When I posted about the shed I'm building I mentioned health may have an impact into how things progress. Since that original post my ME/CFS has been flaring and cut down days where I could work on the project. Then there's been the weather.
Here in Cornwall it's spring, which means plenty of rain. Well, that's not ideal for an outdoor project using power tools, so progress has been slow.
A couple of weeks ago I did manage to start preparing the base as the following two pictures show:
The timber for the base is repurposed from our previous house where I had used old scaffolding planks to build bookcases (which were then covered in old maps) and bunk beds for my girls - in the first picture the frame at the back was my youngest's bed frame.
Having made this start rain and ME and an injured shoulder halted things until today. Which I'm glad off as with the weather getting better I really want to stop the garden looking like a rather rubbish timber yard. You can see what I mean below.
First I finished creating the base frame. It measures ten feet by six feet.
From there it was time to put the flooring down. This is also repurposed. While the plywood had been purchased for a shed I intended to build at our old house, the landlady decided the dead space at the bottom of the garden was better as a place for weeds to thrive, than a place for a shed to live. The timber was then cut down and used as flooring in the loft. It's nice that it's finally getting used for it's original intended purpose.
This final shot shows the three uprights which will hold the timber making the back wall.
Looking at it I am going to soon be hitting the time where I'll need to spend money.
At this point I have spent £20, and that was buying a nail gun at auction which wasn't specifically for this project, but for general use.
Ooh, I love having a nail gun!
While the frame is screwed together, the floor was put down with the nail gun and took about 30 minutes, including time with the jigsaw to cut out where the uprights need to go.
I've already set a trigger to let me know if a cordless one comes to my local auctions as the only downside was having cables about.
Next up is making the walls, which will be repurposed decking from a friends garden. as it's all going to be covered I'm not worried about how that will look.
See you on the next update.
text and pictures by stuartcturnbull
