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  1. #16
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    LOL Silent - is 10,000 a record???

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    Yep 10,000 posts is a record SILENT C most esteemed poster. Echidna coming in 2nd place --- Um sorry to subvert this thread!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dirty Doogie View Post
    Building a low deck under certain gum trees can turn into a bit of a disaster. Every year the gum trees shed their bark either in long strips (the worst) or flakes, which can be as much as few cubic metres for larger trees. This will need to be cleaned up or the space you leave for the trunks will soon become a pile of (very good ) bush compost and your sub framing and decking will soon be buried.

    This has happened to a friends bush retreat where we built a low deck under and next to some large coastal scribbly gums. He didnt visit for a year and came back to find the deck completely invisible and buried. Luckily everything was treated pine so no serious damage was done.

    I am of the view that low decks under 400mm high don't need stumps if they are made from treated timbers and aren't in a wind exposure zone. Landscape architects call them "stage decks" and joists and bearers sit on treated timber blocks or blobs of concrete.

    Doog
    Hey Doog is the upshot of all this that I don't have to worry about the wind picking up a very heavy hardwood structure?

    HH.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dirty Doogie View Post
    Yep 10,000 posts is a record SILENT C most esteemed poster. Echidna coming in 2nd place --- Um sorry to subvert this thread!
    Don't think so DD there are others over 10,000.

    HH.
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    Gday HH -

    I tend to think you wont have to worry about it blowing away (unless you put a roof on it) - but it all depends on the site - if it is at the top of a hill or in a valley or on a cliff above the sea etc, there may be wind exposure quotients to consider - but then if the wind does pick it up its not going to go far becuase it will get stuck in the gum trees... LOL

    Doog

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    I went to "member list" then clicked "posts" tab and thought I got a list in post number order. tried it again and Silent c still number 1.

    may need to get an umpires decision here! LOL

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    Yes, sad to say it is true. There was one other member who had more but he is gone...
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    Lol Silent - I would consider it an honour - the forum should get you a cake with 10000 candles hee! hee!

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    Well, there was a bit of a running joke a while ago that when you got to 10,000 they either made you a moderator, or banned you. Guess I'd better enjoy my last hours here
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    ROFL Silent ! the current moderators are 1000's of post behind you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by silentC View Post
    Took me a minute to work out what the hell you were on about!

    I sure talk a lot, don't I?
    Yeh your supposed to stop at 10,000, now at 10006 it just makes my statement look odd!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by silentC View Post
    Yes, sad to say it is true. There was one other member who had more but he is gone...
    Who was that SC? Was it Al?

    HH.
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