New Helipad

[Bob Connor]

I've got Dave on the job building a new deck out the back of our place.

The idea was to cover up where there used to be lawn.

With the current drought and water restrictions here the back lawn has consisted of dirt and weeds for the last few years.

I think we got carried away in the design stage and are going to end up with a helipad.

The deck is Merbau and I reckon it'll be a great place to sink a few tinnies over summer plus be a good place to photograph instruments.







Bob

[Ron Wisdom]

Wow, that is huge. Maybe you should have shaped it like a dread.

Ron

[Dave Anderson]

HUGE is right !! What a deck it is!
It will look great when finished guys!!

[Hesh1956]

Ron the horror.......

Can you imagine if all the wood was BRW or Tiger Myrtle????? Makes me weak at the knees just thinking about it.

Well now Bob my friend you can truly tell people that you have a big deck.......

[Dennis Leahy]

Did you consider X-braces?

Dennis

[Bob Connor]

My partner, Virginia, actually asked how much it would cost to do it in Snakewood.

Dennis the bracing pattern is secret. I didn't want to get into an argument with Hesh over parabolic or scalloped.

Bob

[Bob Connor]

Can you imagine if all the wood was BRW or Tiger Myrtle????? Makes me weak at the knees just thinking about it.

Merbau sells here for around $7 a super foot. Tasmanian Myrtle lumber (rough sawn) around $30 a super foot. That'd put the cost of the Myrtle at about $14,000 before processing into decking boards.

Add wastage from the processing and it would be one expensive deck.

And that would be plain Myrtle. You wouldn't find any supplier with that much Tiger for sale.

The main use of Myrtle has been for high quality flooring, particularly parquetry. A lot of the pubs in Tassie had Myrtle parquetry dance floors.

Be a nice conversation piece though.

Bob

[BillyT]

Wow is there going to be a catapult to launch fighter planes? That's HUGE!

[kiwigeo]

Hope that fence keeps leaning in the direction its currently leaning.

[Serge]

Now 2 things,

1- Either you're tap toning freaks or
2- You hate mowing grass

well 3rdly, i just can't wait to see the purfs that ya gonna use on that big baby!

Looks like it's gonna be a super place to play guitar at night guys, looking good!

[Tom Morici]

How long before the walls and roof go on? What deck?
Looks like the start of more shop space too me

It was just a thought, looks good!

Tom