On 29 Jul 2006 12:48:56 -0700, "TrailRat"
wrote:
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My first impression (on a number of levels) is this guy has more money
than brains. Underground bunker? For "various hobbies"? Sure.
Okay, I'm not absolutely positive, but aren't those sunlight tubes
something like 8" in diameter (inside), at least? Where is
he/you/anyone going to find telephone/graph poles that are 10-12" or
more in diameter? And that's at the top of the pole, which nets at
least 10', maybe more, in length. Trees taper, you know.
Okay, assuming that issue gets solved, I don't see what the problem
with splitting them would be, because for all the rough exterior of
the poles, I can't believe anyone would ever be able to see the split
once they're glued back up. Especially from outside the compound. Oh,
yes, I firmly believe this guy has a compound.
One of life's lessons that took me a long time to learn was to not try
to solve other people's problems. Too often they like the situation
they're in, so your effort is fruitless. Other times they don't give
you all the information you need, so once you've expended the effort
to arrive at a solution, they throw another obstacle at you. Your
"friend" reminds me of this.
This post makes me wonder if this "friend" is like the guy who tells a
doctor at the cocktail party about his "friend" that has an itch or
bump or some other malady in order to elicit free medical advice?
A friend of mine is having a huge underground bunker style room put
into his garden. It will be the length + width of his garden and will
be buried under 2' of soil. It will be connected to his bungalow for
access and will be used as a workshop for his various hobbies.
It's costing him a small fortune but he's not concerned about that.
The civil engineering firm will build the structure and top it of with
soil but everything else he has to do himself. This is where I came in.
He had concerns about getting natural light in over his workbenches and
I recommended sunlight pipes. He had a look at them and liked what he
saw. Now the problem is he doesn't want little clear domes over his
lawn so he is raising the domes 8' and having long sunlight pipes. The
company has assured him that the pipes will still work over the 11'
distance.
So after putting my foot in my mouth, my mate has told me that to hide
the ugly silver ducting he want to encase them in old telegraph poles.
To do so they need to be hollowed down the middle and these poles are
all 10' long. I've told him that the easiest way would be to split them
in half and channel out the waste then put the two halves together with
the ducting in the middle. But he doesn't like the fact that spilt
might be seeable and may cause concerns later on.
He has told me that no matter the expense, he'll hire whatever
equipment I need to hollow these poles out if there is another way to
do it other than splitting it.
So my quandry is how do I hollow out 10 x 10' telegraph pole without
splitting them down the middle.
If there is no other feasible way then my friend is willing to see
sense and relenquish the decision to me.
Sorry for the long windedness but I felt I should explain why I needed
to know.
--
LRod
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