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Awesome. Love the quirky wall design.
The artist formerly known as _Who_
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Looks great, and yes I’m finding materials impossible to get now.
How about not having a sig at all?
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I am really pleased with it so far, Shed/playhouse building it great for learning skills as it doesn’t matter if it’s not perfect. it’s been great seeing my little boy pick up the toy version of the tool that daddy is using to join in too.
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Well done Rich. That's tremendous!!
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That’s really cool, very Dr Zeuss.
Dave!
Dave!
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Excellent skills, he's a lucky boy
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Cheers!
I was Umming and erring about cladding it, but it was the only other materials I had ordered already so i thought I’d give it a go. The main thing was to hide the cut edges of OSB which give splinters, but as I started I realised it would look good!
I had designed the window and door surrounds so they could be brought forward by the thickness of the cladding so started this afternoon during nap time.
I was Umming and erring about cladding it, but it was the only other materials I had ordered already so i thought I’d give it a go. The main thing was to hide the cut edges of OSB which give splinters, but as I started I realised it would look good!
I had designed the window and door surrounds so they could be brought forward by the thickness of the cladding so started this afternoon during nap time.
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If I’m teaching you to suck eggs just tell me to funk off....
When I felted the roof of our shed 5 years ago I painted 2 thick layers of bitumen on, then a wet layer when I put the actual felt on and rollerd it while I racked it on. It still is stuck well and looks great. A chap at work told me to and I’m glad I did.
Expect to find important items in that playhouse so it may be an idea to check there first for lost car keys, phones, pets etc
Oh and use citrus cleaner in it, our dog kennel got shat in a few times by local cats
Dave!
When I felted the roof of our shed 5 years ago I painted 2 thick layers of bitumen on, then a wet layer when I put the actual felt on and rollerd it while I racked it on. It still is stuck well and looks great. A chap at work told me to and I’m glad I did.
Expect to find important items in that playhouse so it may be an idea to check there first for lost car keys, phones, pets etc
Oh and use citrus cleaner in it, our dog kennel got shat in a few times by local cats
Dave!
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Good stuff, I’ve only done one shed roof before so happy to take any tips! Does the citrus thing work for foxes?!
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I was going to say that blokes piss works well for keeping foxes away. But that's going to give you all sorts of problems
Good work tho - it looks great!
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My approach is to wazz in the watering can. Usually in the evenings after a few tins
But splashing it around the lad's fun house is going to make it a bit stinky potentially.
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That’s amazingRich B wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:00 pm Cheers!
I was Umming and erring about cladding it, but it was the only other materials I had ordered already so i thought I’d give it a go. The main thing was to hide the cut edges of OSB which give splinters, but as I started I realised it would look good!
I had designed the window and door surrounds so they could be brought forward by the thickness of the cladding so started this afternoon during nap time.
Cheers,
Mike.
Mike.
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I searched high and low for every scrap of timber I could find and managed to get the front elevation of the playhouse garage built this afternoon. The idea is that my lawn mower lives in it (because there’s no side/back access to the garden so I have to wheel the mower through the kitchen from the garage).
I checked my original AutoCAD drawing too, and it’s kept pretty well on plan so far!
Wood stain and roof adhesive should arrive next week, so they’re next on the list.
We’ve all had dinner in there a few times now, he likes it!
I checked my original AutoCAD drawing too, and it’s kept pretty well on plan so far!
Wood stain and roof adhesive should arrive next week, so they’re next on the list.
We’ve all had dinner in there a few times now, he likes it!
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Excellent work. How long until he evicts the mower because it is his garage?
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i am a little tempted to knock through from the inside and make the main house bigger! But I won’t, the mower needs a home too!DeskJockey wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:27 pm Excellent work. How long until he evicts the mower because it is his garage?
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Turned out great !
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Looks great, what colour stain have you gone with? Something as quirky as the design or just going brown?
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just an oak colour stain to protect it - I’m still undecided on if I’m going to do any colours yet. I keep on doing markups on my phone for different accent colours, but not convinced.
I just put out a post on my roads FB group to see if anyone has any old pallets/wood i can nick to finish it...!