Hovis builds a garden office*

Ha! Would LOOK rad this way, but I guess the cladding will give it a nice, elegant finish.

Can't quite make out from the photo, who makes that cladding?

Torn ligament apparently but doc said keep it moving and it will heal on its own

Get yourself a physio referral. It might heal on its own, but the rehab will be faster!

As a colour ref, I made these from western red cedar finished in Osmo UV. Quite red (good), but a bit more glossy than I’d like. I think because you don’t bother wiping off the excess - like when finishing furniture - it builds up a more satin / gloss layer. Rain beads right off though.

If I did it again, I’d obvs go for LOOK cladding. Got the cedar form Southgate Timber if you do go down the non-branded route though.

Yes, I now need to paint the wall.

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I'm planning on building some venetian fencing including a gate and was looking at red cedar. How have you finished the screw tops? filler?

Plugs cut on a pillar drill with this. The cedar was too soft to cut plugs from so I used a bit of Douglas fir. I'd be inclined to go with larch for a gate, the cedar is very soft.

Cheers.
The larch is cheaper too and has a nice mix of tones, which I quite like.

That looks fanstastic, I might be building some planters for our back garden too soon.

How durable is larch out of interest?

Also do you know much about cladding? Can I do hidden fixings with regular T&G or do I need the special hidden fix variety?

I love it when you chip in to my projects, always save me some hassle or a fortune. Southgate timber do their boards considerably cheaper than my local supplier. Thanks!

@fox has larch in his garden, he'll be able to vouch for durability.

Never clad anything, off the top of my head I'd lean towards feather edge though, reckon T&G might look a bit off-the-shelf shed. I guess the nature of feather edge hides the fixings. Probs look into spraying a finish too, I'd guess feather edge is a sawn finish so brushing Osmo on might be a PiTA.

Looks amazing btw! I'd love a big shed like that, you're doing a proper job on it.

Hi, this plug cutting idea is great. Thanks for sharing that. I like making small gifts from wood so this would be ideal for me to get a better finish. Also, it made me think, my mate has a fab shop and he makes a lot of steel racking for shops. I wonder if there is a machine that allows metal to be cut and used as a plug? Or maybe if the screws were drilled deeper, they could be filled with a silver resin to cover the screws?

You'll want this to trim the plugs. Such a nice tool.

Ta. I think I'll Larch the sides and just use cedar for the front. £700 saving just in that.

In other news. Rubber roof has arrived. It's so heavy I can't pick it up. I attempted to get it into a wheelbarrow but it tipped over after a metre. Whoops. Fuck knows how I'm going to get it up high.

Crane!

You could do it with one arm probably

Fuck knows how I'm going to get it up high.

Using an overly elaborate system of pullies and levers

But only the one. The other is borked

You reminded me of this gem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=bRTIwWUg4fc

what happened?

Fuck knows how I'm going to get it up, high.

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Hahahaha

Bicep tendon rupture. I'm in the mends but long way off being strong.

Would rep