Thread: Its taken 20 years to get started!

Dear All

I have started doing repairs, renovation and reorganization on my shed and have taken some pictures along the way. I thought I might share this. This is stage 1 and I will put up some more later if anyone is interested.

When we looked at it one of the attractions of the property that we are on was a great shed. The main part is 72sq m with 3m high walls, attached to this is a lean-to the same size. I have used this extensively to do the sort of repairs, maintenance and fabrication that are part of a small (highly mechanized) rural venture. I have even manged to make a few pieces of furniture. Recently, with retirement from work off the property looming I have made a start on developing the shed/workshop that I have always wanted. Its only taken me 20years to get to this point.




Here is the inside looking east, my timber stash is on the left, various pieces of machinery are sitting around and the Pentz cyclone that I made is sitting upside down on the right where it will eventually be installed.
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This is the inside looking west, you can see the remains of the three rooms that presently take up half the shed. They lived in these before the house was built. I have colonized them but they are an awful mess.

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This is inside the present lounge and kitchen, where my woodwork and metalwork benches are located.
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The idea is to knock all but the original bathroom/laundry out and open it all up. I will tidy up the bathroom /laundry, retaining the sink and toilet and use the rest of the room for storage shelves.

Before I could start on this I had to deal with the basic problems outside. The shed is built on a cut into a slope and this had slipped badly with the result that I had soil (and hence water) above the level of the shed floor. I dug most of this out a few years ago but it left a terrible muddy mess. Late last year I was fortunate to get a couple of days off (before the ground got hard) and put in a ag drain.

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Build a retaining wall out of salvaged vineyard posts, gas pipe and shade-cloth. The resulting garden bed will be a great place for a couple of apricot trees.IMG_0098.jpg

Then I cut out the rotten iron at the base of the wall and slipped some thick plastic up under the wall sheets and re-nailed the lot.IMG_0099.jpg

Finally with a couple of new translucent sheets in the roof, new ridge capping and a couple of hundred roofing screws I think that the building itself is sound and dry and I can turn my attention to the interior.

Regards

Ian