PurleySquire
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Story to follow this evening once photos are prepped etc. Thanks for your patience.
Building a Bike Shed
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We_are_Stevo
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That's just not good enough!
Where's the before photo's as a teaser?
Where's the before photo's as a teaser?
1duck
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this one isn't mine, we built ours in croydon for my sister...i'm not going down there to take pictures, but it shows the way its done!
Then once you are done with the structure and you have put a roof on (in our case we used two doors we found in a skip then wrapped them in felt)
You take all your left over broken/wrong sized pallets, take them apart for the strips to then cover up the gaps going in the opposite direction either vertical or horiziontal to the slats that you have showing. If you are feeling posh you can scavenge windows from skips or bits of clear plastic whatever you can find!
its re-CYCLING at its best! i'll just get my coat.
1duck
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you should see the finished product that guy in the picture made! i was absolutely gob smacked...total price was 300 quid because of some fancy rubber roof material.
http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=218255
go to page 2 to see his finished shed, mine was an allotment shed for my sister to use for a couple of hours and to keep her tools safe...his is livable to the max, it's better than my house.
http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=218255
go to page 2 to see his finished shed, mine was an allotment shed for my sister to use for a couple of hours and to keep her tools safe...his is livable to the max, it's better than my house.
PurleySquire
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Chill out Guys
Wow what a response! :shock: I am writing up my my notes and editing the pictures right now, I won't have dinner till I'm finished......
As the retro collection has been growing recently, it has become a pressing need to get the bike projects out of the main garage to allow for some working space. I find it really annoying to start scratching up a your last project, whilst working on the next one.
Luckily I had this patch of paving behind my garage measuring roughly 5' x 8', it had housed a small tool store sized shed previously. This was cleared, then dismantled and moved further down the garden, putting the garden tools much closer to where they would be used.
The tool store had been from Southern Sheds, who were local at the time of purchase and make very good quality, but expensive products. I had considered putting in one of their off the shelf items, but pontificated due to the cost.
Luckily a new neighbour who had been tipped off about my reputation for recycling and general shit hoarding had about a dozen 3" x 3" fence posts and lots of chainlink fence sitting on their driveway to dispose of.
I was inspired to get creative and build something custom.
The posts were all quite new, with no rot. They did have a whole mess of chainlink fence stapled to them, so my first task was to seperate them. About 5 hours work later the job was done.
I made the two longest sides with the posts, and joined them with 2" x 3" rough sawn tanilised timber, all bolted together with exterior M10 coach bolts.
Wow what a response! :shock: I am writing up my my notes and editing the pictures right now, I won't have dinner till I'm finished......
As the retro collection has been growing recently, it has become a pressing need to get the bike projects out of the main garage to allow for some working space. I find it really annoying to start scratching up a your last project, whilst working on the next one.
Luckily I had this patch of paving behind my garage measuring roughly 5' x 8', it had housed a small tool store sized shed previously. This was cleared, then dismantled and moved further down the garden, putting the garden tools much closer to where they would be used.
The tool store had been from Southern Sheds, who were local at the time of purchase and make very good quality, but expensive products. I had considered putting in one of their off the shelf items, but pontificated due to the cost.
Luckily a new neighbour who had been tipped off about my reputation for recycling and general shit hoarding had about a dozen 3" x 3" fence posts and lots of chainlink fence sitting on their driveway to dispose of.
I was inspired to get creative and build something custom.
The posts were all quite new, with no rot. They did have a whole mess of chainlink fence stapled to them, so my first task was to seperate them. About 5 hours work later the job was done.
I made the two longest sides with the posts, and joined them with 2" x 3" rough sawn tanilised timber, all bolted together with exterior M10 coach bolts.
