New Rotary Dryer Install

[Tinbum]

We have had driers like that but not that impressed with them as the locking catches wear out. If it's new order some spares while they are available. Sadly they aren't for ours.

Ps cover the concrete over to protect if from frosts.

[Stinsy]

What mix did you go for?

[Joeboy]

The block looks about right although the concrete is still a bit soft in places, so I'll leave it about another week for it to harden off.




I slotted the dryer in briefly, looks like its going to pass the SWMBO height test now.

Liking the huge workshop & external bench. Neat job on the dryer block.

[nowty]

What mix did you go for?

Cement, sharp sand, PVA and a handful of reinforcements fibres. I would normally have used ballast but I just used what I had to hand which was the sharp sand.

Mix was probably about 3 to 1, needed it strong as the cement was old, I did not measure it, just did it by sight as you get a feel as to whether its right when your mixing it. Mixed in a bucket with a paddle mixer driven by a cordless drill, I go for a cake mixture consistency.

[Oliver90owner]

The brick looked to me like it'd been in the oven at some point...

I still have one tray of block paving bricks left for the octopus saving sessions.

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No old night storage heater ‘bricks’ available? They would retain more heat than paving blocks, I would think?

[nowty]

The brick looked to me like it'd been in the oven at some point...

I still have one tray of block paving bricks left for the octopus saving sessions.

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No old night storage heater ‘bricks’ available? They would retain more heat than paving blocks, I would think?

The price difference is astronomical unless I found some free ones.

[Oliver90owner]

I shall pick up a few more discarded ones when I next go to Drumnadrochit. S'pose it will cost a bit to bring them home, but not a lot of energy….

[nowty]

I drilled a sloped drain hole into the block. connecting to the bottom of the plastic socket so it will drain water.



It was very difficult to drill into so I reckon the block is now hard enough, dryer is now fully operational.