So it has been a while since I updated the garden work, so here we go another bunch of updates:)
I always knew I needed somewhere to put all my tools so got to work on building the shed, But before I could begin the wife wanted me to get a hot tub, so we did, I could have done without it as I ended up having to work around it but what can you do, Happy wife, Happy life
Here it is all filled up and ready for use as a plunge pool (It takes so long to heat up that its almost never hot)
She then wanted me to tidy up the front of the house so I got on with that. Didn't take more than an afternoon and is almost 0 maintenance.
Now onto the shed, Once again I was a bit lazy with photo's but managed to get a few during the build.
Base built, Designed with internal dimensions of 6ftx4ft
Walls built, approx 5ft5 high by 6ft long
Starting to frame the front, Made door height 6ft because I am fed up of cracking top of head on doors that are not quite tall enough.
Cladding started and pretty much complete.
It was round about now that I found that the unit would not actually fit where I wanted it to, At this stage I had to remove about 7" from one side of the base and the entire back of the shed. I chewed though my skillsaw blade doing this, but managed to get it cut down to size where it would fit.
I then set about putting roof trusses in, of course setting the door to 6ft and chopping 7" off one side meant it looks a bit odd, but it is functional.
Got the boarding installed to the roof, clad the front, re-board and clad the back again after the shed had the trim.
Finally built and installed a door, installed shelving and hooks etc and started to fill the shed, I need a bigger shed
Here you can see why I built it with a 45degree pitched roof, I wanted to maximise storage for all the random boxes the wife has collected over the years. I knew my tools would take all available space at floor to 5ft 5 level
To finish off this particular stage of the garden makeover I installed some new fence panels to match the ones the neighbour installed a little while back. This was fun as we uncovered a ground wasp nest which had to die before I was going to install any posts/panels.
So thats where I am at currently, still to do is renew the lower deck, move the hot tub down to renewed deck, install gazebo, remove walkway and install new stairs from balcony. Being a one man team in the current english weather means everything is being done in slow motion but it is getting done.