Thread: Wood storage shed

Well, I now know exactly how much nasty hardwood I have to spare, so I s'pose I can find a ½m length to donate. No chance it was going to be pussy Douglas Fir.

Originally Posted by DaveTTC

We look forward to your second erection

You won't be the only ones.

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Sounds like a mind blowing experience in the offing.

Is this a bad time to ask for expressions of interest.. For the saw-off? I was hoping to have up to half a dozen keen types.

Regards
Paul

[emoji123] count me in
Are we doing state tiles yet lol

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

You won't be the only ones.

Ummmm
It's just a wood work forum GTG??
Or is it running in conjunction with some thing else.
Cause I'm just a simple bloke

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Ummmm
It's just a wood work forum GTG??
Or is it running in conjunction with some thing else.
Cause I'm just a simple bloke

Nope, woodies only.

What no Franklin?

Looking good Brett!


If you need a hand let me know.

Originally Posted by Pac man

What no Franklin?

Is that the smile man?

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Originally Posted by DaveTTC

Is that the smile man?

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Yep. Always a woodie, by all reports.

Originally Posted by Simplicity

[emoji123] count me in
Are we doing state tiles yet lol

Matt

You're in! (Looking forward to meeting you by the way.)

State titles? There is State of Origin, but I don't know if that encompasses the Victorians. Still I'm sure we could drum up something for you.

Regards
Paul

After looking at your construction and then the drawing I was a little confused as to what and how you were going to stack timber in the wood shed. I put it down to being a Brett....thing.....

Now after the photos of the stacked timber and the overall views I see why you built what you did.

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Matt

You're in! (Looking forward to meeting you by the way.)

State titles? There is State of Origin, but I don't know if that encompasses the Victorians. Still I'm sure we could drum up something for you.

Regards
Paul

Paul
I think your trying to run this thread of the rails too.
State of origin!!
I'm pretty sure mine were my parents
But I ask my mum she knows everything [emoji3]

Ok so I had a couple more days over the weekend sorting out and loading timber when the weather wasn't really conducive to building. Friday I got the box drain in along the back (southern) wall and concreted in the sleepers for the low retaining wall between this shed and the garden shed. Rather than concrete the box drain in place I used the rest of the sieved sand/clay from the bottoms of the post holes. I packed it around the sides and underneath and then rammed it down with a lump hammer. First the drain has been wrapped in Geo-fabric, and then to finish I just spread the last of the sand/clay and trampled it down. There's about a 20-30mm layer over the top of the drain. As it's on the southern side I suspect that the drain will never actually be called upon to fulfil its function, but one never knows with water.

Today I got the walls on the southern side, and for this wall I used a different bunch of sheets - the first score of metal from the Bowling Club. They are narrower (400) and shorter (3.6m where the others are 12m). They are also slightly thicker metal and higher ribs. I had already cleaned these and coated them with Penetrol a couple of years ago as there was significant surface rust (rotary wire brushed first).

I must say that Penetrol does a wonderful job of stopping rust dead in its tracks by oxygen denial. These sheets had been stacked up under a single layer of now sun decayed builders plastic for two years and looked EXACTLY as I remembered them. No advancement of rust whatsoever.

Another benefit of these sheets is that there are zero holes to be filled - dunno how they were held down but it wasn't with screws/bolts. The down side is that twice as many sheets had to be trimmed, and the ribs are a little more difficult to nest properly.

After that I got 2/3 sheets on the eastern wall. I tried REALLY hard to get the last (top) sheet on, but it is impossible by myself and so I will wait until tomorrow when there will be someone else here.

Miraculously, and quite randomly, three sheets running horizontal on the eastern wall is an absolutely perfect height fit - like, to the mm. It made me laugh. When I say "randomly", I never took the sheet width into consideration when planning the wall heights - they would just be how they came out. As I was about to mount the rafters I thought "bugger it, I'll just go for maximum height with the available post height (they were trimmed after the rafters went up, so the shortest post governed the whole thing). Now that's random!

Plenty of pics tomorrow - camera will be active taking pics of surplus wood for sale.

This means I can now measure up for flashing/barge caps and order them, and while I'm waiting for them to be delivered I can hook into the painting. After that I'll probably have to go back to vege garden duties and also tidy the place up for the FTG on 20th Nov (there's crap everywhere atm)

Only spent a little time on the shed today to get the remaining metal up and finish off a few bolts.

South side (back):



Blackadder really likes that observation post. He has a lovely time in there - SO MANY places to explore and hide in!


Eastern side:


As I was putting that top sheet on this morning, the owner wandered down from his digging duties and said "I can hear impure words! Do you need a hand?" The bloody bolts kept popping out of the nut setter whilst trying to get them through the metal. "Why don't you start it with a hammer?" was the response.

"Excellent idea!" and works like a charm - 3 taps to pierce the metal and straight in. DUH!


Pretty full of stuff these days: