too many seperate pieces to deal with and I would guess the labour charge for cutting 135 triangles to spec would probably be a lot more than the cost of the glass itself

 

everyone is very busy these days! I'm constructing a container for a customer to replace this -

Believe it or not - it's on top of inspection covers!! So I'm making a similar thing to fit snugly over the whole concrete base, and will put pots inside, which can be moved if they need access. When finished might remember to post pic of new one on site, with containers!

 

sorry a bit of a back handed compliment dendy but you could not do much worse!

Have not had a report on the rhodo hacking yet? Have I missed a thread??

 

I thought it looked quite good. :rolleyes:
Planting is a bit sp****. Oh alright then thin.

 

Got fed up with my sogy as hell corner of my lawn s. So i did this !!!!!!

 

Nice job steve!

I see you have one plant in a sunken pot, are the others in pots?

I am a bit concerned because if that's sempervivums in the middle and other alpine plants, and you say its a wet area, you may lose them if it is not well drained. If they are in pots then just lift them in the winter or as necessary. As it is not a raised area drainage will be an issue with these plants.

Did you make any special drainage preparations first?