Garage (back bit of) Bar Build

Next I turned my attention to the other gap to the side of the bookcase which needed closing off. I looked & thought perhaps a door would make the most sense, so then if I just want to go through to the garage I can, without going the whole way around to the front.
The gap I needed to fill was approximately 33 inches.
My Son had dropped off what had originally been his Daughters wooden playhouse that was worse for wear in places so he’d raked it apart & gone to the Council top with it. The guy wouldn’t let him leave it, said sheds aren’t allowed to be left. My lad said it’s a playhouse, he said ‘yeh that’s a small shed, you can’t leave it’!! It’s a complete joke, no wonder people fly tip. It’s basically wood, who knew.
Anyway, he called me & said, I’m stuck, it’s in my truck & I ain’t got anywhere to take it. Bring it to me I say & I’ll burn it on my chimnea.
Anyway I had just been too busy to process it so it was sat in a pile on my patio.


I noticed a bit of one side & thought, that might work, pulled it out, it was 33 inches!! Winner winner & better still there were two sides the same. I fashioned them together & had this







I found an old unused roof plate strap, presumably from when my garage extension was actually built, so I cut a couple of lengths off & used them as strengthening straps




I then had this


I clad it in pallet planks, then set about hanging it


I’d had the huge strap hinges years & in fact they had just been laying off the side of the patio acting as weights to hold a board down which was basically just being used as a bird table.
They are nice & rusty, so look perfect






That was me done for the evening, the bolts through the hinges are just temporary as they were too long & not enough thread, so I just packed them for now until I get some proper bolts from work tomorrow

Looking forward to seeing this finished. I like the idea of being able to use for storage in the winter too!

It was my birthday a few weeks back & my daughter bought me these for the bar






My son got me these


So by default the bar is now named
With that in mind I found this



My son made it at school for a project when he was 12 or 13 (he’s 33 now 🤦🏼‍♂️) It was made as a box to hold dvd’s, but it’s just been sat on a shelf in the garage since he left home.
I gave the inside a paint & as the bar is now ‘Piston Broke’ I put a broken piston in there (why not?) it came out of my Yamaha RD350LC which I blew up in the Isle of Man a few yrs back






He had written his name in the back corner (presumably so it didn’t get mixed up with another kids at school) I couldn’t bring myself to paint over it so I masked it off, so it’s still visible

I have some led’s to go inside, should look cool

See last line of above 😀👍🏼

@hotwire Could this thread be moved to Garage Life so it's not lost amongst all else?

Done a bit more this afternoon & clad around the doorway, all a bit fiddly around the light switches & door closure etc, but whatever, got to be done

I had some old batons lying down the side of my shed, been there at least 15 or more yrs. Gave them a quick sanding & then some wax & used them as a small shelf













Then I set about cladding the side wall. Coming on nicely

Yeh too sure what it is, but it’s obviously good quality stuff, just based on how old it is & been out on all weathers for decades.
You know what they say, ‘buy cheap, buy twice’
Buy quality & many yrs later some scrounging guy can use it for something else!
I made the last bit up 🤣