Over the weekend the shed has started to look more like, well, a shed.
My brother, who is a jobbing handyman and inherited my dad's practical skills, came down to give me a hand and, well, let's put some pictures up.
This was the start point on Friday. I had arrangements in the morning and we started about 1pm, and worked through to 5pm. I felt it wasn't fair to go into the evening with sawing and drilling for the neighbors, also that allowed my brother to take his wife off down to the beach.
However, that was plenty time to get the back wall on. Each peice of timber is secured with two screws to each upright, and a thick bead of silicone between each plank. This provides room for expansion and contraction, as well as being waterproof.
You can also see that the front uprights are in, a space for a window, and the basic door frame has been put in place.
It was a productive afternoon and, in the sunshine, one where neither of us thought to put on suncream, so we both ended up a bit sunburnt.
This third photo is from near the end of work on Saturday afternoon.As with Friday it was a 1-5pm work period. Here you can see side wall is on, the window in, and some panelling on the front. By the time we finished the glass panel on the door frame was also in and the door should have been, but I have mislaid the fittings which connect the door to the frame. This was most frustrating as I was sure they were in the garage with the door. As they weren't, I had no idea where to start looking and so we called it a day.
This was the first period of work where I had to actually spend money. I purchased some timber, screws, and silicone sealant. All in all my build costs are about £200 so far. To get the structure waterproof will costa about another £150. That will be timber for the roof and more silicone.
Hopefully the roof will be on by this time next month, and there'll be an update three.
