Bike Shed

Haha there's still hundreds of boxes still to be unpacked inside

Meanwhile, cleared some of the garden from this...

IMG_1382 by joe todd1, on Flickr

To this...

IMG_1415 by joe todd1, on Flickr

Hopefully, this weekend I can begin on the main bike shed if the garden shed goes up.

good work

shed-spiration.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/10112493/Shed-of-the-year.html#?frame=2586637

I've met the guy with the grass roofed bike shed, very nice chap and shed.

Been pretty busy recently so the progress has slowed down considerably but it should start motoring along now.

So currently the garden is in a complete mess:

IMG_1777 by joe todd1, on Flickr

I've pruned/got rid of some trees:

IMG_1774 by joe todd1, on Flickr

But the weeds keep growing

IMG_1776 by joe todd1, on Flickr

Base of the shed - which I'm going to slightly move in the next few days.

IMG_1775 by joe todd1, on Flickr

In the next few days I'll go down to Travis Perkins and get the sand and concrete to make the base.

Also - I've been given permission to do the work on the shed by the council!

Ah, the relative sanity of a good shed thread :-)

I've been given permission to do the work on the shed by the council!

Great news!

it's back!

Ah, it IS nice in here. I've come to be nosey.

^^^ I had no idea you need permission to construct sheds!

I want a shed! This one will do nicely:

Ah, it IS nice in here. I've come to be nosey.

You never visited my shed :-(

euph?

Sand...

Laying the concrete slabs

Now ready for the garden shed to go on top - took quite a while to get level..

Once the garden shed is up - I can remove everything from the inside of the bike shed and begin to real work.

Hope you had a bit of shade to work in today!

I think you've earned yourself a beer or two now :-)

Haha yeah I enjoyed a couple of beers watching the last couple of hours of the Tour today.

Wot no DPM?

Nah not on this concrete - the shed website seems to think it'll be alright. But I'll definitely be damp proofing the brick shed.

thoroughly enjoyable thread.

i am the proud owner of two sheds which on reflection of the shed love on here should really be pimped a bit.

Any more progress?

Yes, the garden shed will be coming in a week and I've got the wood for the raised beds which I'll make when the rain stops (hopefully tomorrow).

is the shed dead?

Wooden shed base would have been easier to get level if you'd built a wooden frame around the footprint and levelled off the sand so it's flush with the top. It keeps the sand in one place and you can use a long piece of wood/metal to 'screed' it level. You then lay the slabs flush with the frame edge.

It helps if you've built the frame to the same dimensions as the slabs though ...

Not much use to you now of course, but for anyone else putting in a shed, this is a good way to do it.

A year on...

Not nearly as much progress as I had hoped however the garden is shaping up nicely, just a bit more weeding and planting now.

^The vegetable patch - so far growing potatoes, spring onions, rocket, tomatos and brussels sprouts

Meanwhile in the bike shed...

-Roof still needs mending
-Too much bike stuff, see classifieds in about a month.
-Still need to get rid of some of the gardening stuff.

Any progress is a good thing :-)

The garden's looking much better already.

Broke my collar bone on Friday night falling off my bike - progress is going to get slowed down once again.

dibs viv!;)

Ouch. Did I see you that day turning out of the High St wearing a white cap?

Unfortunately I will be selling the Vivalo in the picture.

And Hefty that was me - you were just turning right?

Luckily I can still cycle - just not very fast