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Drainpipe kayak a follow up

By Giolla Decair | January 3, 2021 - 3:48 pm |January 3, 2021 Fire
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After the first time out in less than ideal conditions I’ve been out a few times more and having added a couple of strips of wood along the bottom for better longitudinal support it’s behaving quite well. If I was making a version which didn’t need to dismantle at all… Continue reading →

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Drainpipe kayak

By Giolla Decair | February 18, 2019 - 10:13 pm |February 18, 2019 Fun builds
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Quite a while back I came across an article about a man building a “kayak” out of PVC pipe, which looked fun. So I thought I had to give it a go, now being in the UK and not the US getting hold of random bits of PVC pipe in… Continue reading →

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Log analysis

By Giolla Decair | January 19, 2018 - 6:49 pm |January 19, 2018 Fire, Wood stove
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Normally I try to only use wood I’ve collected over the year and given time to season because why buy wood, when you can collect it for free. However the best laid plans don’t always work so in the past I have been forced to buy wood to burn, and… Continue reading →

Tagged Briquettes, Fire, Logs, Stoves

My First bed

By Giolla Decair | December 5, 2017 - 11:59 pm |December 6, 2017 carpentry
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I recently had the opportunity to build a bed from scratch, which was fun and I learnt a lot – this is roughly how it went. The Requirements Build a bed tall enough to store deep lidded really useful boxes under it in three months ( minus the day job,… Continue reading →

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Loft space oast house

By Giolla Decair | November 2, 2017 - 11:11 pm |November 2, 2017 Brewing
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(This article was first posted on BrewGoth) There are many articles on the internet about how to dry your own hops, or build a tiny oast house and I’m sure they’re all very good. However being in the UK I don’t really have the space for even more brew kit,… Continue reading →

Tagged Brewing, drying, oast house
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