The shed roof is all trimmed and nice except for a few bits I can't reach, so the next stage is to get climbing about on top of it and get it felted/shingled and finished off. Here's my problem: ain't no way I am going up there with a roof hook/ladder and nothing below it if (or more likely WHEN I fall off). Even if I didn't fall off I would be bricking it 100% of the time and I probably wouldn't do a good job.

What I need is some kind of scaffolding, but what I don't want is to rent some of the pipe stuff cos you know me by now, I do it when I feel like it and it will end up costing the earth. I have a lot of wood waiting to be used - for the ceiling joists - so I thought to myself can I build some wooden scaffolding? So long as I didn't cut too much of the wood, I could just dismantle it afterwards and re-use it - the screw/bolt holes would just add to the character!

PS Safe? Course it's safe! I'm still alive aren't I?!

The top horizontal beam will hold the platform and it's not quite level (judge the angle by comparing it to the trellis - it's a bit 3D otherwise). I did that on purpose because I wanted a slight slope towards the shed, just as a bit of mental re-assurance that if I slip in any way I will go towards the shed, not away from it. There will be guard rails along the back (parallel with the shed) so that will provide extra safety anyway. The light makes the long vertical at the left appear to end just above the horizontal beam, but if you look it goes right up and out of the picture. It's 3.6m at that point (remember the shed is about 4m from ground level to the highest point). Even though it's only connected to the shed by two angle brackets at the moment, it's very sturdy and I'm confident that the more I do the stronger it will get.

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