Took on a project the last couple of weeks which was supposed to be pretty basic, just popping some posts in the ground and some plywood on top, but after googling custom log stores I had to put in a bit more effort.
The frame was made using 3"x3" fence posts, secured to the ground using metpost spikes, hammered into the ground.
The base for the floor was taken from a broken down pallet
The front base board, floor, and siding were all 6"x1" boards. Cheapest I could find was Selco.
Didn't order quite enough on the first order, so had to take a trip in person with a hand saw to cut down a couple of extra 4.8m lengths to get enough to finish and be able to fit them in the car.
Laying out as many off cuts as possible to use up on the flloor to minimise wastage
Floor all secured:
Needed to try and match the paint to the existing shed, which had a dark green shed paint from 15 years ago that was no longer made by the company.
In fact, dark green in general was pretty much impossible to find for outdoor fence and shed paints in my research.
I ended up getting Cuprinol Ducksback Black shed paint and their normal Woodland Green less mess fence care paint.
I mixed them at a ratio of:
Black : Woodland Green : Water
1: 2 : 0.5
Mixed, with a drill mixer attachment in a bucket and poured into a Wagner W100 Paint Sprayer
The roof is an old piece of plywood from some previous work, with some new green felt tacked on to waterproof it.
With a few logs added!
Update:
Got a chainsaw and splitting axe to start properly breaking all the wood down
The frame was made using 3"x3" fence posts, secured to the ground using metpost spikes, hammered into the ground.
The base for the floor was taken from a broken down pallet
The front base board, floor, and siding were all 6"x1" boards. Cheapest I could find was Selco.
Didn't order quite enough on the first order, so had to take a trip in person with a hand saw to cut down a couple of extra 4.8m lengths to get enough to finish and be able to fit them in the car.
Laying out as many off cuts as possible to use up on the flloor to minimise wastage
Floor all secured:
Needed to try and match the paint to the existing shed, which had a dark green shed paint from 15 years ago that was no longer made by the company.
In fact, dark green in general was pretty much impossible to find for outdoor fence and shed paints in my research.
I ended up getting Cuprinol Ducksback Black shed paint and their normal Woodland Green less mess fence care paint.
I mixed them at a ratio of:
Black : Woodland Green : Water
1: 2 : 0.5
Mixed, with a drill mixer attachment in a bucket and poured into a Wagner W100 Paint Sprayer
The roof is an old piece of plywood from some previous work, with some new green felt tacked on to waterproof it.
With a few logs added!
Update:
Got a chainsaw and splitting axe to start properly breaking all the wood down
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