Allotment Day 15 - Wind Damage Repairs

[MrJJ2K]

Just watched yer allotment vids, first bit of advice, dont try and dig wet soil, you just make it worse.

Secondly you gonna need to get yourself a hoe! :O . You dont want to be diging around your plants once growing as you risk damaging roots, to remove weedlings/grass just keep hoeing them untill they give up.

Also you want to start getting yer chicken shit in there now, dig in well and leave for a month, stinks but most things that plants like do stink! :p

Good luck.

[tbscrazy12]

This may be a little weird, but after watching this episode I may just download and play some Doom!!! lol

[JimssWorld]

3.43 OMG LOOK AT ALL THOSE SCREWS were did you get this alladins box of beautys?

[rickvanman]

@JimssWorld LOL! it was a screwfix special offer :o)

[JimssWorld]

@rickvanman i was salvating watching you flick through them lol

[rickvanman]

@JimssWorld LOL! glad you liked them :o)

[PsyCoCinematics]

Doom! XD I starting yelling "it's Quake, Quake!" at the screen, but to be honest everyone plays the shoddy Call of Duty series these days :/ Great job on the door, and kudos to your nephew! I was showing the misses your allotment and how it works (I don't think we have anything like this in the states) and suddenly the camera started pivoting and shortly after you mentioned your nephew was recording. I had a laugh about it, though I think she thought I was nuts ^_^

[ScubaSteve6785]

I love the opening with the trains rick, you always brightin my day and show there are still good people in this world.

[goonluv]

hi rick, not a bad job at making that door,the wind was quite bad think we had 70 mph,in northumberland but it seemed more, wouldnt take much to bend them doors,had a simalar metal shed and they are thin.good luck with the allotmant !

[evzeeland]

Do you ever drink coffee? You always mention a cup of tea....yes, typical English of course. We here in Holland are more coffee drinkers I guess. Greetings Rick.

[rickvanman]

@evzeeland I drink decaffinated coffee in the morning :o)

[TK42138]

Nice Swanage video introduction.

[TK42138]

Hi Rick,

It just doesn't look like wind damage. Looks like someone took a crowbar to the door edge as it's bent outwards. Was the left hand door bent inwards at the same part of the frame?

[cobalt47]

Aha, cheers for the advice all! I was only there by chance and I'm not normally used to using a camera or handling power tools, so it was really nice to be able to do something different, that's hands-on and constructive, even if it was just helping to build a shed door!

[ExiledOzi]

Fair play mate I wouldnt have been bothered to build a door from scratch, probably would have tried to find a prefab one LOL. Good work!

[Mobliz]

Tarpolies?

[Sheila6325]

I can't believe how much you got done considering how cold and nasty it's been.

Seeing the entire garden area, sure showed off how nice it all turned out, and just how much you did.

Your nephew did a good job with the camera.

Bless

[FenderGibsonWashburn]

You could save yourself a couple syllables by simply calling them Tarps like we do here in America. Good job on the door. I bet it will be nicer to operate than the flimsy metal ones.

[WhiteTeaRoses315]

Rick, I think I may have come across as a bit critical in my previous comments and that wasn't how I wanted to come across. I meant well, but maybe I should have just...

I'm really glad Nathan was there to assist you. He did a great job with the camera and with helping you.

I also think you did a great job on the shed door. It looks very strong and strudy.

Great job guys, to both of you! :-)

[normspace]

Nice work Rick!

[rickvanman]

@AussieHomestead It's only one of their cheap ones :o)

No, the truck driver is another one of my Nephews - I have 7 Nephews and 11 Neices :o)

[RobCharles1981]

Good Job Rick and your Nephew was good on the Camera too! :-)

[pkbjorn35]

* on the inside

[pkbjorn35]

Nice job on the door. But you shoulddo something about it and make it more waterproof. I asume you have just as much rain as we do in norway. Your shed will be wet all the time :-)

[rickvanman]

@pkbjorn35  It doesnt matter that much, I only keep a few tools in it :o)

[LukeAndJema]

you've been invaded by robbers m8!!!!

[jamiewindsor]

Wind not strong enough to move the tarpaulins but strong enough to bend metal doors? Hmmmm… I would be suspicious.

