Operation disgrace/more storage area

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

Righty my back garden, nay lets be honest here, my MUMS back garden is decent sized, theres also a railway line at the bottom of it and all manner of shite gets papped over.

I papped this over about 1/2 years back and I wanted it back.

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Thats how it was pulled over btw, shiny! lol

Anyway the problem was railtrack built a metal fence and my exhaust and a saab downpipe, bedframe and ph1 non 16V headlight where omn the other side.

Anyway I wanted it and theres no way i was risking a bollock being ripped off to get it though. Doc refused as well, although he pointed out that someone slender enough could get under it. Well that someone was my sister, so she got under it.

Anyway, point is I have made the decision I need to remove the shite, take the rubbish to the dump and take the metal to the scrapman and alos extend the garden by about 10 feet.

This pic shows the 'disgrace' zone. The metal fence on the left is the one Emma went under, note a lot of stuff there is neighbours shite.

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thats a lot of stuff, clutches, exhausts, 3 gearboxes, seats, sunroof and yes that is a clio boot floor, the rest of it is there somewhere as well.

this pic is on me at the house wall and looking down the garden, note uncut grass, note lawnmower which blew up and I forgot to take tot he scrap metal, also note train

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this pic is taken from the wooden fence with my back to the trees, note windscreens

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Sonejis clios rear floor, those dampers are in perfect working order, better than the grey clios so i will use them on it! lol

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this pic shows the fence, and the gap between it and the trees, this gap along from the trees to the metal rail fence is about 15 foot.

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so the plan is, chop down the wooden fence, have the metal fence as the back fence, clear the crap out and use the area to store stuff or put the sheds, they will be hidden then.

Whos helping?

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Seems like a sound plan to me, as long as your neighbours don't go bleating to the council that you're trespassing blah blah blah etc. etc.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

its my mums land, the land up to the fence is ours.

Most of the neighbours are up to the fence, just the 6 of us in a row are not!

Its gonna be a horrible job clearing it out though!

Should see the size of the spiders as well.

Must be at least 50 quids worth of scrap in weight there as well.

You can come up and help if you want when we do the wiring on the black un

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Chris H";p="93768 wrote:

You can come up and help if you want when we do the wiring on the black un

You want it done this year though, right? Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

im up for another mission to scotland Smile

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

good stuff Dan. Anyone else that fancies coming your welcome, there will be BBQ food!

I started on phase one today. That was operation clear a path to it.

So I started by cutting the grass, mission had to be aborted at 85% completion due to lawnmower throwing its blades, My mum is away at B&Q the now getting some blades for it.

This is how it looks now, well I put the stuff back away

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Site Subscriber Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 2281

I'm up for a Scotland trip too!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

well boys whenever you fancy coming up feel free!

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

righeto, will probly be next month!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

coolio

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well today i finished cutting the grass then my mum and I got stuck right in.

She cut the trees back, i done all the real work!

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after cutting back

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cut back a bit more

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what a mess

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I then removed a section of fence

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looks bad

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so we burned all the bits of tree and wood to get rid of them, Amber made the bonfire, I lit it

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oit looks better than the pics last show it, as I have tidied a lot of it up to get rid of the wood etc.

Its coming along nicely, going down tomorrow to have another BBQ and to do some more work.

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FPMSL at the picture of all the bits behind the trees... I half expected to see a "ChrisH" shape gap in them due to his constant walking through them Razz

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

Well the exec was filled with all the scrap fromt he back wall and behind the trees, the back path is now lovely and clear, easier for me to take engines round now.

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Anyway since the scrap was gone I decided to get the old finger out and get my arse in gear. I started by shoveling the top to break it up then racked it flat.

This is me about halfway through, you can now see the base of the trees!

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the rubbish thats still to go

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Compared to the earlier pics you can see how much clearer it is with the scrap gone.

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Levelled off stage 1, much nicer

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you can see how much earth I moved as that path is pretty much level with the grass now

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The path allows easier access to the rubbish thats still there, it also allows a wheel barrow to pass through. I will fill the barrow shove it through and tip the earth out behind, better than dragging the earth over and through the trees.

Anyone that fancies it is free to lend a hand! lol

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

I'd love to help matey but you know i'm a plumber Wink

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

Well today we got hold of a van and cleared the rubbish away and done a few other tasks.

Also got rid of the clio boot floor at last!

After the rubbish was cleared

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cut away the neighbours tree as it was covering a lot of space and rubbish that had to go

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I then cleared away the greenery a bit

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Its coming along slowly but its getting there, its far clearer now. Just need to get into the heavy digging work now.

Also looks like we need to chop down a tree for sufficient access through.