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Good tip - cheers. The bog isn't leaking for now, so will leave it. But I'll need to move it again when we do the sanding and finishing so will deffo pick some of this up. Can't face the heartbreak of water damage after the epic of laying the fucker!

Long evening and I didn't remotely do what I wanted as I started late due to work. But I now have new bearers under most of the shed - something seemed to be sticking on the last one, possibly to do with the wiring into it. Big thanks to @stevo_com for all the wood without which I'd never have lifted it (forgot to get a photo of the main setup, but you get the idea). Although I don't think Archimedes considered doing it in the dark with crap, debris and a slightly sticky surface.

Most importantly the gutter is up. Well I say up, the horizontal section is 90% done, and the vertical section is... well I'll let the photo speak for itself.

It was getting too late to do any more drilling so I figured it was best to get something in place before the rain tomorrow.

I managed to cut down the t&g cladding, but couldn't fit it. Probably for the best as it will allow me to get more weatherproofing on it.

Edit: looked underneath with a torch this morning and saw that there's a screw through the floor which was what was stopping the last bearer.

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As far as I can tell it's an expansion issue, rather than anything slipping/the door hinges dropping, and it's only a case of millimetres. Is there anything a diy-er could do to fix this?

It is a case of adjusting the hinges to give a bit of clearance.

My starting point is using a soft pencil and marking the four corners of the door, where it closes against the frame. Then adjust the hinges to get even overlap left/right and also allow a gap for expansion. Then vertical adjust top/bottom of hinge side. Level across the top is then set by heel and toeing glass.

If it's not obvious what needs turning, get a picture of the hinge (face and consealled edge) and I'll point out what to a adjust.

Edit: now that I've posted the pictures, is it as simple as just loosening the screws in pic three and sliding the plate back slightly?

No, they adjust how tightly the door latches closed, by moving the keep closer to the seal or away from it.

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Please give that locking mechanism a brush off and spray with some 3in1 oil.

Had they run out of angled pieces to take that gutter downpipe away to the fence side?

No that's actually 2 angled pieces. But it was too late to drill holes to properly mount it. I was being a bit of a barstard neighbour drilling the last horizontal ones at 9.30pm.

So I thought keeping it full length and wedged away would be the best inte0rim move given that rain was potentially forecast and I've spent all week running fans and trying to treat the rot I wanted to reduce water contact.

That said I think I may get more angles to get the exact route I want.

The other considerations are that we want to put raised beds next year there and a water butt.

Fireplace update.

Trying to decide if I should brick it up or plaster it into a recess.

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Recess

+1
(more Instagram points innit)

Definitely recess. Makes a big difference to perceived space in room.

that's crying out to be a shrine

How much shit was in it in the end?

I'd probably brick it up, that way you can put all the rubble from the walls in there to save going to the skip.

My desk is now only awaiting stain/wax or other finish. It went pretty much to plan although I found a great baseboard after I’d glued the floor boards. This meant a little more sanding to create a completely flat surface. I ordered 5 metres of flooring but could have done with a little more so I added a piece of timber at either end that I had lying around. I also found a couple of old hook and loop straps that I cut to make some cable tidies along the rear edge.
Overall really pleased as this is the first piece of woodwork I’ve done in years and there were no complete disasters. Here are some photos of the build as it progressed...

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Get a fancy old tiled fireplace from Ebay and shove it in. We did that and I love how it looks.

It's 100% useless form over function but I wouldn't do anything differently.

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About 5 rubble bags

Good idea but there are 4 of them so might be too expensive

Ok, maybe don't do that four times.

We've got one cast iron fireplace you can have for free if you can collect it though.

I have this one you could have for a forum donation.

Original tiles in the left. The left used to look like the right (the previous owner of the house I took it out of tiled over the originals, I removed the new tiles out of curiosity, originals are a hideous pink crackle glaze). No reason why you couldn't get some nice patterned ones and do the same.

Edit. There is also a nice first growth pine timber surround to go with it, you can see it poking out from behind at the back of the photo.

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Uncovered this lovely early work by Bodgit and Scarpa under the floor today. Added a load of safe plates, and added timber to bridge over the notches in the joists. Got things feeling a lot more solid and inched forward laying the floor. I’d originally hoped to be done laying by today, and now I think I’ll be lucky to be done by Sunday!

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wow, top work!
yours, that is

Cheers, I can’t help escape the feeling that a professional would be done in a fraction of the time - but that’s what you pay for I guess.

On a semi related note, a mate who lives near by said he had real trouble finding a company that was even willing to replace a floor - they all just wanted to lay it on top of the existing one, and I can definitely see why!

Nice work man! Love the nicked tdf signage too.

Stripping our bedroom wallpaper in preparation for a skim coat. Someone in the past must have loved to smoke in bed because some of the layers of paper are so stained and the steam reactivates the smell (like a 2000`s pub).
Forgot how much I hated stripping paper. The stuff on the ceiling is properly stuck on too. At least it's not woodchip.
Sending doors off to be stripped too and removing the lovely polystyrene coving and very badly built wardrobes.

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A forum for current projects that aren't bikes https://www.lfgss.com/microcosms/1505/

Thanks for the links, I wouldn't have seen these otherwise.