Gardening / Landscaping

[Troy711]

Can't go totally tech free. How am I going to take my nude selfies on my lounge? Hahaha

 

[Troy711]

By "kit", I meant the gear you have put together.....the Troy711 kit.

Ahh, I see. I'll post some details and stuff soon.

My nutsert gun turned up today and I figured I might as well mount a light as "proof of concept". Needless to say, I'm pretty bloody happy with the result!

It's exactly the look I was going for, neat and no exposed cables. The only thing I'm not happy with is that I made the hole slightly off center from where it should be (probably because I was too keen and rushed) but I doubt anyone will pick it. I plan on soldering all the wires to the lights tomorrow and if I have time, mounting them all up ready for wiring. The only thing that will slow me down is if I can't remove the plastic caps on the tops of the sail legs, in which case I'm probably going to have to unbolt them one at a time, and that's going to suck.

 

[Rajesh Koothrappali]

Mate that sail kit looks awesome. Is it just bolted into the slab? Details on that kit?

 

[Troy711]

Mate that sail kit looks awesome. Is it just bolted into the slab? Details on that kit?

It's a kit from Bunnings which was $599. Easy to put up (I did it myself) and it's just dynabolted down with 12 dynabolts. The sail does take a little bit of time to put up (about 10 minutes) and if I know the weather is going to turn nasty I'll take it down just in case it gets damaged.

Coolaroo 4 x 4m Charcoal Square Butterfly Semi-Permanent Gazebo

 

[Rajesh Koothrappali]

Ah bugger... I need something strong enough to stay up in all weather.

 

[Troy711]

I started to run all my cables today and worked out that it's going to be a **** of a job and I pretty much have to take the whole shade sail and frame down. I might see if I can get it done early on Friday or Saturday in the morning to beat heat.

 

[VY_SP4C]

Can you put up a list of the parts you brought for your lighting kit?

 

[Trennaa]

Ended up cracking the shits with the grass just outside of my 'patio' area, it really wasn't growing as well as I had hoped. So, I ended up digging up the soil - probably a 2x5 meter area - threw down a very generous handful of Couch seed and an equally generous helping of lawn fertiliser.

hoping to have me a healthy patch of Couch soon!!

 

[Troy711]

Finally, my lights mounted, cabling and switch run and all working. I've run some temp cables just so I can put the sail back up and see how it looks at night. Next step is the panel side of things which I will probably get to work on tomorrow morning. I picked up the outdoor lounge which I'm going to set up this afternoon

 

[Rajesh Koothrappali]

Powering through Troy! NICE!