Topic: Started building the allotment shed today

[nilly71]

I built the front and back frames for the shed today :).
No plans, which is unusal for me ;D,
We are only allowed a 6'x4'. Two 24" doors will be at the front which leaves 12" either end to be used for shelves, it will be just over 7' high inside with a slight slope towards the back.

Picture of the start of the back frame.


Neil

[lorna]

Hope snow doesn't stop work nilly

[kt.]

I see you have painted the frame yellow and the roof red already.  Coming along nicely. ;D ;D

[nilly71]

Snowing this morning >:( as soon as it stopped i went to the plot, got half way making the base and it p*ssed down.

That childrens gazibo cost £2 from woolworths and has done well keeping me dry,  but it was freezing today.

As soon as it stopped raining long enough i finished the base and cemented the base legs in. I'm not going to get down there this week so wanted to at least get the base done.



Neil

[Lauren S]

7 ft high...? Are you planning a mezzanine floor?  ;D

[nilly71]

It was higher but i cut about 12" off ;) the rules only say what the L x W have to be, nothing about height  ;D

I'm gutted that now i've started, i can't get get back down there until next week :(.

Neil

[Lauren S]

I'm gutted that now i've started, i can't get get back down there until next week :(.

It's so frustrating only having the weekends to do any working at this time of year. Still not many more weeks left before the shortest day is here.

[nilly71]

I finaly got the chance to get back down there at the weekend. In between the rain i managed to get 3 sides done and put up to posts for the pergular.





The frame on the floor is just so i could get the posts in the right place.
Bought two doors and a circular patio of ebay, just need to collect them. By the end of the week hopefuly it will look more like a shed.

Neil

[caroline7758]

Impressive- bet that kept you warm!

[flossy]

   Oooh, exciting watching this going up nilly,

   It's looking great  --  and a pergular !  I'm truly envious , what will you grow over it ?

   Having a go at Kiwi fruit next year  --  when my pergular is built   :-[

   Please keep us posted.

   floss

   

[nilly71]

Impressive- bet that kept you warm!

It did, but not dry :( the kids gizibo is still being used :)

   what will you grow over it ?  

Thanks, I have a grape vine ready to go in as soon as it's built.
My kiwi is a mini and being grown in the front right of the plot(if it comes back to life).

Neil

[flossy]

  Hi nilly,

  Have had a grape growing in my last home, after two years it went  ' ballistic ',  on a gizibo style,

  trellice arrangement -    ::)

  Had loads of tiny flowers , then loads of tiny grapes  --  then moved house !

  Will say -- prune hard !  as I spent many happy hours clawing back the tendrils that were hell
  bent on occupying nextdoors apple tree  --  honestly, they went more than 6ft on the horizontal !

  Have fun and enjoy - get the demi-johns in now!

  floss

[nilly71]

Roof went on yesterday, just got to cut the ply to size. It was a real pain trying to reach the top of the shed with the ply. I had to climb on a bucket to get on the large plastic container (the top of the roof was upto my chest) then i had to climb to get on top, to nail the sheets of ply down.


I run out of shiplap due to the height.

I've changed the layout of the patio and gazebo as i have bought an 8' circle patio.

The doors should be on Sunday or Monday hopefuly ;D

[saddad]

Looking great... Deb will be jealous!! They haven't burnt it down out of spite yet then?  :-X

[Lauren S]

I really enjoy watching people's projects coming along. Keep up the great work, it's going to be all worth it.
Once you have built it, you know it won't rain ? ;D

[nilly71]

Only had about 2 hours spare yesterday, so got the felt on and some more shiplap done.
It's starting looking like a shed now :)


I have been making the raised beds today, it's amazing how much smaller the plot looks with a shed a raised beds :o

Just collected the doors, hopefuly they will go on Tuesday, (but they are the same as we have upstairs indoors and we are two short ???).

Saddad
No, all ok so far.
If i could have the same as hers i would move in ;D

Lauren
That would be typical, but not much chance down here. A pig would be happy rolling around over there, the amount of soggy mud :-\

[nilly71]

Doors went on today, just got to put a frame above them and shiplap the gaps.


Neil

[SMP1704]

Double fronted Georgian doors - now that's posh ;D

Will you be adding neo-classical pillars? ;) ;D

Just jealous - I've got a bog standard 6x4  :'(

[nilly71]

Got a bit more done recently. I only laid the patio roughly, to get it out the way.

My £26 8' round patio bargain of Ebay ;D


Alfie getting bored and wanted to go home.

got to paint/stain the shed now.

Neil

[saddad]

Very impressed, like the patio!! Get Alfie working, stop him getting board(!)  ;D