On my dog walking route, one houses has been having a porch built by some "builders" It isn't the best porch in the world. However, what caught my eye was the "new" front gate that had been installed. I am not sure if it is the builder or householder that "made" and fitted this. First impression it doesn't look that bad then you see the paint job on the gate post, nail holes. the only gate post which is 6x2 piece of scrap cut flat. Then realise that someone has actually cut this to size - unevenly and reassembled it. 10/10 for recycling but if they want to recycle why not separate the timber and make a traditional braced gate ?
Seen fencing done using the 2mtr or 3mtr long pallets. Difficult getting slats off without spilting them, as they are fixed with ring shank nails. Amazing what you can make from pallets.
Classy. In the days of the 'blue pallet co' (are they still around?), their pallets were on 'loan' and had to be returned. They even had guys whose job it was to track down missing pallets. They notice a pallet vacuum in Scotland - thousands of pallets went there but never returned. More research showed that most seemed to have crossed the Minch to the Utter Hebrides, only to 'disappear'. They despatched their best investigator to check it out - you know how canny these Island folk are, and it would take the best mind to route out what was going on. Well, the poor cove didn't have to look far - as he approached on the ferry, leaning over the handrail to catch a first glimpse of the mysterious land he was about to set foot on, he noticed a distinct bluish tinge to what he'd been led to believe would be a dark and barren landscape. Heather in bloom? Nope. The Island was practically built from blue pallets - they were used as frames to hold the peat stacks (normally requiring the time-consuming building of herringboned sides), complete weaving sheds were manufactured from the distinctive blue slats, intricate porches on many houses, sheep pens, trailer sides and even the odd go-cart. The guy left in tears, I've been told.
Seen them in their hundreds when I was up there, used for everything. In Alesund, Norway, every June they have a bonfire, a 130'+ stack of pallets.
What gets me is they have just paid someone to put the porch on, re-render the front, paint, put block paving down and then place a pallet as a gate !!
It has been cut down on the right side, you can tell by the spacing on the uprights and only one nail/screw as opposed to two on the others.
A new gate every year maybe? Probably somebody who has access to pallets and time on his hands. I dont like it, and wouldnt want it. But its not unsightly. And looking at it has been modified. A standard pallet top, but the underside only normally has 3 lenghts of wood
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