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Looking great!
When are you thinking of ordering the cladding? I'd read somewhere that it's not a great idea to do it mid summer because of how much it will expand when it gets damp during winter - it said to do the cladding between summer / winter.
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Whoops, ordered it this morning! Hoping to start on it next week. Weather is cooling then so hopefully that won't be an issue... I'm planning on oiling it all up and sealing the edges before I put them up so hopefully there won't be too much expansion.
Speaking nof which, does anyone know of a cheap and cheerful spray option for this? Would be great if I could just lay all the panels out on the floor and spray at it rather then endless brush action.
Hovis
Not sure. Baby is due in 4 weeks and my goal is getting the exterior completely finished before I start doing the inside (winter is coming). I may not do the inside for a long time, all depends on how good a father I am really. I'll line the walls with 18mm MDF actually, will be a lot more useful for workshop purposes than plasterboard. Will paint them so shouldn't be all that different than if it was plastered visually. I don't know how to make the joints smooth though. Current thought is flexible caulk down the gaps and filler over the screw heads. I am undecided about the ceiling, could plaster that, or use a thinner MDF, but I worry it might sag?
Reasons for the skylight where it is that my main workbench and table saw will be directly in front of the bifold door for dust reasons. I wanted the skylight above the workbench. The other side of the building, the window side will have a desk under the window with a PC and monitor etc for my work from home days, and then behind that will be wood storage most likely so no real need for skylight. Having said all that, I wish I had put in a second (or even third), they aren't that expensive.
Next step is soffits, cladding, guttering then bifold doors and windows. Probably oak sleeper planter boxes somewhere in the middle of that as the piles of soil sitting around the garden is ridiculous and neither I nor my wife are particularly pleased about the state of it all.