Peaklander Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Yes it looks great and you will appreciate that overhang at the gable above the main door. By the way, which way is south west? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 The main door of the building faces more or less directly south-west, hence needing to endure good seals on the doors. In time I may have a car port in front which will help reduce the effect of wind-driven rain, however it would need to be spaced off the front of the building a little way so wouldn’t offer full protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 15 hours ago, Retroanaconda said: The only fixings I’ve pre-drilled are the ones where there’s a join on a batten and so I’ve only got half a batten width of cladding piece to screw through. You could put a double batten to give a more secure end fixing of cladding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 I was thinking exactly that yesterday as I was fitting it! Had I known the length of the cladding beforehand I would have done so. Will see if I can do it on the back wall as that will also need lengths with joints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Retroanaconda Posted March 13, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2020 Sun has been shining today, so I skived off work and put some more cladding on. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Very nice !!!! You've made good progress - well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 Yet more cladding. The gable ends are such a faff! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 That looks NICE !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Wow 🤩 You should be proud of that! looks fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Wow, great progress, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmayco68 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Very nice 👍. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 This is coming along so well James. Fantastic work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Turns out forestry people don't just cut them down 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaklander Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I do like an 'overhang' at the eaves. It makes a building look so much better IMHO. Lovely work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 Thanks all. I’m very pleased with how the cladding looks. Expensive, but worth it. Doing the back wall today, I started faffing with ladders etc. and then decided it would be much safer and easier to work off a platform so knocked myself up a little scaffold. Even has a safety rail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 That cladding looks so nice - that with some grey aluminium windows it’d look like a garden room, maybe with a plunge pool in there 🙂 Get George Clarke round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 Windows are bog standard UPVC and rather boring white I’m afraid Cladding all done save for one piece and typically I’ve run out of screws. Never mind, I’ll hopefully have a crack at doing some front doors tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Get as much materials as you can - you may end up in Lock Down..... Looks very nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Retroanaconda said: Windows are bog standard UPVC and rather boring white I’m afraid It’s ok 😊 I was as serious about the plunge pool as I was about aluminium windows. It’s just it looks posh 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 After fitting up the trims for the main door aperture and working out how I’m going to do my hinges I started framing up. It’s a very slow process for an amateur like myself but I got the smaller of the two doors done. The larger one will be more or less the same, but about twice as wide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Nice work James, I really like the cladding, will look even better when it has weathered in a bit. Are you going to paint the floor before you move into it? If you're going to be there a long time it might be worth looking at the cost of an epoxy floor? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 Yes the plan is to paint the floor, will help to seal and protect the concrete as well as being nicer to work on. I’ll probably try the company that @FridgeFreezer used as that seemed to work well for him. I must resist the temptation to start moving things in beforehand, as I know that if I have to empty things out to do it then it will never get done. Walls too - light grey for the floor and white on the walls, though the latter will be bog standard emulsion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Looking really tidy! How are you bracing the structure permanently? Are you fitting some ply sheets to the inner faces of the walls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 Yep - the interior walls will be sheathed (in OSB) which will provide the racking strength as well as an internal wall surface. After the insulation goes in. Got the second door framed today, I will have to clad it after hanging as there’s no way I’ll be able to lift it if I do it before. Only one brace on this one due to the width, but it’s one piece lapped into the middle ledge so nice and strong. Propped the smaller door in place for now to keep the rain out, which is how I know I’ll never lift the bigger one - ‘kin heavy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, Retroanaconda said: Got the second door framed today, I will have to clad it after hanging as there’s no way I’ll be able to lift it if I do it before. Propped the smaller door in place for now to keep the rain out, which is how I know I’ll never lift the bigger one - ‘kin heavy! Has this made you review the number, size, and style of hinges you will be using? Regards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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