Weekend Project
Putting up a shade sail
I enlisted the help of the F-I-L for the project, after all, you always need a second pair of hands and someone with which to split the difference if the measurements are skewif
First we had to decide on the posts and went with the 90 x 90 galvanised posts after looking around the yards at copper logs and a variety of posts. We also decided on a shade sail; 5M was too big for the yard, 3.6M a bit small, however we purchased the 3.6M shade sail, turnbuckles, eye bolts, nuts etc
Pre-Made posts for this job were too expensive, so we made a visit to the scrap metal yard where we found some nice 8M lengths.
We had the 8M lengths cut to size by the guys at the yard as part of the price and took them home in the trusty trailer (much cheaper option).
It was then time to measure and dig
The next day on the way home from work I picked up some rust guard epoxy enamel and had it tinted to match the patio. I also picked up some caps for the posts as well.
The Posts were then all touched up with a wire brush and painted with a couple of coats over the next few days after work
On the weekend we took the trailer out and picked up some gravel base and concrete.
Mixing the cement was done in the wheeelbarrow, which like the trailer has copped a heavy workload over the years and as luck would have it, when I am wont to do this type of job, it was a balmly 37c (no cooling breeze).
Over the course of the day the posts were all stood up and given a 10 deg lean, then braced in position.
I was chief labourer with the F-I-L being head of construction and holder of the smart end of the measuring tape
We gave the posts a couple of days to set and then put up the shade sail
Bingo...Good to go (and Lessons Learnt for next time)
The Kids are wrapt
Putting up a shade sail
I enlisted the help of the F-I-L for the project, after all, you always need a second pair of hands and someone with which to split the difference if the measurements are skewif
First we had to decide on the posts and went with the 90 x 90 galvanised posts after looking around the yards at copper logs and a variety of posts. We also decided on a shade sail; 5M was too big for the yard, 3.6M a bit small, however we purchased the 3.6M shade sail, turnbuckles, eye bolts, nuts etc
Pre-Made posts for this job were too expensive, so we made a visit to the scrap metal yard where we found some nice 8M lengths.
We had the 8M lengths cut to size by the guys at the yard as part of the price and took them home in the trusty trailer (much cheaper option).
It was then time to measure and dig
The next day on the way home from work I picked up some rust guard epoxy enamel and had it tinted to match the patio. I also picked up some caps for the posts as well.
The Posts were then all touched up with a wire brush and painted with a couple of coats over the next few days after work
On the weekend we took the trailer out and picked up some gravel base and concrete.
Mixing the cement was done in the wheeelbarrow, which like the trailer has copped a heavy workload over the years and as luck would have it, when I am wont to do this type of job, it was a balmly 37c (no cooling breeze).
Over the course of the day the posts were all stood up and given a 10 deg lean, then braced in position.
I was chief labourer with the F-I-L being head of construction and holder of the smart end of the measuring tape
We gave the posts a couple of days to set and then put up the shade sail
Bingo...Good to go (and Lessons Learnt for next time)
The Kids are wrapt
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