What i did on my holidays - By ian age 41 1/4

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IanMelb
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Post: # 20564Post IanMelb

cant throw owt away


Yeah, I think that's one of the reasons that I'm having to build this thing - extra storage for my hoardings.

PS, LLL, I know the joints between the blocks look quite large again, however I used a 15mm spacer between em all - the largish looking joins are definitely down to the way I've pointed (ahem, smeared) the mortar over their old, rounded corners :0

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Post: # 20568Post Dave_L

lutonlagerlout wrote:I'm the same ,bit of a pikey really
Wanna come on the tarmac game with us Tony? You'd fit in well! ;)
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Post: # 20569Post lutonlagerlout

never said a word ian :;):
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Post: # 20625Post matt h

good on ya. thought you might have ended up with a swimming pool rather than a base, the way the weather is. Agree with LLL take time with levelling, end up with better finish. done brill so far why ruin it:)
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Post: # 20732Post IanMelb

At lunchtime the rain stopped and the sun came out to play :laugh:

Got the sole-plate secured and first frame knocked up. Had to ask for a bit of neighbourly aid to raise it though :D

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Post: # 20748Post IanMelb

Chucked it down most of the day, but in the odd spell that wasn't a downpour I managed to get the second frame built and raised and also a smaller section next to the door opening.

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Post: # 20749Post Stuarty

Looking good Ian, starting to take shape now

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Post: # 20855Post IanMelb

Another hour of no-rain tonight ...

Front frame with window casement:

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Post: # 20911Post seanandruby

was thinking how many bunk beds you could get in there ...at £60 /70 a week for the illegs, you could coin it. :;):
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Post: # 20953Post IanMelb

Back wall and window fitted and tatty awning stretched for a bit of rainproofing. That's all the walls done - now for the roof. The window was a penny, off ebay :)

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Post: # 20954Post lutonlagerlout

looking good ian
flat roof is it?
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Post: # 20958Post IanMelb

flat roof is it?


It is at the moment :) Well, flat-ish apart from the poles holding the awnings up - it'll be apex when it's finished...

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Post: # 21146Post IanMelb

Wall plate fixed to the top of the frame and ridge beam suspended in place (with temporary supports).

Note the safety rope strung around the 'ceiling height' and the safety hats by the doorway. There is also a full wooden beam placed across the top of the frame in the middle of the structure. I'm trying to mitigate the human damage that a falling beam could cause...

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Post: # 21155Post nelly05

Looking good fella. Some nice weather due as well this week so fingerscrossed for the roof;)

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Post: # 21157Post IanMelb

Cheers, I was quite pleased with the ridge board as it's made out of two lengths (it was a pain to find a 7m length of 6x2) joined with a 'scarfed-splay' joint.

In the above picture, the join is the slightly lighter coloured bit of wood about 150cm before the rear support.

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