in the end I decided to use plywood, rather than cedar, to cover the corner post – mainly because I had a piece of marine plywood to hand and if it ends up looking terrible I will have only wasted £10 on materials. Besides I am getting impatient to be done with the exterior and start...
in the end I decided to use plywood, rather than cedar, to cover the corner post – mainly because I had a piece of marine plywood...
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Completely cleared out Chiltern Timber of their small remaining stock of cedar and finished the wood cladding today – feel like I am at last on the home straight for the outside of the building.
In a future installment What treatment to use on your wood cladding....
Completely cleared out Chiltern Timber of their small remaining stock of cedar and finished the wood cladding today – feel like I am at last on...
workshop cladding
got as far as I could with the cladding – I also found the error in my spreadsheet that caused me to have under-ordered to the tune of 35m linear meters (about 20% of the total needed so I was not even close)
… Will try and get over to Chiltern Timbers next Saturday so I...
got as far as I could with the cladding – I also found the error in my spreadsheet that caused me to have under-ordered to...
workshop cladding
I’ve got the knack with cladding now and managed to get a lot more up in a couple of hours this afternoon.
cladding top tips
1. It is impossible to keep the corner pieces together when you nail the boards up unless you brace them first. I found this out the hard way. In...
I’ve got the knack with cladding now and managed to get a lot more up in a couple of hours this afternoon.
cladding top...
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I am in the process of putting up the cedar cladding on the front and left-hand-side of the building. The cladding will be installed vertically.
Now I’ve got the hang of it, I probably need a day to finish it. It actually goes up quite quickly, but there is a fair bit...
I am in the process of putting up the cedar cladding on the front and left-hand-side of the building. The cladding will be...
workshop cladding
I’m not sure if ‘barge board’ is the correct term, but I don’t know what else to call them – they are the black plastic bits at the bottom. Not much to say, other than the fact that my plunge saw got a bit more use.
While fitting them around the metal plates the...
I’m not sure if ‘barge board’ is the correct term, but I don’t know what else to call them – they are the black...
workshop cladding
Got a few hours in between interruptions to fit the fascias and roof trim – great to get a bit completed at last.
I spent a good hour faffing around creating mitred corners for the plastic fascias, and although the results were passable, I am pretty sure they would have opened up as soon as the...
Got a few hours in between interruptions to fit the fascias and roof trim – great to get a bit completed at last.
I spent a...
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The contenders
Rough uk prices for saw + 1.4M rail (in 2014) are:
* festool TS55 (~£400)
* makita SP6000 (~£300)
* mafell MT55 (~£500)
* DeWalt DWS520KR (~£300).
Festool are the grandaddy of the pack, having invented guide saws in the 1960s and holding a patent on key technologies that barred their German competitors (all of the above,...
The contenders
Rough uk prices for saw + 1.4M rail (in 2014) are:
* festool TS55 (~£400)
* makita SP6000 (~£300)
* mafell MT55 (~£500)
* DeWalt DWS520KR (~£300)...
festool
This is what I found out about plunge saws. Note that all the below is from research – I am not an expert.
In particular note that I have also included some comments about safety features, again, gleaned from t’internet. If you value your fingers do your own research to be sure. With that said,...
This is what I found out about plunge saws. Note that all the below is from research – I am not an expert.
In particular note...
festool
Now I have my timber delivery I could finally finish gluing down the epdm rubber membrane on the roof. Step 1 was to create an upstand so water does not overspill the edges at the side and front.
I cut a 45 degree chamfer on the upstands as I thought this would make it easier...
Now I have my timber delivery I could finally finish gluing down the epdm rubber membrane on the roof. Step 1 was to create an...
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I stumbled across a possible cladding material for the out-of-sight sides for the workshop, called ecosheet. Light, completely waterproof, hard-wearing, does not need painting and can be drilled and sawn like wood – perfect! It is also made of 100% recycled plastic so good for the planet.
That was the good news, the...
I stumbled across a possible cladding material for the out-of-sight sides for the workshop, called ecosheet. Light, completely waterproof, hard-wearing, does not...
workshop cladding
I finally got around to ordering the timber and it has arrived, but due to a combination of the bad weather and other things keeping me busy, it remains stuck on the drive.
The shopping part is definitely the low point of shed building, and this particular episode was not any different.
To liven things...
I finally got around to ordering the timber and it has arrived, but due to a combination of the bad weather and other things keeping...
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I got an hour or two this afternoon to stick the roof cover down.
I am using a roofing material made from EPDM which is a synthetic rubber. It can be bought in large sheets and is glued down – there are two main manufacturers selling in the UK, Classic Bond and Firestone. Firestone seems to...
I got an hour or two this afternoon to stick the roof cover down.
I am using a roofing material made from EPDM which is...
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a minor milestone has been reached and the workshop is now more-or-less wind and rain proof. Bob arrived with the replacement window on Tuesday and helped me fit it.
It turns out there is a right and a wrong-way for a modern glazing unit to face – apparently one of the surfaces is...
a minor milestone has been reached and the workshop is now more-or-less wind and rain proof. Bob arrived with the replacement window on...
workshop construction
lovely day today but since I haven’t got much I can get on with I faffed around silicon sealing the windows and doors. Finally got the roof dry. I should probably be shopping for plaster boards & soffits etc (yawn)....
lovely day today but since I haven’t got much I can get on with I faffed around silicon sealing the windows and doors. Finally...
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a brief pause while I wait for Bob, of Bob Best’s Windows fame to deliver my new window unit (next week I hope). I explained my amateurish mistake while breaking the old one, and he said sagely: ‘it does happen, mate’ which made me feel better about the whole thing.
The other important step...
a brief pause while I wait for Bob, of Bob Best’s Windows fame to deliver my new window unit (next week I hope). I...
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