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Post by Jim on Aug 27, 2020 18:16:19 GMT
Maybe you would be wise to take the vigourosity of the rumpy pumpy into account when building it? A collapse mid stroke could be fatal. Aye, I hear there are some biguns around there, best upgrade to 6' x 6'. 6"x6" Shirley. Or there's be no room even for the twiglets.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 27, 2020 18:38:29 GMT
Aye, I hear there are some biguns around there, best upgrade to 6' x 6'. 6"x6" Shirley. Or there's be no room even for the twiglets. I thought about 6" x 6" but in this safety mad modern world one can't be too careful.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2020 18:59:13 GMT
If I wanted a bed base 50cm off the ground, I would look at these sorts of options:
1. A wooden block placed under each leg to give the height needed- probably 6 inch square, and with 3/4 inch holes drilled both in the block and the leg, so that at least one thick dowel rod could be inserted to add strength- and throw a load of wood glue in there for more strength.
2. Ask a carpenter to build a custom-made box that is strong enough to support the weight that a bed will support
3. Build a bed box yourself from 3 inch timber and panels
At first glance, option 1 looks the cheapest, but its worth at least asking a carpenter- if you know a reasonable one
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2020 21:55:47 GMT
4 gas bottles ? The 6kg ones look about right.
I'm incredibly bad at execution so this might be entirely wrong but if you could somehow clamp the bed frame down to the valve protection handle of the bottle it might work.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 29, 2020 22:27:47 GMT
4 gas bottles ? The 6kg ones look about right. I'm incredibly bad at execution so this might be entirely wrong but if you could somehow clamp the bed frame down to the valve protection handle of the bottle it might work. I love pragmatic thinking. The thing is, the blueprint is to build doors from 2 x 1 1/2, form a rebate with 12mm quadrant then build infill panels from el cheapo B&Q cladding. This is terrible stuff, the quality is shocking, you could almost cut straight through it with a Stanley knife. Having said that, the job I did on my boat using exactly these materials, with a coat of antique pine stain and 2 coats of mellow sheen varnish looks rather splendid. If something 'just works' I don't forget easily. The problem with the bottle idea, how do I hang 2 pairs of doors off gas bottles?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2020 22:35:51 GMT
The gas bottles solve the problem of raising the bed. Nothing more, other than possibly a bottled gas supply if that is needed to reduce the chances of diesel engine noise from other people.
Once the basic bed-raising issue is dealt with you can sort the door thing out because presumably the bed frame itself will be very durable, given your well known proclivities.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 29, 2020 22:50:48 GMT
The gas bottles solve the problem of raising the bed. Nothing more, other than possibly a bottled gas supply if that is needed to reduce the chances of diesel engine noise from other people. Once the basic bed-raising issue is dealt with you can sort the door thing out because presumably the bed frame itself will be very durable, given your well known proclivities. I sort of get it but I've got my head on the medium term, rather than just the here and now. Under the bed will be a small freezer, around 15 fishing rods, enough tools to do virtually any task short of building a house, an ironing board, a spade for digging bait, winter waterproofs, 2 wetsuits, various weights and bars, that's just for starters. Given that amount of junk I thought it was worth capping it all off with some nicely made wooden doors. It's a nice room, it would be a shame for visitors to on one hand admire the view of the estuary and Caeder Idris from skylight, perhaps sit on the lovely cushions I'll have made for the recessed window seats then turn round, and see a right pile of shite under the bed.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2020 22:52:36 GMT
Ok now I understand.
You are going to have visitors and an ironing board.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 29, 2020 23:05:44 GMT
Ok now I understand. You are going to have visitors and an ironing board. It's for me as well though. You know, like the girls who go out on freezing January nights with purple legs and skirts that barely extend below the lower line of their knickers and pronounce 'it's all for me'.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2020 23:09:18 GMT
You may say "you know" but no I don't.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 30, 2020 0:20:24 GMT
You may say "you know" but no I don't. Oops I forgot for a moment, not everyone was around Manchester in their youth.
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Post by patty on Aug 30, 2020 5:59:36 GMT
The gas bottles solve the problem of raising the bed. Nothing more, other than possibly a bottled gas supply if that is needed to reduce the chances of diesel engine noise from other people. Once the basic bed-raising issue is dealt with you can sort the door thing out because presumably the bed frame itself will be very durable, given your well known proclivities. I sort of get it but I've got my head on the medium term, rather than just the here and now. Under the bed will be a small freezer, around 15 fishing rods, enough tools to do virtually any task short of building a house, an ironing board, a spade for digging bait, winter waterproofs, 2 wetsuits, various weights and bars, that's just for starters. Given that amount of junk I thought it was worth capping it all off with some nicely made wooden doors. It's a nice room, it would be a shame for visitors to on one hand admire the view of the estuary and Caeder Idris from skylight, perhaps sit on the lovely cushions I'll have made for the recessed window seats then turn round, and see a right pile of shite under the bed. Don't quite see the need for an ironing board myself.... Thats an awful lot of stuff gonna be stored under a bed.. Tools/weights/freezer awful heavy..is this a first floor room?...
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 30, 2020 7:38:28 GMT
I sort of get it but I've got my head on the medium term, rather than just the here and now. Under the bed will be a small freezer, around 15 fishing rods, enough tools to do virtually any task short of building a house, an ironing board, a spade for digging bait, winter waterproofs, 2 wetsuits, various weights and bars, that's just for starters. Given that amount of junk I thought it was worth capping it all off with some nicely made wooden doors. It's a nice room, it would be a shame for visitors to on one hand admire the view of the estuary and Caeder Idris from skylight, perhaps sit on the lovely cushions I'll have made for the recessed window seats then turn round, and see a right pile of shite under the bed. Don't quite see the need for an ironing board myself.... Thats an awful lot of stuff gonna be stored under a bed.. Tools/weights/freezer awful heavy..is this a first floor room?... Yes first floor. I didn't think about the weight. Hopefully the floor won't collapse.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2020 8:04:09 GMT
Maybe Mr Stabby can build you a shed from pallet wood for some of the more durable stuff. Rog
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Post by patty on Aug 30, 2020 13:05:57 GMT
Don't quite see the need for an ironing board myself.... Thats an awful lot of stuff gonna be stored under a bed.. Tools/weights/freezer awful heavy..is this a first floor room?... Yes first floor. I didn't think about the weight. Hopefully the floor won't collapse. Hopefully the ceilings have been redone at some time..mine only partially replaced and there are a few interesting bits that at some stage I may have a delve n look under the floors upstairs..or may just wait n see.
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