... more cryptic blog post titles. Here's the seventh update on the shed.
A slight bit of scope creep!
Yep, a kind of extension! So, what's it for? Well, there's an addition that hasn't made its debut on these pages (a tractor mower) and a couple of other mowers that are taking up space in outbuildings (one is jammed in the doorway of one such that you can't actually get in!). The tractor mower is under a tarp, and the other small rotary is again in a storeroom that really isn't for mowers. So it's a mower shed extension, and will get weatherboarded in roughly the same way as the shed wall you can see there. For the mower shed, it's just 4x2 (again!) and single skin OSB and felt roof - no need to insulate this so much. It will have a concrete floor with a damp proof membrane though - no point in it getting damper than it needs to.
As you can see, it's filthy muddy at the moment. It's really nasty working up at the shed at the moment.
The shed was built purposely large. Although it's useful to have a decent sized workshop, There's some inevitability about it being used as a store, so I've made it big enough such that if I shelve down 3 of the walls, the actual usable space will still be a decent amount. The aim though is that it stores kind of house/project related stuff, not just any old rubbish, and that it does free up space from the other outbuilding such that we can convert some of that into a utility room / space. In any case, the OSB walls, although they look suitably 'industrial', I did want them to be white. This is for twin purposes - firstly it will make the inside look more spacious and brighter, and secondly, it will contribute to the insulation by reflecting heat back into the room.
First coat only. It's not my finest hour in terms of painting and decorating, but it's a shed, and I don't want to spend hours on it. It's not as if I'm inviting Ideal Homes in on a photo shoot.
More next time....
[Cryptic title - Seventh update on the shed, Getting Better - a song by Shed 7]
A slight bit of scope creep!
Yep, a kind of extension! So, what's it for? Well, there's an addition that hasn't made its debut on these pages (a tractor mower) and a couple of other mowers that are taking up space in outbuildings (one is jammed in the doorway of one such that you can't actually get in!). The tractor mower is under a tarp, and the other small rotary is again in a storeroom that really isn't for mowers. So it's a mower shed extension, and will get weatherboarded in roughly the same way as the shed wall you can see there. For the mower shed, it's just 4x2 (again!) and single skin OSB and felt roof - no need to insulate this so much. It will have a concrete floor with a damp proof membrane though - no point in it getting damper than it needs to.
As you can see, it's filthy muddy at the moment. It's really nasty working up at the shed at the moment.
The shed was built purposely large. Although it's useful to have a decent sized workshop, There's some inevitability about it being used as a store, so I've made it big enough such that if I shelve down 3 of the walls, the actual usable space will still be a decent amount. The aim though is that it stores kind of house/project related stuff, not just any old rubbish, and that it does free up space from the other outbuilding such that we can convert some of that into a utility room / space. In any case, the OSB walls, although they look suitably 'industrial', I did want them to be white. This is for twin purposes - firstly it will make the inside look more spacious and brighter, and secondly, it will contribute to the insulation by reflecting heat back into the room.
First coat only. It's not my finest hour in terms of painting and decorating, but it's a shed, and I don't want to spend hours on it. It's not as if I'm inviting Ideal Homes in on a photo shoot.
More next time....
[Cryptic title - Seventh update on the shed, Getting Better - a song by Shed 7]
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