Sheds

This isn't going to look like a lot for a day's work, but I am absolutely knackered (and I haven't had the heaviest end of the job by a long chalk!) - so far, we have brought in the delivery of the breeze blocks, cleared the ground, laid out the floor to make sure that we have sufficient space all around each side for the base of my ladders to fit, measured out the area to cut for the hatch, checked the run of the drains (man, they are DEEP!) which are thankfully clear, cut the hatch, fitted the handles to the hatch, lifted the floor back up to grout the patio, laid the breeze blocks strategically to support as much of the bearers as possible, then assembled the floor (six sections into two big sections which then have to be flipped the right way up), and have put them all in place onto the breeze blocks:'

Leveled and grouted patio:



Shed floor:



If you look, very carefully toward the left middle, you can just see the flush handles on the hatch lid. We added in additional 1½" x 1½" battens for the hatch lid to sit down on, and to tie in where we had to cut through bearers. On the upside, it appears that the attention to detail when it came to leveling that area of the patio has paid off as it is nice and level on those breeze blocks without any packers, and it is as solid as rock (you can literally dance on it, and it doesn't move).

It is all now covered with tarpaulin, well weighted down as there is showers forecast overnight and then heavy winds tomorrow which may call off play for us - we will see.

Food, beer and pain killers now needed.

 

Shortly after posting last night, I ended up feeling really ill quite suddenly - after an enforced long distance phone call to Huey and Ralf down the white porcelain telephone, I went to bed. Thumping headache this morning, and it is quite literally blowing a gale - NOT a day for handling big, flat shed panels! So, play is off.

 

I'm a lot better now, thanks @Sheal - to be fair, even if I was as fit as a fiddle, today was not the day due to the winds. A lot of trees down and a lot of damage across this part of the world, so swinging on shed panels would have been a really bad idea.

It's the Players Championship that is on at the moment, isn't it? I tend to dip out until the World Championship (only six weeks to go!)

 

Hopefully later this week

The shed is up, roof is on, felt is on, doors and windows are installed - and even after the horizontal downpours of today, it is bone dry inside.

Still to do:
Affix fascia boards and finial (front and back)
Fit weatherstrips to joints and doors
Fit weatherstrips to doors
Fit rebates to doors and windows
Fit opener arms, handles and locks to windows (why they have locks is beyond me as you could punch through the plastic glazing in seconds)
Fit corner strips
Trim felt under soffits

Oh, and Mrs C likes the look of it so much, she wants either hanging baskets on it (I am not keen) or those lights that shine up and down in the same fitting, to run of a solar rechargeable system - - could be a wee electronics project for me if I can source the right lights cheap.