Hello,
Just wanted to 'show and tell' our play house that I made.
Smallest pic is of the base going down. 4x2 treated frame resting on concrete blocks with DMP under 4x2's. Decking. 2x2 for framing. Car boot sale for acrylic windows. Feather edge boarding. Cuprinol 'shades' chosen by my better half. Strerling board roof with felt.
It now has gutters and fairy lights . We have 2 girls 8 and 6 and they play in it all the time.
Of all the DIY projects I have done, as a stand alone its been one of the biggest. It went very well as it was the first time i let the materials guide me- as in I used the sizes planks, sheets and rolls come in guide the sizes. Only took me 36 years to realise that if you keep to 1.2, 2.4, 3.6m etc, you'll waste very little.
I am bad at drawing but did not run over on anything really. I had to double up a couple of 2"x1" as I ran out of 2"x2"s, but that was it.
I think it might have too many triangles in it... most sheds get by with none, but at least if it came to it we could get a gang under it and carry it out of the garden onto a flat-bed. It seems really solid...
The roof overhangs the decking by enough to keep the rain off the lower front wall and door fixings. Glad I ran the decking side to side; when front one's perish I can easily remove and replace, rather than the grooves taking the water indoors if I ran them front to back. Sounds stupidly obvious but have made some blunders...,this is the product of my years collections of howler mistakes.
It must have cost me at least £450. but like I say the kids love it. And I fit in there- can sleep if I have too!
Edit: The biggest coop was when I finished the feather edge and wanted some vertical profile to cover the ends from the weather. I spent ages trying to find something reasonably priced. Wickes etc wanted the earth for some strips. I drove to work and back wondering what I could use... in the end the penny dropped when I saw a square downpipe on the corner of a bungalow wall.. I marked and cut a single 6' length of square downpipe into 4 equal right angle profiles. Sanded and painted with the wood paint (acrylic anyway) and it really finishes off the job.
Cheers, Tom View media item 64938 View media item 64939 View media item 64940 View media item 64941
Just wanted to 'show and tell' our play house that I made.
Smallest pic is of the base going down. 4x2 treated frame resting on concrete blocks with DMP under 4x2's. Decking. 2x2 for framing. Car boot sale for acrylic windows. Feather edge boarding. Cuprinol 'shades' chosen by my better half. Strerling board roof with felt.
It now has gutters and fairy lights . We have 2 girls 8 and 6 and they play in it all the time.
Of all the DIY projects I have done, as a stand alone its been one of the biggest. It went very well as it was the first time i let the materials guide me- as in I used the sizes planks, sheets and rolls come in guide the sizes. Only took me 36 years to realise that if you keep to 1.2, 2.4, 3.6m etc, you'll waste very little.
I am bad at drawing but did not run over on anything really. I had to double up a couple of 2"x1" as I ran out of 2"x2"s, but that was it.
I think it might have too many triangles in it... most sheds get by with none, but at least if it came to it we could get a gang under it and carry it out of the garden onto a flat-bed. It seems really solid...
The roof overhangs the decking by enough to keep the rain off the lower front wall and door fixings. Glad I ran the decking side to side; when front one's perish I can easily remove and replace, rather than the grooves taking the water indoors if I ran them front to back. Sounds stupidly obvious but have made some blunders...,this is the product of my years collections of howler mistakes.
It must have cost me at least £450. but like I say the kids love it. And I fit in there- can sleep if I have too!
Edit: The biggest coop was when I finished the feather edge and wanted some vertical profile to cover the ends from the weather. I spent ages trying to find something reasonably priced. Wickes etc wanted the earth for some strips. I drove to work and back wondering what I could use... in the end the penny dropped when I saw a square downpipe on the corner of a bungalow wall.. I marked and cut a single 6' length of square downpipe into 4 equal right angle profiles. Sanded and painted with the wood paint (acrylic anyway) and it really finishes off the job.
Cheers, Tom View media item 64938 View media item 64939 View media item 64940 View media item 64941
