Things have been a little slow, what with holidays and family commitments; both in restricting available time and also in restricting available funds.
Still; guttering is up. I've run a length along the front, and taken the outlet across the back of the lorry to the grass as it was easier than routing it to the front where the garage gutter outlet is. Before the gutter went up it got a good soaking with creosote, so hopefully it'll last as long as I'm bothered about it.
Next step is the doors. Each doorway is about 3'10 x 7'9". I bought three sheets of 8' x 4' 9mm ply to use as the back faces of the doors. There's barely enough room to just have two leaves per bay and still be able to open the doors with the lorry parked next-door, so I split the sheets lengthways to give me two 15.5" wide leaves per bay, which will be hinged together on the left as you face them, and the remaining leaf will be made to fit the resultant gap on the right once I've got all the left hand ones made and hung and can measure the gaps accurately.
With the three sheets cut to give me six 15.5" wide strips and three 17" ones I set to and chopped up some 4" x 1" I had to form the frame of the door. I didn't need to worry about jointing the corners because the plywood provides all the structural strength of the door and keeps everything square. That and taking the time to joint 40-odd corners would have taken the job into the next decade before it is finished. If I ever have to remake these in the future I may take a bit more time and do them all "properly", but sometimes you just have to put perfectionism aside in favour of a bit of realism!
I glued and screwed the frame pieces to the ply to form a 4" wide perimeter frame, with a central cross piece. As I finished each one it got a coat of Screwfix's finest yacht varnish, then hung on the store to get it out of the way so I could make the next one. I have made all six left-hand ones so far, with one final leaf to hang tomorrow once the varnish is dry.
Next step is to make the three right hand leaves and hang them, and the small eaves access door too. Then I'll fix a strip of the breathable membrane down all the outer faces and clad them with the reclaimed shiplap from the donor shed. I'll have to pull the Austin forward to do that though as it's a bit too tight with it there.
Not many pictures this time, as it's too tight between the lorry and the store to get anything worthwhile. I'll take some when I pull the lorry forward in time for the next update.
Spend, with a few more lengths of 4" x 1", screws, glue, varnish, some more hinges and door furniture is now up to £450. Still going to need another can (at least) of varnish, some more screws and three long "monkey tail" bolts for the tops of the left hand leaves. Hopefully I can squeak in under the £500 mark once it's all done.
Still; guttering is up. I've run a length along the front, and taken the outlet across the back of the lorry to the grass as it was easier than routing it to the front where the garage gutter outlet is. Before the gutter went up it got a good soaking with creosote, so hopefully it'll last as long as I'm bothered about it.
Next step is the doors. Each doorway is about 3'10 x 7'9". I bought three sheets of 8' x 4' 9mm ply to use as the back faces of the doors. There's barely enough room to just have two leaves per bay and still be able to open the doors with the lorry parked next-door, so I split the sheets lengthways to give me two 15.5" wide leaves per bay, which will be hinged together on the left as you face them, and the remaining leaf will be made to fit the resultant gap on the right once I've got all the left hand ones made and hung and can measure the gaps accurately.
With the three sheets cut to give me six 15.5" wide strips and three 17" ones I set to and chopped up some 4" x 1" I had to form the frame of the door. I didn't need to worry about jointing the corners because the plywood provides all the structural strength of the door and keeps everything square. That and taking the time to joint 40-odd corners would have taken the job into the next decade before it is finished. If I ever have to remake these in the future I may take a bit more time and do them all "properly", but sometimes you just have to put perfectionism aside in favour of a bit of realism!
I glued and screwed the frame pieces to the ply to form a 4" wide perimeter frame, with a central cross piece. As I finished each one it got a coat of Screwfix's finest yacht varnish, then hung on the store to get it out of the way so I could make the next one. I have made all six left-hand ones so far, with one final leaf to hang tomorrow once the varnish is dry.
Next step is to make the three right hand leaves and hang them, and the small eaves access door too. Then I'll fix a strip of the breathable membrane down all the outer faces and clad them with the reclaimed shiplap from the donor shed. I'll have to pull the Austin forward to do that though as it's a bit too tight with it there.
Not many pictures this time, as it's too tight between the lorry and the store to get anything worthwhile. I'll take some when I pull the lorry forward in time for the next update.
Spend, with a few more lengths of 4" x 1", screws, glue, varnish, some more hinges and door furniture is now up to £450. Still going to need another can (at least) of varnish, some more screws and three long "monkey tail" bolts for the tops of the left hand leaves. Hopefully I can squeak in under the £500 mark once it's all done.