Diary of a Shed - 6 July 2004

No updates for an eternity! Since we last met (did you miss me?) I have done a little work, but only to add the missing rafter on the overhanging gable end and the fascia for the right-hand side of the shed. That was done on 28 June, and didn't really justify an update - partly because there was so little done, but mainly because it's very difficult to take pictures of that side of the shed. If you look at the full frontal pictures (ooh, er, missus!) in this section you'll see the final rafter in place.

Meanwhile the rains came down! Almost every day it has rained, so no work has been possible. On top of that my car windscreen was cracked, needing a replacement. Then my car failed the MOT on a LOT of things, and the quote is for over 500 quid so that knocked my mood for six. And lastly I was driven further to despair by having no money at all because the people who handle credit card acceptance for me (I run a little karaoke business - www.karaokebuilder.com) saw fit to 'lose' quite a lot of my money for several weeks. However, all these things are sorted now, and the sun finally came out as well, so work begins again!

So, this is where the roof starts to get covered up. One board at a time, steady as she goes, and now the whole thing is starting to feel like a real shed with real rooms. It's amazing what covering the roof does to the atmosphere inside (apart from making it darker of course!). Lifting the 8ftx4ft boards into position and attaching them to a slippery slope was always going to be tricky, but as you'll see the method I eventually used was ingenius (and not mine!). Enjoy this update and look forward to many more... if the weather holds out of course!

Slight overhang on the side also shows that the rafters there are not quite parallel. Oops! This will all be trimmed off later and no-one will never know. The lop-sided bit of board you can see (it's lop-sided because I loosened it ready to be removed) was nailed onto the opposite side so that the 8ftx4ft OSB board could be pushed up against it from below, to make sure it ended in exactly the right place. Then it was nailed at the bottom to secure it, and finally nailed up and down all the rafters to keep it totally flat.

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