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Tub moved to the bottom of the drive ready for lifting
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Reversing the crane onto the drive
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Stabalise the crane and unfurl the arm
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Start lifting the tub before realising someone put one of the straps through the trailer and that was lifting too
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All clear now so up and over
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Crane leaving
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Cool set of photos!
When do the hookers and coke turn up?
'WCA Headquarters'? 😆
[i]WCA Headquarters'[/i] I couldn't afford a hollowed out volcano
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Was that driveway designed with getting an HGV down it, in mind?!
that sequence makes it look like you've had to bend the lamp post and gatepost 😀
wow
[i]Make sure you get pictures of the tub being craned over[/i]
WCA doesn't disappoint!
Another +1 for the WCA signage.
(Also: professional driver/crane-ists earn their money.)
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Impressive skills by that driver
I'm sure the neighbours will be delighted when Dirk Diggler and his chums turn up for the opening ceremony 🙂
Are the Kegs of beer for the coke and hookers party? when do we get our invite?
Are the Kegs of beer for the coke and hookers party? when do we get our invite?
I can sell you front row tickets for £250 + £60 booking fee.
Paypal gift only.
Work meant I didn't get started on the shed structure until later than I wanted. I was happily working away when it started to rain. It was only when I got the tarpaulin over I realised it had gone all dark and it was time for beer.
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Hot tub in place with the cover over. Side wall now in place and large gap on the left where the sliding door will go
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Sauna in structure is good to go. Roof is deliberately lower than the main shed to intensify the heat inside.
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All wrapped up for the night (who ordered the wrong size tarp?)
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Finally dawned on me its a cunning plan to correct the errors made in youth.
Any update for the weekend?
Good progress for a evening project.
I think you probably need to ask Southampton General Hospital that .....Any update for the weekend?
Sorry - bit slack on the updates as I have had family down for the weekend. Managed to get the board for the roof down and some of the cladding completed.
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Not sure how one piece of cladding grew between being cut and being fitted but there is a bit of trimming to be done
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The green stuff is vapour wrap to stop the dampness getting in. I will need to fit this to the inside too to stop the steam escaping out.
You might also notice that the tricky last length of cladding beneath the roof hasn't yet been fitted. That should be fun as it involves cutting one 4.8 metre and two 3.6 metre pieces of cladding along the length and along the grain and ensuring a flush fit with the roof board.
The roof board then gets trimmed flush with the cladding and the rubber roof and edging is fitted.
Hoping to order the double glazed glass units today. Not looking forward to paying for 9 big windows though.
You might also notice that the tricky last length of cladding beneath the roof hasn't yet been fitted. That should be fun as it involves cutting one 4.8 metre and two 3.6 metre pieces of cladding along the length and along the grain and ensuring a flush fit with the roof board.
Borrow a table saw....
One here if you need it
Just come in for a rest after sawing the long lengths and Now I read this 🙁
Can only admire your speed of work sir, well done.
How much was the rubber roofing?
About 350 for 3.6 by 4.8 roof with all eding and flashine and glue etc
rubber roof dot com
Their website is good AT WORKING OUT WHAT YOU NEED. pHONE AND ASK FOR A DISCOUNT. i SAve £60
If you can get some pics to show how you've gone about doing the edging that would be great ta.
granny_ring - MemberCan only admire your speed of work sir, well done.
Indeed - took me months!
Cripes! I'd have probably only had the holes dug for the footings by now! Great progress.
Took me about 6 months of half hearted weekend working to get rid of our pond (half sunken, half raised - about 4x2m in total), fill it in and stick some cheap slabs down to meet the existing patio!
I had better not show this to the Wife, or it'll confirm her suspicions that I do things incredibly slowly!
Limited daylight is slowing things down. Managed to seal the roof against the garage wall. Apply glue.
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Hammer fingernail
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Let the glue go off
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Stick it to the wall and cut neatly along the cut in the wall for the flashing to slot in
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Screw the flashing plates over the top
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Not too happy about the look of the corner seal but it seems to be set tight
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Realised it was a bit dark and came in for a beer
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More tomorrow if time and daylight allow
Managed to get the edge trim on during a brief lunch break.
Disappointed to see some pooling on the roof but pleased there are no leaks around the edges or corners. I did actually run trimming along the whole length of the roof, this is a part way through picture.
The next big tasks is to get the door runners in place and the doors hung. Not sure I am looking forward to that.
Is the roof pitch the same as the sketchup model on p1?
I'm amazed there's pooling at that angle.
The pitch is from sticking 30mm feathers on top of the rafters so it is 3cm drop over 3.6m which isn't great but it was damn tight to get it under the roof edge on the garage. Things sort of evolved from the Sketch up diagram when reality kept getting in the way.
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Yup - I know that one 🙂
Too dark for photos today but :
[b]So Far[/b]
Roof finished.
Walls Finished.
Exterior treated with stain/preservative to get rid of the green tinge from tanalising.
Both sliding door rails fitted and tested.
Oak face ply for interior walls purchased and cut to size.
[b]This weekend (hopefully)[/b]
Door interiors paneled
Door exteriors clad
Doors hung
Wall next to the short door clad
Wall next to long door clad apart from where sparky needs to run the wires for sockets, although I might do that anyway just so I can get the wall finished.
That will leave two side of the shed finished, two to be plaster boarded and skimmed, the roof to be insulated, plaster boarded and skimmed and the sauna to be clad and wired up when the bits arrive from Estonia + the flooring to be sorted.
Remembered to take one picture showing the sliding door before I clad it. Both doors hung with interior panels fitted and yacht varnished. Small one clad and big one ready for cladding in the morning
Also first time with 4 people in the tub. Discovered that you need a lower water level with more people in there. Will need to waterproof the floor.
The exterior is finished except for the cover boards over the door slider rails, some timber to cover the door edges and fitting the window glass. Glass doesn't arrive until the back end of next week and I am working (job work, not diy work) all week so I am not expecting much progress until next weekend.
Anyway, here are photo's and please imagine that the green vapour sheet isn't there.
Small door closed
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Small door open
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Large door closed
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Large door open
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Very nice!
(and fast!)
BTW - is that pampas grass on your front lawn? 😉
you appear to have a little britain character watching you from upstairs!
lol
WCA - any chance of showing how you've done the sliding doors?
It it all just off the top rail?
And how does it slide past the brackets?
The sliding doors are the bit of the design that I most pleased with. They slide easily and the windows line up with those in the walls so when they are slide back you don't see them.
The whole door is just hung from the track on a set of wheels. Okay up to 200KG for this set but they do bigger ones if you need
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I will be putting a cover over the top of the rail when I get a chance. Partly to hide it but mainly to protect it from the weather.
Why doesn't that cladding line up on the corner?












