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Liquid mass fridge/night cooler experiment

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Inspired by the night cooler design by Mike Reynolds of Earthship fame I decided to build a cold storage box that doesn't rely on electricity. The original design uses full beer cans for liquid mass plus reinforced  concrete to contain the cold once captured. I decided to try and use as many recycled materials as possible in my modified Kimberly safe and it wasn't long before the bulk of the materials came to me by way of various jobs! Being a Handyman certainly helps when it comes to sourcing things to reuse and the first thing I did was look in my workshop for something which might serve as the framework for the walls and floor of the fridge. marine ply with membrane paint I found some off cuts of marine ply left over from a possum nesting box project I did a couple of years ago so I painted them with bitumen paint and put these aside and drew up some plans of what else I might need. A week after deciding to make my  cold box I was asked to clea...

Picture and mirror hanging

When it comes to hanging things on walls we can provide the attention to detail that makes the difference between something well hung or simply sticking things everywhere just because you don't particularly like the colour of your walls! From mirrors to flat screens to paintings and framed photo's, we hang them all! A variety of different wall plugs and fastening systems are always on board and even the most exotic article can be suspended with a minimum of fuss and the right hardware for the application. Having a certificate in advanced Rigging and years of experience in the entertainment industry plus countless jobs with interior designers,We can hang all types of decorative artwork and anything else you can think of to suspend from your walls ,ceiling, or whatever. whether you are after a cluster of small to medium pictures perfectly symmetrically installed or something a bit more organic or even that gigantic mirror which weighs a tonne! We have lasers, levels ...