Building Between a Rock and a Hard Place

[Drac]

Re: Building Between a Rock and a Hard Place

It's really come a long way since we saw you last. Love the shade and decking.

[Sharkey]

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I haven't had much time to do any more work on finishing the oven. I have played around with lighting though and nearly have it right. This is how it looks now.



The company that built the sail have entered it in the Specialised Textile Association national awards. We have also had them build another awning over the back door of our house.

[oasiscdm]

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Sharkey

It is a shoe in - IT WILL WIN...........

It is an amazing setting

[Steady]

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Being a newcomer to the Forum I am still catching up on everything - having seen your recent post on Dracs thread I followed the link in your signature to your build - Wow, and an inspirational build it is Sharkey. Everything looks good but I do like your timber bench tops with the SS landing.

[Sharkey]

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Sharkey

It is a shoe in - IT WILL WIN...........

It is an amazing setting

It Won!

Category 10: Tension And Air Supported Structures (Coated Fabrics, Pvc Mesh Ptfe) Less Than 250sqm in the link below.

Specialised Textiles Association 2015 winners

So this was up against residential and commercial structures up to 250sqm

Check out the 'awning' that won category 12. 45,000sqm! That's over 11 acres

[oasiscdm]

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Well done Sharkey.....

As I said simply amazing..............

[GianniFocaccia]

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Congrats all around, Sharkey! Must be satisfying to know your special place got recognized.

I especially love the part: "the client was insistent about getting what he wanted....!"

Thanks for sharing: your entire build and well-deserved award!

John

[fremen325]

Sharkey,

Your build remains one of my favorites. Congratulations on the awning win!

Stilgar

[mirassou]

Awesome Sharkey! Haven't been on in awhile and just saw this. An amazing cave

[fornax hominus]

The things you can do with no snow load ! ! Looks fantastic Sharkey !

[cms1528]

The most amazing build yet, this should be in Architectural Digest.

[Sharkey]

I haven't been on the forum for a couple of years but recently returned to find that none of my photos were displaying thanks to Photobucket not allowing photo sharing unless you pay them an additional $400 per year.

As my build is very hard to understand without photos I have downloaded all my photos from Photobucket and then uploaded to Google. I have just finished replacing all the photos in this topic so they should be visible now.

I also think my build is significant on this site for a couple of reasons. I think Karangi's and my ovens are the first examples of shaping the arch bricks to fit the dome. We both got our bricks from Field Furnace and this is the way they recommended to do it. We were both building our domes in January 2011.

Also my reverse or 'S' curve flue transition (actually, it was my brother's idea) seems to be easy to do and works well and I know of other builders who have used this idea.

Oh, and the oven and area are still not finished. It's only been 8 years.

[Brad Low]

Thanks for fixing the photos.
Brad

[UtahBeehiver]

Sharkey,

Welcome back and it is great that you spent the time to restore you pics. Your build is one the finest on the forum, not many of us could match your original site that you had to build you oven on. The tapered inner arch, has become a main stay with builders although it is still a difficult concept to many to visualize. KD left the forum for a while but Gulf and I were able to convince him to let us restore his to main threads "cooking" and "48" oven". So we are glad you are back too to represent the Southern Hemi.

[Gulf]

Sharkey,

Plus one on both thanking you for restoring this fine thread and welcoming you back to the forum. I know that it wasn't easy for you to go back and edit each post. My build thread was also a victim of the Photobucket.ransom . Though, I have started restoring my pics, I keep finding other things to do. You, restoring this beautiful and well documented build thread, have given me some much needed encouragement.

Again, thanks for restoring the pics and welcome back .