Fantastic work and great videography and editing. Impressive to see your team doing the concrete finishing and asphalt as well as the ventilation grills - very multi skilled. Keep up the great work and have a good break!
Thanks mate. Yeah, we've been doing a bit of everything lately, which is a great learning experience and keeps the job interesting. I'd rather be doing this sort of work than smashing out a cookie cutter every few weeks. I'm looking forward to a few weeks off now. Next year is looking pretty busy. How's your Christmas break looking?
I was thinking this too. Deck within 600mm of the ground needs to use SS fixings. Video was a good watch, progress always looks great when you don’t see all the crap that goes on behind the highlights.
I was off doing other jobs when all the fixings, so I can't be 100% sure. However, @mycoolcar is right, anything under 600mm from the ground is supposed to be stainless steel.
@@mycoolcaranything below 600mm should be stainless fixings ,,me I just use stainless on all my decks now for fixing the bearers to the piles ,it's just not worth skimping on a few dollars
Decking and drive look really good and the interior. What was sealer you used from Permacolour. Thinking of resealing our drive at some stage which was laid 5 years ago. Hope you have good Christmas and New Break. All the Best.
This is what we used. www.permacolour.co.nz/product/concrete-sealer-20l/ You may want to use some break down (www.permacolour.co.nz/product/break-down-20l/) or something else first to clean off the old sealant and wash it down with a water blaster. I'm sure the guys at permacolour can give you better advise than me. Have a great break yourself.
Nah, not yet. I'm going to order a few after Christmas and maybe sell them in NZ. I really need a new one myself - it was really struggling ripping that piece for the step.
You've got very little decking building experience, I take it. Kwila doesn't absorb water and swell up. If anything, it shrinks slightly. The screws we used are 10g stainless steel DECKING screws, for fixing down, you guessed it, decking.
Kwila is very stable as decking, the gaps wouldn’t move much more than about 1mm with the change of seasons. We normally set our gap at 3mm for kwila. Pine on the other hand would have a variation of about 8mm, with the 140mm decking boards
Great video mate! I really enjoyed watching this!
Thanks mate. I'm looking forward to having a few weeks off now.
I love your content Dave I want to do TH-cam just like you
Fantastic work and great videography and editing. Impressive to see your team doing the concrete finishing and asphalt as well as the ventilation grills - very multi skilled. Keep up the great work and have a good break!
Thanks mate. Yeah, we've been doing a bit of everything lately, which is a great learning experience and keeps the job interesting. I'd rather be doing this sort of work than smashing out a cookie cutter every few weeks. I'm looking forward to a few weeks off now. Next year is looking pretty busy.
How's your Christmas break looking?
Yea very much looking forward to a break! Should be finishing Thursday and cleaning tools Friday. Back 13th on our Reno’s
nice deck man, going through apprenticeship myself. All the best; a new sub :)
Thanks man.
Did you need to use stainless steel brackets to fasten the bearers to the piles?
I was thinking this too. Deck within 600mm of the ground needs to use SS fixings. Video was a good watch, progress always looks great when you don’t see all the crap that goes on behind the highlights.
I was off doing other jobs when all the fixings, so I can't be 100% sure. However, @mycoolcar is right, anything under 600mm from the ground is supposed to be stainless steel.
@@mycoolcaranything below 600mm should be stainless fixings ,,me I just use stainless on all my decks now for fixing the bearers to the piles ,it's just not worth skimping on a few dollars
Decking and drive look really good and the interior. What was sealer you used from Permacolour. Thinking of resealing our drive at some stage which was laid 5 years ago.
Hope you have good Christmas and New Break. All the Best.
This is what we used. www.permacolour.co.nz/product/concrete-sealer-20l/
You may want to use some break down (www.permacolour.co.nz/product/break-down-20l/) or something else first to clean off the old sealant and wash it down with a water blaster. I'm sure the guys at permacolour can give you better advise than me.
Have a great break yourself.
@@Lenzcarpentry Thanks for the info.
Ever figure out some 125mm blades ?
Nah, not yet. I'm going to order a few after Christmas and maybe sell them in NZ. I really need a new one myself - it was really struggling ripping that piece for the step.
Is that deck you built consented? Or under schedule 1?
Definately schedule 1. Anything with a potential fall of under 1.5m does not need consent, although over 1m does require a safety barrier.
Gaps to small, boards will swell and lift, screw heads to small, boards will cup in the middle, unless that wood is immune to the elements
You've got very little decking building experience, I take it. Kwila doesn't absorb water and swell up. If anything, it shrinks slightly. The screws we used are 10g stainless steel DECKING screws, for fixing down, you guessed it, decking.
@ how much is kwila metre?
About $11 per metre for 140mm
Looks good man but the gaps are a gamble
Kwila is very stable as decking, the gaps wouldn’t move much more than about 1mm with the change of seasons. We normally set our gap at 3mm for kwila. Pine on the other hand would have a variation of about 8mm, with the 140mm decking boards