Where are the bags of cash?
In the new underground bunker my husband and I decided to build for our 4-year old daughters outdoor playhouse so that she could entertain guests without them having to take their shoes off after montessory ski school party camp to raise awareness for impoverished hamsters in bad homes in need of renovation that my brother’s construction company has contracts with
hidden under the eco-friendly wood veneer
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That’s a very rural/suburb thing though. Try laying down a thick concrete bed in your back garden in a terraced house. If you’re lucky, you can sneak the truck over the alleyway behind the garden. If not, you’re going to have to somehow pipe it through the house from the road, or do it all manually, in stages, and hope that the damn thing doesn’t crack.
Agreement on the power tools, but it’s still a big commitment in terms of dedicating space to having them. I have mine hanging on an inside wall next to my TV because I don’t have a garage or shed
If you are pouring that much concrete you should maybe consider having one of these brought out. Otherwise just mix the concrete in the garden.
Well I’m thinking along the lines of a 4m x 5m base and about 30cm deep. I can’t get a mixing bucket for that without having to do it in dry/wet/dry/wet batches which I think might lead to cracking.
A truck like that would do the job nicely, and probably could reach through the house, but parking that on a public road would be a big no-no
Are you sure that the parking portion wouldn’t be part of the permitting process? I’d be hard pressed to expect that you could pour such a large slab of concrete without needing a permit in the first place, but where I am in the US I got hassled over not pulling a permit for an 8x8 shed.
Over here you can pretty much build anything in your backyard (HOA does not exist, thank god for that) within 2m of your fences as long as it’s no taller than 2.5m high. If you wanna build higher, you can go up to 4m but you need to increase the distance from the fence.
There also needs to be “prior art” (i.e. other people in the area have built similar extensions or outhouses)
DIY concrete is fucking brutal work, though, even with a mixer, unless you’re pretty strong or have strong friends, and you have to do it in one go if structural strength is a concern. I love the savings and personal satisfaction of DIY, but I started eating the cost of getting concrete poured professionally somewhere in my early thirties.
I strongly encourage everyone to look up and join their local tool library.
If you don’t have one, start one!
I just exclaimed “HOLY SHIT” loud enough to get my partner’s attention. There are two in my area! They have so many tools!
Why didn’t I know about this?! I considered myself educated, but now see I still have much to learn.
I feel like most diy construction channels are explicitly not designed for beginners/non construction workers to follow along with and imo that’s fine. Its a very specific niche for people with a very specific set of skills and for them its probrally pretty helpful.
I mean you wouldn’t expect a YouTube channel that does advanced scientific experiments to reduce their safety equipment so viewers could more easily replicate their experiments.
Tldr: It might be DIY that doesn’t mean you can DIY it
I saw a really cool youtube channel about a guy who makes his own tools out of 3D printed parts and concrete. He built both a drill press and a lathe.
Dunno how much cheaper that is than buying the tools outright, but it’s pretty impressive how people can find a way.
Lathes are expensive, but you can build a shitty one and use it to make a better one, and so on (if you have that kind of time and dedication).
I am not a DIYer. I am a scientist. I am equally inept, but doing dangerous shit is the point not a consequence. The helicopter is for when I succeed.
Who wouldn’t want to own a bunch of expensive tools? These shorts are fun to watch, even knowing you’ll never be able to replicate them.
