So, ingenieur Jansen went to work and made concrete blocks with a threaded M14 rod inside the concrete. Holes in the bottom plates of trusses, rings, bolts, and ready.
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Friday, March 8, 2019
Pergola - trusses - blocks (new!)
Our pergola is made with aluminium trusses, and basically not attached to anything. It's not light in total, but with stiff winds we've seen the whole structure being lifted up a bit, and banging down again. We did not like that much. We prefer not to have a totally fixed permanent structure. Both because we don't know exactly how and where, and want to be flexible. But also because they tax fixed structures like pergolas.
So, ingenieur Jansen went to work and made concrete blocks with a threaded M14 rod inside the concrete. Holes in the bottom plates of trusses, rings, bolts, and ready.
So, ingenieur Jansen went to work and made concrete blocks with a threaded M14 rod inside the concrete. Holes in the bottom plates of trusses, rings, bolts, and ready.
Monday, March 4, 2019
Tubos de riego - El Canal Funciona
You may remember (2018/11/rain-back-to-drawing-board.html) that we had some problems with rain and water.
Well, early February 2019 the farmer next door needed to replace an irrigation water pipe, that needed to be dug in our land. As you can see there are a few there already. And no, they don't know exactly where they all go either.
Anyway, it ended up in the middle of our road, which was expressly not our intention, as they will dig a deep trench, while the road is about 20 cm of sand and gravel on top of the soil. So you then end up mixing everything, and with the first rain we'll have a washed away road again. So therey were as kind as to apply a new layer of that gravel on top of their work.
As a compensation for their digging around in our land I asked them to dig a small canal, so the water will exit the land quicker through the overflow opening in the wall around the land. Just a few minutes work for Antonio and his digger, but very useful for us.
But, no rain since. I was just thinking last week that it would be nice to have some rain to wet the soil where the canal was dug, and to test it. Well, this morning I saw water there. A pipe had burst. Probably because the digger has broken it by riding across it. Anyway. The soil is now wetted, and the canal works perfectly!
Well, early February 2019 the farmer next door needed to replace an irrigation water pipe, that needed to be dug in our land. As you can see there are a few there already. And no, they don't know exactly where they all go either.
Anyway, it ended up in the middle of our road, which was expressly not our intention, as they will dig a deep trench, while the road is about 20 cm of sand and gravel on top of the soil. So you then end up mixing everything, and with the first rain we'll have a washed away road again. So therey were as kind as to apply a new layer of that gravel on top of their work.
As a compensation for their digging around in our land I asked them to dig a small canal, so the water will exit the land quicker through the overflow opening in the wall around the land. Just a few minutes work for Antonio and his digger, but very useful for us.
But, no rain since. I was just thinking last week that it would be nice to have some rain to wet the soil where the canal was dug, and to test it. Well, this morning I saw water there. A pipe had burst. Probably because the digger has broken it by riding across it. Anyway. The soil is now wetted, and the canal works perfectly!
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