[rickvanman]

@jamiewindsor The tarpaulins have stuck themselves to the wet clay, literally! The winds were pretty ferocious and the doors were pretty flimsy, so I'm 95% confident it was the wind :o)

[007vauxhall]

Good job done there Rick, thanks for the update ! :-)

[rickvanman]

@007vauxhall Cheers Paul. Hope the winter weather isn't getting you down. Roll-on the summer :o)

[mikecat23]

looks like those doors were kicked in No way was that the wind

[rickvanman]

That what I thought at first, but nothing was taken, so I figured the wind. They have been a bit bent up since I got it.

[chrisbailey42]

are you sure that it was the wind that blew those doors in and not any unexpected guests?

[WhiteTeaRoses315]

One other thing, and sorry here I go "waffling" again with my comments as you can see for as many comments as I have already posted, but I am wondering about the shed door. I noticed there is a small gap between each board, and rightfully so. I believe they are called spacers? What I am wondering is if you are going to have a bug problem because of it, because small insects, spiders, etc., can now crawl in there and make a home, and I am afraid when you open the shed door you might find nests?

[rickvanman]

@WhiteTeaRoses315 I had to include the gaps in order to make the door the right width, but there are lots of other gaps elsewhere so I'm figuring if insects want in, they'll get in no problem anyway - let hope it's bees :o)

[WhiteTeaRoses315]

YES Rick, go and put your neighbor's tarps back for him! :-) That's what I would do if I were there. The man is not there to know that his tarps are flying away. If you tarps were flying away and you didn't know about it, I'm sure you would appreciate your neighbor stepping in during a time of your need and fixing your tarps to spare you the trip of having to go get your tarps from as you say "the next county." ;-)

[WhiteTeaRoses315]

Nathan, also try to think ahead and when you are working with someone working with tools. For example, you can see Rick is holding up the wood, so logic would tell you that Rick is going to need screws next and then the screwdriver, so just pick up those things and have them ready for him without Rick having to tell you or ask you for them. Be with Rick mentally so you know what he is going to need next. That is how you work together as a team, by anticipating the other person's needs. :-)

[WhiteTeaRoses315]

Nathan, just a word of advice, to be taken as constructive not destructive criticism, but whenever you are assisting someone who is working with tools the way Rick was, you always hand the screwdriver to him with the bit facing you and the back of the screwdriving facing Rick, so all Rick has to do is grab the handle, put the bit in the screw, and go. Don't hand Rick the screwdriver where he has to physically turn it around with one hand to use it. Rick is using his other hand to hold the wood.

[thmsmhgn]

What I did in a similiar circumstance was 1/4 inch ply bolted to inside of doors. Still working.

[WhiteTeaRoses315]

Hi Rick. I'm sorry for laughing, but that is hilarious that the winds did nothing to your tarps yet blew the shed doors in!? Oh my goodness? That just seems incapable to me? LOL :-) There isn't any footprint on the door is there? Someone didn't try to break into your shed by trying to kick the door in or anything like that did they? It really was the wind? That was nice that Nathan showed up with you. Hi Nathan! :-) I didn't pick up on the moving tripod until you said something about it. :-)

[CORRIGEEN71]

you seem very un easy and rushed with someone else filming you not ur usual relaxed self

[aschris87]

Next video rick find's his shed flooded then realizes he need's to buy new 1...:)

[rickvanman]

@aschris87 God I hope not LOL! - that allotment has already cost me a fortune :o)

[instrumentenfreak]

A moving and talking tripod? I want one too! *grin*

[TheRWS96]

i love steam train's

[OrginalKork]

What's in the big red tanks?:p

[rickvanman]

@OrginalKork Rainwater :o)

[OrginalKork]

@rickvanman Ah, smart! For drinking? I thought you had a berkley filter in your kitchen, or maybe you run the rainwater through it. Do you drink all your water through the berkley?

[vinvin121]

LOL I notice Nathan doesn't quite have your camera skills yet!!

[rickvanman]

@vinvin121  He's still learning :o)

[baconsoda]

@5.15 Brilliant! I laughed out loud. Good job on the door and a very neighbourly gesture to put the tarps back next door. But, don't forget to tell him... a bit like going to a funeral - no point if you're not seen.

Best Wishes, Brendan.

[garryentropy]

cute shed, I thought you would make a round door.

[rickvanman]

@garryentropy LOL! very apt!

[WhiteTeaRoses315]

@garryentropy Funny that's what I imagined, too, for some reason??? Hey you can't complain about creativity. ;-)

[markasomerville]

Nice piece of wood work there Rick. I think if your shed had been up here in Scotland. The shed would of blown away. We had some really bad winds up here

[belitga]

notices the door isn't whether proof. Next video ? Rose