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will oyu be putting up any girlie posters inside once it’s finished?

will oyu be putting up any girlie posters inside once it’s finished?

I can’s see Mrs Flaps agreeing to that, she’s already demanded her own area in the workshop…….

When you nail a hanger on in the wrong position using sheradized twist nails you will understand exactly why they ask for twist nails! Bastards to get out!!!

When you nail a hanger on in the wrong position using sheradized twist nails you will understand exactly why they ask for twist nails! Bastards to get out!!!

Hmm – so why not use screws? Although I guess twist nails are cheaper and quicker to fit…..

Wish i had an aframe sometimes.

I picked up an engine hoist [just because it was available and free from my FIL] and it’s been remarkably usefull for shifting stuff around the place, especially as it folds away when not in use.

Hmm – so why not use screws? Although I guess twist nails are cheaper and quicker to fit…..

Dunno if it’s the same, but you don’t use screws on boats (wooden structure, suceptible to damp) as the expansion of the wood tends to work them out, whereas barbed nails tend to tighten things up,the head stops if going in further, and the barb/twist stops the other end pulling out, a screw is only held in by the friction stopping it turning.

I asked the Chippies and they said its to save cost (over screws).

she’s already demanded her own area in the workshop

So there will be a kitchen in the shed? 😀

/highfives JeoG

🙂

Awesome stuff….love a bit of over engineering

What garage door are you fitting?

What garage door are you fitting?

Probably something like this 😉

Effing glitchy new page bump…

Ok…new page bump didn’t work…but if I manually change the “14” in the URL to “15” then I can see the next page.

The Nobel Prize should go to whoever fixes this glitch!

Quite possibly the only thing one more epically substantial than that shed is this lengthy, girthy thread

why do Building regs insist on ‘twist nails’

Strictly speaking they don’t. The Building Regs (paraphrased) just say that the building must stand up to wind and gravity. Approved Document A gives guidance on ways that are ‘deemed to satisfy’ the Regs in that respect, but points out that you can meet the requirement any way you like. The AD gives a list of documents which are approved as guidance, one of which is BS 5268, which I believe says to use twist nails, although I don’t have a copy to hand. In theory you can use anything you can convince the building inspector is at least as good as twist nails. In practice, building inspectors don’t want to be convinced and will tell you to use the guidance, and it’s quicker to give in.

What garage door are you fitting?

The front door is a set of double glazed french doors (all glass) to let lots of light in when working in it. Behind this, on the back of the return will be an electric steel roller shutter blind, so at night it’s reasonably secure.

The front door is a set of double glazed french doors (all glass) to let lots of light in when working in it. Behind this, on the back of the return will be an electric steel roller shutter blind, so at night it’s reasonably secure.

Expect to have upset neighbours, they are not the quietest of things & you know you will use it every time you leave the building, which will be often as you will find yourself visiting it frequently to begin with 😉

Awaits thread re electric bill…

I can’s see Mrs Flaps agreeing to that, she’s already demanded her own area in the workshop…….

I can’t believe you call her that, it’s so demeaning. 😉

If your getting a RSD on the front make sure you have nylon endlocks not steel ones as they are v noisy in operation and when its windy and rattling round at night it will be grim, nylon help a lot but still not quite.

It will be inside, behind double glazed patio doors and I only envision using it at night. I’m thinking about wiring it up to the burglar alarm so when that gets activated it closes the shutters automatically. The idea being you shut patio door, hit remote fob to arm the alarm and the shutter close automatically. Might be an issue with setting off the PIRs – might need a delay on them. Anyway, that’s all something to figure out when the shell is completed.

Plus the workshop is 50m from the nearest house….

You cant wire the RSD upto the alarm as the door will need a continious signal from the alarm. RSD only operate in “deadmans” mode, ie continious pressure on a switch so as not to trap anyone/thing. You can have it operating on impuse by the means of fitting a safety bottom edge or photcell safety beam in line with the door.

Also if you have a power failure or the RSD f00ks up is this your only point of access? if so your snookered.

You cant wire the RSD upto the alarm as the door will need a continious signal from the alarm.

Er, yes you can. Simple adaptor box to power it till it closes. Should take all of 30secs to design and about 30mins to make once I get the bits ordered from RS.

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You cant wire the RSD upto the alarm as the door will need a continious signal from the alarm.

Er, yes you can. Simple adaptor box to power it till it closes. Should take all of 30secs to design and about 30mins to make once I get the bits ordered from RS.

Unless you had a control panel, like the one you want to design. Albeit, legally you need to be able to see the door close to the bottom limit as to not create a trapping/sheering hazard, in your own garage it will “be reet”.

Alan the brickie was back this WE to work in between Gales to finish the Gable ends:

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Finishing the Rear Gable End[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

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Rear Gable End Capping Block[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

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Front Inner Gable End Complete[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

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Finished Front Gable End[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

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A very tidy job from Alan[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

How straight is that edge!

Alan the brickie and your carpenters have done a nice job.

Hopefully the roofer will be as good….

Yup, nice job there. Way better than the first “brickie” would’ve achieved.

Did Alan let you top out??

Did Alan let you top out??

Nope, didn’t know that was a tradition! I was laying pavers at the time.

It’s your build!!! However that tiny little triangle of brick on the gable may have made you feel a bit of a fraud 😆

Having satisfied the masses with his brickwork skills, shall i start to refer to my working at height lessons!?

Shhh, don’t mention the handrails…..oh 😉

Hopefully the roofer will be as good….

Yes, but good tradesmen = bad for this thread! 😀

Us keyboard warriors need entertainment, and quality construction does not provide this!

It would be an interesting step down from there to be fair 😯

It would be an interesting step down from there to be fair

I did suggest putting up the next stage of the platforms, but he wasn’t having any of it….

EDIT: To be honest I’d have been the same…

Roofers have been working the last two days:

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Veluxes[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

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Roofing Hammer[/url] by brf[/url], on Flickr

I love this thread.

Replace moon with shed.

does your shed have a name yet? can we name it?
it deserves a plaque.
made of a tombstone, obviously.

‘The Mausoleum’

gets my vote.

I’ve asked our local Duke and Duchess to officially open it…