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  • WCA Shed Thread
  • jota180
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    5thElefant
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    jeez, how much did that cost?

    I bet you could build another shed for the price of that. 😯

    WorldClassAccident
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    It will be used to run the tub and sauna, both with 32amp rating plus other electrics in the shed. It is over specced so I can use the new consumer unit to run stuff in the garage more safely as the present unit trips quite easy.

    Future proofing and it wasn’t that much more than 16mm which was just about okay for the tub and sauna

    andyl
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    why not us a wood burner for the sauna? Doesnt have to be in the room, could be out in the main bit with some pipes and a heat exchanger in the sauna room.

    willard
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    That would be the true STW way but, with WCA’s past form, I can only see that ending badly. Mind you, the amount of electricity going down that new cable would lend itself to a pretty scary outcome.

    You are getting someone else to put that it, right?

    WorldClassAccident
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    I am getting a qualified and registered sparky to connect the house end, the consumer unit in the garage and the wiring to the isolator switch and the tub.

    Once that is done we get the tub craned over the garage, fitted and commissioned.

    Then I can finally get the rest of the walls and the roof up and make the place water tight.

    Then we can get the rest of the wiring in place.

    So slow at the mo

    Murray
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    Make sure you get pictures of the tub being craned over (just not from underneath it 😉

    thestabiliser
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    Make sure you get pictures of the tub being craned over christened.

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    WorldClassAccident
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    Not much of an update but a reminder that the shed gets craned over the garage tomorrow which should give some more interesting pictures.

    Anyway, here is the new garage supply leaving the house

    Here it is buried under the garden. The white conduit is for the garden lights that were fitted ages ago. You can’t actually see the cable as it is buried but it does give you the chance to comment on the leaves, uncut grass and unkempt borders

    Here it is coming into the garage and into the new consumer unit

    Out of the garage and to the isolator switches for the tub and sauna. The cable out has been left on the reel so we have lots of spare when the tub is dropped in place

    wwaswas
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    Anyway, here is the new garage supply leaving the house

    I love the label: “New Garage Supply” 🙂

    WorldClassAccident
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    Truck turns up

    Tub turns up

    Tub moved to the bottom of the drive ready for lifting

    Reversing the crane onto the drive





    Stabalise the crane and unfurl the arm


    Start lifting the tub before realising someone put one of the straps through the trailer and that was lifting too

    All clear now so up and over













    Crane leaving






    footflaps
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    Cool set of photos!

    When do the hookers and coke turn up?

    eddie11
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    ‘WCA Headquarters’? 😆

    WorldClassAccident
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    WCA Headquarters’ I couldn’t afford a hollowed out volcano

    stumpy01
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    😯

    Was that driveway designed with getting an HGV down it, in mind?!

    scaled
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    that sequence makes it look like you’ve had to bend the lamp post and gatepost 😀

    AlexSimon
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    wow

    DezB
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    Make sure you get pictures of the tub being craned over

    WCA doesn’t disappoint!

    drlex
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    Another +1 for the WCA signage.

    (Also: professional driver/crane-ists earn their money.)

    nbt
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    100

    DT78
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    Impressive skills by that driver

    boblo
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    I’m sure the neighbours will be delighted when Dirk Diggler and his chums turn up for the opening ceremony 🙂

    bland
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    Are the Kegs of beer for the coke and hookers party? when do we get our invite?

    footflaps
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    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.

    WorldClassAccident
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    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.

    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

    Sauna in structure is good to go. Roof is deliberately lower than the main shed to intensify the heat inside.

    All wrapped up for the night (who ordered the wrong size tarp?)

    Russell96
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    Finally dawned on me its a cunning plan to correct the errors made in youth.

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TXNEE6SaoI[/video]

    WorldClassAccident
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    What did you do when you finished work today?

    I noggin’d my shed roof

    its a cunning plan to correct the errors made in youth.

    I have never made errors.

    What has happened to me is a conspiracy by the Gods!

    piedidiformaggio
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    Any update for the weekend?

    hooli
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    Good progress for a evening project.

    andyfla
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    Any update for the weekend?

    I think you probably need to ask Southampton General Hospital that …..

    WorldClassAccident
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    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.

    Not sure how one piece of cladding grew between being cut and being fitted but there is a bit of trimming to be done

    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.

    footflaps
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    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….

    hammyuk
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    One here if you need it

    WorldClassAccident
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    Just come in for a rest after sawing the long lengths and Now I read this 🙁

    WorldClassAccident
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    Rubber roofing material

    Unroll and let it relax for 1/2 an hour

    Water based glue for the middle, evostick stuff for the edges

    Rubber laid and needs the edging fixing

    granny_ring
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    Can only admire your speed of work sir, well done.
    How much was the rubber roofing?

    WorldClassAccident
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    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

    granny_ring
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    If you can get some pics to show how you’ve gone about doing the edging that would be great ta.

    AlexSimon
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    granny_ring – Member

    Can only admire your speed of work sir, well done.
    Indeed – took me months!

    stumpy01
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    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!

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