Thread: people who build things, i'm impressed.

As it has already been said,it is just practice.I have been working on the Buildings for nearly 30 Years now here in the UK,and fcuk me if I can do it,anyone can.Just give things a go and if you make a complete balls up,take it down and start again

Originally Posted by mad_dog

Did you change ladies then ?

Once or twice

Originally Posted by Spin

Originally Posted by mad_dog

Did you change ladies then ?

Once or twice

Good man !

Originally Posted by NickA

The nicka at work making a desk.
I made that workbench as well by the way.

Did you make that classy clothes hanger also ?

downloaded an ebook torrent yesterday.
wood making techniques and stuff.

huge book.
Demonoid.com - Wood Carving Books

I want to make an easel.

like your cubby hole btw Nawty.

Originally Posted by NickA

You must be terribly jealous of my skills, Mr Noon.

The nicka at work making a desk.



I made that workbench as well by the way. I won't post some of my other creations as some people get inferiority complexes.

I suppose you could always get nun chuck skills instead if you wanted to get a girlfriend

bloody hell Nick, I am much more impressed by your clothes dryer. Can you circulate hot water through it?

I can build just about anything, just don't ask me how to spell

Originally Posted by Spin

Roi-et, finally found a little lady who's gonna get the house building caper out of me. 1 million baht budget all in.

Speaking of Roiet. Thought you were going to ring me when in town. What happened? Did I have a deodorant failure or sumtin!

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i have always wanted to be able to build stuff.
i can't.

i am reminded of when i first went to live abroad and landed in istanbul.
the stuff there must have been 700 years old or more, no idea, but remember thinking...they knew a thing or 2 about concrete.

my pond is leaking, very slowly but a bit quicker than could be explained by sun absorbtion, 2 fish have died and it's the only thing i ever tried to build and it took me months.

this thread is crap, but building people do a good job i suppose.

if you weren't dead, you'd have something nice to look back on.

CMN - I am not preaching, but like almost everything I have done here, it needs to be done at least twice...it is fucking heartbreaking and annoying but you can get there eventually...I am on my third bunch of tossers with some of the things involved in building my house..

Just stand back and don't get overwhelmed, look at it as a step by step kind of thing. We always seem to try and look for the final answer, as if we can get there kind of by a shortcut...look at the problem in stages, concrete, bad workmanship...bit by bit!
My missis got a couple of assholes to build a small house on some land near her mothers place, the said assholes built a 2 storey home with supports 6M apart, the home would naturally collapse, it could not support itself.

Said assholes were fired, a new asshole was employed who immediately said that the place was not safe and needed tearing down.

With a bit of thought, planning etc, some extra supports could have been put in place and the abortion salvaged, however, as usual, they did not listen to the Farang, and 150K was pissed into the wind...there is a solution to most things.

So the pond leaks...can you waterproof it, can you take out the water and dry it out and have another go..fuck...don't give up, you could drain it dry it, skim it with a layer of waterproof cement, not too much effort...Fuck, I'll even give you a hand for free...well..maybe some free beer of an evening.

And I have a cement mixer.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i have always wanted to be able to build stuff. i can't.

You didn't think you could paint either. You want to build something. Google is your friend. All sorts of "How To" sites out there. Start with something simple. Great satisfaction out of building something yourself even if it isn't perfect.

Originally Posted by mad_dog

^ Did you change ladies then ?

of course, haven't you been paying attention to his AV??

Originally Posted by Norton

You didn't think you could paint either.

Don't discourage the poor boy