Juggling a bunch of random house/DIY tasks and work tasks, and not entirely losing my marbles in the process.
This week I’m staring at a collar beam in the loft that sweeps across from one pair of runners to the other, and lies directly over the loft hatch, meaning I bang my head on it constantly
/ \ /_____\ <-- the horizontal is the "collar beam" / \ the diagonals are "rafters"I wanna get a loft-ladder in there, but there’s simply not enough vertical room with this thing hanging over the hatch. I’m debating on whether to unscrew it and relocate it to an adjacent set of runners, but am nervous that the whole roof might come down.
Logic dictates I should just buy another 6m 2x4" plank, affix that to the correct location, and then remove the annoying one, but a single plank costs 70 quid and I have no car at the moment and timber merchants don’t typically deliver wood to your door.
There’s no tension in the beam (it literally wobbles when I touch it), so I figure it’s safe, but still am nervous to start something I might not be able to finish
I’m here to provide no answers whatsoever and admire the ASCII art. I am a simple man.
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…a single plank costs 70 quid and I have no car at the moment and timber merchants don’t typically deliver wood to your door
I recently purchased a single OSB board & the local. Wickes branch delivered it for about a fiver. Delivery service was new to me. Whether they will have the length/type of wood you’re after is another matter but worth knowing.
I checked Wickes but the longest plank they do on their website is 2.4m.
I do think I was wrong about the 70 quid thing though, since I was looking at C24 grade wood (thinking that meant “two by four”, but no it’s a treatment standard…) and C16 wood is much cheaper and still structurally sound. Still, nothing at 6m.
Past week was good. Yesterday I made beef wellington for the first time ever, and it was not a complete disaster. That counts as a win.
alright mate yeah cheers, how was yours?
Went to a local indoor stadium event venue thing on the weekend, £9.30 for a pint, fuck me
Fuck me that’s expensive! Need to start sneaking in alcohol like I did when younger
Good thanks. Had my child’s birthday party at a laser quest. Me and two of the dads were trying to be nice but they kept ganging up on us and not bothering shooting each other so we ended up topping the leader board, bit of a hollow victory but secretly feeling good about it! How was yours?
Stressful as fuck at work. Compounded by my wife also being stressed out at work. Weekend was alright though thanks
