H2ODunc wrote:What was the name of the red bar before it was that ? When I first came to HH I used to drink in there and my friend bought a girl out of the bar there. The owner used to be into golfing if I remember rightly.
Mondo Bar
H2ODunc wrote:What was the name of the red bar before it was that ? When I first came to HH I used to drink in there and my friend bought a girl out of the bar there. The owner used to be into golfing if I remember rightly.
Yes, but as we're not supposed to mention girl's names here, I didn't say..Apple?
uncle tom wrote:Yes, but as we're not supposed to mention girl's names here, I didn't say..Apple?
..still, as she's a lady now, and not a BG - and as that's not her real name, maybe that's OK...
Building is still in the same state, as far as I can tell.uncle tom wrote:... although the reinforcing system exposed in the process was unlike anything i've seen before.
The upshot was that the upper floors required a small forest of supporting steel props before the bars below could re-open, suggesting that the shock and vibration of the hammers had caused them to fracture.
Just a heads up Homer...Homer wrote: That means I freaked out a bit when I first saw the whacked off extensions. Because the ends of the tension cables were not snug against the outer frame of the concrete there is NO REINFORCEMENT other than those supporting steel props, and more importantly, the horizontal beams they're supporting. Concrete is strong in compression (think column) and surprisingly weak in tension (think floor). I would not enter that building.
Apple being the biggest 'acrow' thereusual suspect wrote:I'll have a look-see for you Uncle Tom..but last time I walked by the building, both bars were trading, albeit with 6-8 'acrows' (adjustable supports) in each bar between the tables keeping-up the ceiling! (& these supports had all been nicely painted to blend-in somewhat..with an underlying message of Mai-Pen-Rai/business-as-usual).
This stuff?I saw them pouring the concrete. No rebar was used. Cables with end plates seemed to serve the same purpose. I later looked it up. I think it's either bonded or unbonded post-tensioned concrete...
If there's no other mesh in those slabs, there's no way those floors can be safe. I also noticed that the Acrow props used were light duty types, so I wouldn't put much faith in them.I saw them pouring the concrete. No rebar was used. Cables with end plates seemed to serve the same purpose. I later looked it up. I think it's either bonded or unbonded post-tensioned concrete: