nomadpete

I recall crawling under the house with a car jack, and slipping a bigger bit of brick under a bearer to get rid of a dip in the floor. When the place was sold, the building inspector didn't look under the house. Building and pest inspections are a big rort. I once paid for a pest inspection that didn't notice big holes in the panelling where the cockroached had eaten through the plasterboard under the kitchen sink. I put it down to inexperience (because I hadn't looked there either). But learnt to do my own thorough inspecting.

I have heard a builder utter the words "Standard Building Practice" when confronted by such facts. But that was a long time ago. Nowadays we have even more standards to choose from.

The fire stopped just short of a big tract of plantation pine. Couple of k the other side of Ranelagh.There were more (paid) Forestry Firefighters on the fireground than Tas Fire Service. We would usually spend a week walking the ground to black out the remnants but much of this ground is inacessible. There will be stumps smouldering for days or weeks that rain can't extinguish. Which means there is a risk that a strong wind might restart the fire. Safe for now though

Not until he gets his new wind farm.

I still missed the connection with A.I. Does A.I. or data centres use 50mm drains? Oops. Just noticed. There is another thread for A.I. Sorry @Jerry

Oh, for a moment you were still talking about the great invention of the velopicede.

Back to 'Crikey it's Wet'. Yesterday the wind dropped, and the fire died down a lot. Maybe the 4 choppers waterbombing helped there. And still a dozen appliances and crews. Then it rained last night. Temps down to ten, humidity up to 80%, nil wind. Crikey it's wet 🙂

Wouldn't be such a problem if we just banned all those crazy motorcars.

Another vanity symbol kicked in the nutz!

Progress! Wish I lived closer so I could snoop around your project. All that history, all those different tradeskills, and design changes as the building evolved.

That was probably me. When I'm driving my wife's car.

Well at least one state has penalties for ignoring 'Road Closed' signs such as used to block traffic entering flooded roads. W.A. has increased its penalty for accessing closed roads and/or interfering with “road closed” signs to $10,000.

I used that term to indicate that fording water is not 'normal' use of a vehicle. Therefore it requires skill an judgement (risk management) that is not taught in the normal road training syllabus. Nothing magical or crazy if approached responsibly. Responsibly includes saying no when appropriate, which is frequently.

OME, is there presently a fine for disobeying a 'Road Closed' sign? Most roads that are known to be prone to flooding, at least those near highly populated places, are checked and closed when necessary.