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Post by Gary L on Nov 10, 2020 1:33:43 GMT
Looking more like a home with 2 of the 4 floor panels in place. And a bench of sorts so we are getting more ORGANISED. And the result of the TWO days off the site! Yes a superb window which gives the garden a superb view while looking up from assembling something upon the bench planned. David, and Lily now an expert in different lengths of screw's. Bravo! There is nothing so worthwhile as having your workshop decently insulated and double glazed. Apart from the personal comfort, you say goodbye forever to condensation and rust, but best of all is it stops the neighbours from enjoying your noisy machines into the evenings. -Gary
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Post by delaplume on Nov 10, 2020 3:38:42 GMT
You're not wrong there, Gary !!.........LoL .........PS}---- loving the new Avatar..
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Post by dscott on Nov 14, 2020 2:39:37 GMT
The main problem after the clocks go back is we run out of daylight. Here we have fitted the North Wall. Just in time for some more rain. Just looking so warm and welcoming. Just so worth getting all the boarding to face the right way. Such a shame they print stuff over the best side but sanding it off and I would not have got the roof in place yet. 2 Raglans are going on this wall. David and Lily.
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Post by dscott on Nov 15, 2020 1:13:19 GMT
Rain all day so work continued in the garage of painting Black sticky stuff on the 3 roof sheets. The other side when dry.
A good test of seeing any problems of rising water. Flagstones with an even covering means that they are level! The front will be having a sheet as an outside roof so more places to shelter from the rain.
David and Lily.
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Post by delaplume on Nov 16, 2020 3:11:56 GMT
Rain all day so work continued in the garage of painting Black sticky stuff on the 3 roof sheets. The other side when dry. A good test of seeing any problems of rising water. Flagstones with an even covering means that they are level! The front will be having a sheet as an outside roof so more places to shelter from the rain. David and Lily. Nice going you two........I suppose Rising Water is the next stage up from Rising Damp ??.........LoL !!
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Post by dscott on Nov 17, 2020 1:46:26 GMT
A day of shopping for the last bits of timber and the last board cut to carefully measured dimensioned list. The highlight of the day being loading up timber for the L shaped Workbench. And more screws. And more Black sticky paint, with brush friendly cleaning (If you do it in time)
David and assistant shopping expert on co organised timber Lily.
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Post by dscott on Nov 20, 2020 1:37:35 GMT
Here we are putting a squeese onto getting the post upright and no gaps in the insulation. When not in use these are found clamped to the middle beam and bits hanging from them. Also a place where you find masking tape, kitchen roll and sandpaper on rolls. The middle beam is of course continued and can be seen in this shot below. An internal view showing inner walls in place and a return to more warmth. An overview of progress on the third wall. I would have loved to get the roof done so that I could continue in the rain. But we have got far behind during the dry season due to the amount of earth to move. David and Lily.
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Post by dscott on Nov 21, 2020 0:05:02 GMT
A day of rain but managed to continue on the floor and tidy up many odd bits. Light fitted to Ceiling. After Lunch we both painted the Oriented Strand Board roof covering sheets. These 4 are in various parts of the Garage and Utility room. Not much room to move but that should soon change.
David, and painting assistant Lily.
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Post by dscott on Nov 23, 2020 1:51:55 GMT
Inspired by a very old joke about the use for old doors. "So what do you use all your old doors for?" "I use them to build a big shed!" "But why do you use only doors?" "Because you always build a Garden shed outdoors!" Yes The door almost ready to fit. Height of workshop must not exceed 2.4 meters if it is within 2 meters of the boundary of your neighbors property. So I have had to drop the bottom of the door below the floor level... Which will help in loading the place with roll in and out things which are heavy! I would have liked to have used the Left hand side as the hinge side but due to the door being fitted up for left hand opening we had to do it this way round. Going off to get some more 3 inch screws helped get things up and swinging. The door jam being separate was going to be the tricky bit. David and Lily.
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Post by dscott on Nov 24, 2020 2:30:00 GMT
Today we have a view into Lily's world where before it was invaded with lots of stuff looking for storage quite a decent place to enjoy the garden. Also the older bit of the complex which was the first bit to build. Note the older Patio doors. This early photo shows what we started with for everyone inspired to build their own cave away from the real world. The rear wall was done on the boundary to replace the sort of fence. Interestingly the slabs in front of the Greenhouse were the ones I have just relayed. David and Lily.
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Post by dscott on Nov 25, 2020 0:39:22 GMT
We got a full day in on Monday which resulted in Number 3 full sheet going up on the roof. When too COLD we got number 4 floorboard in place. Slid down the wall and the gaps closed up.
David and Lily.
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Post by dscott on Nov 28, 2020 1:57:14 GMT
We had some days of dry and warmish.So dropped everything and began, I almost said UPLOADING BOARDS. Well sort of. This will cover the walkway like before. A quick calculation. A walk up and down once the overhanging beam was in the way told of a more digging out of the steps when we get round to them. Or banging of heads. Yes the tree with or without CATS!!! This was always going to need propping up and I am in the process of jacking half of it up. It is such a pain to constantly get round but it is superb every year and makes this part of the garden. Burning some of the Midnight Oil... Or candle at both ends. Well 5 ish in the afternoon? Do soon bring back the days it was too hot to DIG! These new lights are very bright. David, and Lily in charge of handing things up on the roof.
