Holiday
Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 07:09PM We did a number of things this half term, ranging from tax returns to visiting friends in the border counties and Bristol. For me it was great to finally get the last of the 10 tons of ballast into the boat. I'd got a combination of cut lengths of steel bar (easy to handle and stack, but more pricey) and cast iron railway chairs, the part that the railway line sits in on the sleeper (or tie for anyone from north America). These are cheaper but not so easy to stack. I had this lot left on the weekend....
which was a couple of piles of broken bits, I would guess from 1 to 1.5 tons worth. I lowered these into the living room via this precarious trestle thing....
...before finally placing them underneath the second bedroom floor. They are resting on some wood on top of the frames, so there is an air gap underneath.
Its a bit like tetris trying to fit these shapes in, just more tiring, but I'm glad its done. Guess I can start going to gym again now this 'free' exercise has stopped.
Reader Comments (3)
Spent Uranium has a very high density! Or perhaps you should be using Gold...
Thank You for saying what a sleeper was for us from North America.
More than once I have called a friends wife ( she grew up in the UK ) and asked her what some word meant while reading a blog from the other side of the pond. :))
Bill Kelleher
Hi Quentin - spent uranium would be good and would also solve the heating problem, but I couldn't get any. :)
Hi Bill, I used to live in Canada/US so know exactly the confusion you mean. :)