Thread: WIP - House of Ruffly

Congratulations on the shed Wendy. I'm looking forward to seeing the projects coming on a regular basis from now on.

Cheers,
Keith

Great to see its up and standing Wendy

Im very impressed you got your stormwater sorted out so quickly......

My new shed sat 'downpipeless' until last weekend when I finally hooked them up to a watertank

Joel

Hey Joel,

I got started on the drainage asap, especially as it 'seemed' that council approval wouldn't be forthcoming until this was done. So HWMNBO and I got in and got it done as he knew I wouldn't let him rest until it was done And so too we have made some progress with electrics, insulation and wall panelling too, as again, he knows I won't let him rest until it's all finished. He doesn't get back space in his shed, until it's all done, and the timber racks built as then and only then will my timber stash be moved from his shed to mine. Now that he can see how my plan includes pluses for him, he's all for it

So, I now have a darkside of the shed and a light side - only one side will be powered - it should work quite well actually


Edit - attached drainage plan. Includes two downpipes off the front of the shed and two downpipes from the house, all feed into a big bubbler/drainage pit in the middle of the non-grass area (used to be lawn)

It's 3 metres or more from the boundary, shed and house. I put it 7 metres away from the shed as this uses the fall of the land to direct the water away from flowing under the house. Council wanted it taken out to the road side gutter, but as this would mean digging up my huge and expensive expanse of concrete driveway, not a chance!

Cheers
Wendy

Onya Wendy. Lots of hard yakka but worth it. Power on one side only should be plenty good, and you can always extend later if needed. Offside power would likely be buried behind the timber racks anyway.

Make some sawdust!

Hi Bob,

You'll be pleased to know that I took your advice to heart, and finally made some sawdust

Here's a pic of the Light side of the shed, waiting for the 20 amp power cables to be run through.....

cheers
Wendy

I'm speechless! Never seen curtains in a shed before - don't know what to say Wendy!

Originally Posted by TTIT

I'm speechless! Never seen curtains in a shed before - don't know what to say Wendy!

Urggghhh! Couldn't agree more. Bloody hell! Curtains in a shed? It's the thin end of the wedge! If we don't take a stand now, we're staring down the barrel of equality as none of us has ever seen it before. Yep, things are really getting out of hand. Next thing, it'll be Chardonnay at 1600. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to sus out the fact that the loss of bench space would be criminal! Shame on you Wendy. RECANT! Ditch the curtains!

Yeah, major code violation there, but it does stop unwelcome sorts looking through the windows and spying on what is in there I figure I'd rather a code violation than the other

Now, if they made that sort of curtaining with woodworking tools as the pattern, I might get away with them.....

I got curtains in my shed, for the same reason...not quite so frilly though; just pink flowers! Nice to see some wood in there, Ruffly.

I have curtains but mine are rubber backed.
to keep out prying eyes.

Are they curtains or Wendy Made Dust Catchers

Curtins should be in keeping with the shed. Try bubble wrap it lets in the light, insulates and keeps out prying eyes.

Ross

I got lace curtains too. They're of the finest gossamer like natural silk, made more visible by the pall sawdust that escapes the dusty and hangs on the curtains like a beige fog. These curtains are made by the tiniest of hands and woven into intricate patters and whorls. The same hands locate the majority of the bulk of the curtains in the corners and along the sash clamps that haven't seen any action since last winter. In places they extend up above teh windows along the ceiling and over the ends of the fluoros to which insects are drawn and trapped within their folds.

I think you get the picture!

I don't have curtains - I don't have a window........