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Post by dscott on Nov 29, 2020 2:00:48 GMT
Saturday and no rest for the wicked. Filling in all the little bits and carving out bits of wood that have slightly moved in the way. Helped of course by getting it all level.
Dried enough by late afternoon to do another run of Roofing felt. It is getting stuck down.
No heating inside but very warm and 2 body's soon get a contrast with what is going on outside. Plans to increase the insulation to the older part when it comes to maintenance time.
David, and Lily who did a lovely job of sweeping up my mess.
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Post by dscott on Dec 1, 2020 23:57:55 GMT
The last floorboard getting trimmed and while it made a nice bench we got the Roofing Felt measured and cut ready. As Lily unrolled I scrubbed the sand off ready to be more Sticky Glue friendly. The long boards underneath are the slope down into the Workshop for the HEAVY THINGS. Yes looks like a giant Floppy Disc talking of uploading! On a couple of wet days we painted both sides in 4 separate garage and Utility room locations to make them more waterproof. Also on the overhang we get a painted ceiling. A extra coat of something with fibers in it got by mistake may help. All brush friendly. Days to wear off the hands of course. David and Lily chief bottom of the slippery slope adviser.
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Post by stevep on Dec 2, 2020 10:00:30 GMT
David - noticed your post on our Facebook page about helping to build our track. Did you use to live down here, and was that when you used to see Keith Wilson?
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Post by dscott on Dec 4, 2020 2:14:55 GMT
Yes. And we still do sort of, as we own a Flat in Mutley Plymouth which we let out.
I worked in Exeter so got to know Erney and John Hill and every Friday made it up to Blundels for the meet up. I got to the track site eventually just after it was dug out. They had 2 molds for the concrete so I made 2 more that the club kept. The others going back to Gravesend club. This sped up production to 4 a week which was superb. I came up with the bases mold design that once the track was extended a bit and propped up at a certain level. The man hole cover sized frame would be suspended and then filled with concrete. Upon leveling off to the upper rim would be a perfect base. It took some ramming into the 45 degree overhang but they look very nice.
I found myself at School in Crediton with Alan Wilson. 1975. So being interested in Steam just had to get into it. Yes there is a rumor that Keith began a Bulldog and Dukedog to go with the seriese! I have the Bulldog frames. I did a new outer frame for it as I was going for an earlier one. Keith had welded it to a different size. It made it to Wembley. I was staying for another Weekend when Keith began the articles. I finished off my School built Lathe in his workshop. The lathe is still working nicely and has seen lots of work. Then I built a Dore Westbury mill.
We visited Alan and his partner last year. She encouraged a workshop in the garden. I have been lucky to have made things in workshops through my working life.
David and Lily.
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Post by dscott on Dec 5, 2020 1:03:52 GMT
lily becomes the official site Photographer and gets me in action doing the outer covering. The bricks are lifting up the slender branches of the TREE. It so gets in the way. But is so LOVELY. The Black very sticky glue eventually comes off your hands so a quicker way of operating was without gloves. The trick is to apply about 10 inches on the board and the rolled up roll and unroll to stick them together. Then do another 10 inches. This is the least messy way of doing it for hints and tips. I stapled the edges down then carefully trod it in place. The older roof after about 5 years. There is masses of it with some of the boarding under going a bit soft. This is why the new section is double waterproofed before it gets fitted. I ran out of funds and the boards sat in the rain for a month before covering. David, and Lily declining to do anything concerning Black Sticky Glue.
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Post by delaplume on Dec 5, 2020 11:11:49 GMT
Hi David, Nice to see you sporting the "Winter" Beard there......It's so important to have a strong and well sealed roof to protect those expensive assets in the workshop, isn't it ?? I've been in this house for a tad over 20 years now and back in 2015 I noticed the original felt was as hard as concrete and had started to leak at a couple of corners...Fortunately I knew a chap ( one of the old skool ) who was about to retire from the roofing business and he did an excellent job for me--- just the same as you are doing ---- Here's the front view -------> ---------> Keep it up,matey !!........ Alan
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Post by andyhigham on Dec 5, 2020 11:37:28 GMT
It may be a good idea to fit an extra layer or two or some other sacrificial layer in the vicinity of the branches. They will soon wear through a layer of felt
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Post by dhamblin on Dec 5, 2020 15:41:41 GMT
That bituminous paint is good stuff - used it to re-felt Mum's shed roof in 2018. Only difference is that I used tacks to secure the felt down over each edge and then painted over each one and the seam lines to provide additional water proofing.
The key thing with a felt roof is try never to walk over it once you've finished work. A neighbour has quite a substantial wooden shed with a felt roof and it leaked like a sieve where he kept going up there to sweep off leaves all through the year.
Regards,
Dan
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