Diablo Loco
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Pla
nning to ride through that shit in about a week.
Weather where you are?
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lavgert
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- Vienna, Austria
I am in the south of Italy, in Brindisi - 30° C already in the morning. Ciao, Gert
78jotadave
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Tom, it is known as a rock-composition roof very common in the desert areas of SW USA. On my roof, the beams are 4x12's (inch), the roof surface is 1-inch plywood then it is covered with multiple layers of heavy tar paper,hot-mopped or sprayed with tar between layers of tar paper then the final hot tar layer is covered with gravel and rocks. Insulation is between rafters inside the attic, very much need it is 41C today, warming up a bit, water restrictions started today
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That is a great house you have there Dave, love the 4x12s, good stuff.
Built plenty of mud Adobe style houses when I was younger, fantastic insulating properties.
Love the low profile snugness of your house, very cool, pardon the pun.
Dellortoman
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Blimey. I've never seen a gravel roof before. It's pretty much corrugated metal or tile roofs where I live.
You get the occasional home builder who wants to try something different, but I reckon they must go through a lot of red tape to convince the conservative buggers who's job it is to ensure you comply with the building regulations.
You get the occasional home builder who wants to try something different, but I reckon they must go through a lot of red tape to convince the conservative buggers who's job it is to ensure you comply with the building regulations.
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Got our stuff from a mob in Qld, Insulation rating R6.1 - 250mm foam sandwiched between Colorbond. 13m lengths on the long sections and can handle neatly 8m unsupported and 5.5m cantilever if external. Not easy stuff to manhandle, store for 4 months and fit!! If anyone was wondering why the SFQ is taking a tad longer than I'd like ....
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Dellortoman
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- Tasmania, Australia
We used a similar Colorbond foam sandwich cladding for the walls and roof of buildings in Antarctica, but with only 150mm of foam in the sandwich. 250mm would have been excessive for Antarctic conditions! Google AANBUS buildings for more info.
I presume you went with 250mm for structural reasons rather than thermal.
I presume you went with 250mm for structural reasons rather than thermal.
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Yep - gives us the highest kg/m2 dead loading for fitting a suspended blackbutt ceiling underneath. Plus it allowed us an unsupported span of over 7m. The extra width didn't really add weight as the foam is featherlight. The rigidity factor with the sandwich system is incredible.
Did a couple of days working on one of those roofs like yours Dave in Campbelltown southwest of Sydney. They struggled to get it past Council as some kind of experimental home, and I think from memory it failed with the eaves not having sufficient pitch. All I remember was struggling to get some sheets of ply off with 10s of thousands of nail gun pins holding them down, they were impossible to get off without tearing them to tiny bits. Never seen another. That melted bitumen was first seen by me on the open areas of the concourse of the MLC Centre, probably the most Iconic building in Sydney back 30 years ago before it was paved with Italian granite cobblestones. Smells a bit.
BTW in weather-related local news, I have a pair of wet weather pants arriving today from Andy Strap, google it. They have a special on these wet wether pants that zip up completely on both legs, my old Dry Riders need me to be seated to get them on and that's not easy to do mid-ride unless you sit on the wet ground if it starts to piss down. Hope these work ok, at $105 there worth the test.
Vince I have a pair of Mount Bell rain pants.
They zip up to the knee, easy to put on over boots and being Japanese they are not made in China. I’ve worn them trekking and on the ride to QLD with TTW who can attest as to how wet it was.
Not sure if they come in 6XL ( is that even a size?)
But I can recommend them.
They zip up to the knee, easy to put on over boots and being Japanese they are not made in China. I’ve worn them trekking and on the ride to QLD with TTW who can attest as to how wet it was.
Not sure if they come in 6XL ( is that even a size?)
But I can recommend them.
The dry rider pants I have open up with zips to the knees, and they are 3xl and if they go on at home or anywhere I can sit there ok, BTW I wear 3xl trackys and those 5xl wet weather pants I just bought are the same size. I think using tape measures might be beyond our large northern Nabours ability. And I am not talking Queensland, or maybe I am.
Cosi
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- Kingscliff
Surely you have room for a folding camp chair
Cosi
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- Kingscliff
I meant to carry it all the time to put your wets on, like a permanent addition to the bike, orange naturally to blend in
78jotadave
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43C here today, cooler than yesterday, hotter tomorrow. I planned to synch the carbs on the 78 and set up some big cooling fans in the garage then I got smart went inside to the comfort of the A/C + beer and watched hours of the TT, a much wiser choice.
chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
Lovely day for ducks in Adelaide today…. Cola, wet and windy
Legs
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- Adelaide Hills
Yep, piddling down.
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Wind like the Arctic in Melbourne and I’ve come down with a cold or flu. Tested neg on a RAT thankfully. Only been about 4 or 5 weeks since I caught it.