Grand Designs - New Series

[Laurel Green]

I think we should all cross our fingers for this stage of the build.

[Cupramax]

holy st

[straight dad]

Oops

[ajprice]

Yikes!

[Laurel Green]

OK, who didn't have their fingers crossed?

[Piersman2]

Salterns said:

I was sympathetic until I found out he's an architect.

I'm not watching the show yet, but I've always struggled to feel any sympathy for these when it's an architect (about 50% of them I reckon), because they tend to be show off vanity projects to demonstrate just how clever the architect is. Watching the pain and then the massive budget overruns is always amusing.

[ajprice]

BIGGER SCREWS!!

[Jonesy23]

Piersman2 said:

Salterns said:

I was sympathetic until I found out he's an architect.

I'm not watching the show yet, but I've always struggled to feel any sympathy for these when it's an architect (about 50% of them I reckon), because they tend to be show off vanity projects to demonstrate just how clever the architect is. Watching the pain and then the massive budget overruns is always amusing.

As with lawyers, a man who is his own architect has a fool for his client.

[anonymous-user]

For such a small building it's mighty complicated.

[Cupramax]

Jesus, looking at this i can see the H&SE having a field day there

[Laurel Green]

ajprice said:

BIGGER SCREWS!!

Just as well they have electric screwdrivers.

[Salterns]

Cupramax said:

Jesus, looking at this i can see the H&SE having a field day there

I was just thinking the same. No H&S what so ever. Scary.

[BoRED S2upid]

Cheap way of building! £35k gets you 4 walls and a roof!

[dirty_dog]

Risky!

[ajprice]

Salterns said:

Cupramax said:

Jesus, looking at this i can see the H&SE having a field day there

I was just thinking the same. No H&S what so ever. Scary.

Work in the dark so the H&S can't see. Genius!

[anonymous-user]

What are the laws in terms of "working at height" when you are doing it yourself with your friends? Persumably, if you are paying them in any way you are also responsible for their safety??

(lots of skating around on wet wooden structures, in the dark, at steep angles, and over 5m off the ground in this build........)

[menousername]

Laurel Green said:

OK, who didn't have their fingers crossed?

What happened people?

I went into a diff room at the point he was working on the rood into the night to save money on the crane

[Salterns]

Anyone else noticed he wears his pants over his trousers like Superman. It could be a mistake or a new fashion? Might try that at work tomorrow.

[Laurel Green]

menousername said:

What happened people?

I went into a diff room at the point he was working on the rood into the night to save money on the crane

My comment was for when the crane lifted one of the first pieces and it came crashing down thanks to a bolt breaking.

[Megaflow]

It's a shed...