When we bought this house there was a brick shed in the back of the garden. The roof had been extended over de width of the garden. Unfortunately one of the walls allmost collapsed under it's own weight. Because we allready rented a huge container for the rubble of the rest of the reconstruction (of the house)it was not a big deal to give it the last nudge and get rid of it. The corner was replaced by a secondhand wooden beam.
When I was ready with the reconstruction of the groundfloor of the house there was enough sand and cement left to extend the concrete floor of the shed as well. Because a website was not on my mind then, I didn't take pictures of the process. The new floor is visible though in this picture.
My first concerns where about my bike, she had to stay out of the rain as much as possible but be accessible enough for daily use. The existing roof was big enough but sometimes the rain is blown underneath it so I decided for a new lean-to.
With poles I created some kind of
frame first. The whole should not look too perfect but a little rough.
The poles are not standing in/on the concrete directly. I drilled holes in the bottom of each pole and stuck 2 pieces of iron with screw-thread in them. A nut and washer created some distance between the wood and the concrete to prevent the wood from rotting but it is almost invisible. I created the roof with
planks nailed on top of eachother.
After this I made the fore-front. There used to be a door in that spot once, but for now I will not make a new side-facade for easier access with the bike. For romantic reasons I added a
window. It is starting to look like a
log-cabin with "motor-port" :-)
In the mean-time 2 years have passed, the rubble is gone and the garden looks like a garden again.
Unfortunately the shed gets damp inside in the winter because of the open side and my tools started rusting while hanging on the wall. So a side-facade will be made after all, in "log-cabin" style.
It has to contain a door and because just a door is boring, there will be two little windows as well.
The
door-frame is ready made from the DIY store and needs only adjustement according the size of the new door. I temporarily enforced the door-frame with laths to keep it straight and square during the construction.
After that I made
a frame bolted to the walls, ceiling and floor. The result should be nice but not too perfect. After that it was just
closing up with planks.
Offcourse a standard door is out of the question so I will have to make one myself. For that I use planks of
two different widths. First I created a framework with the widest planks, this will be the front of the door. With the smaller planks I created
a second frame with the same outer measurements and glued/screwed that on top of the other. This way automatically a rabbets is created for the window and the planks at the bottom half of the door. You can see in the last picture that I didn't cut the planks for the frame at the right length the first time but let them too long on purpose. After the door is ready it is easier to create a square finish this way
I made a cross with laths again for the
4 small windows in the door.
After the glue had hardened I cut off the excess wood and sanded the sides. Hangin the door with 3 hinges was not too difficult anymore since I had done that before allready. It is just a matter of working very precisely it was more difficult to make the whole for the lock.It had to be done the
old-fashioned way with a drill and chissels. (first mark off the lock on the sides of the door and use the drill to create a series of wholes at the right depth and the chissel the rest away. This is particular risky because it is very easy to drill to deep or cut away to much and ruining
the door in the process. Luckily everything went fine the first time and after a
thorough inspection by my son the whole
construction was approved :-)
Only thing(s) left to do are : glass, electra and some paint. But that will have to wait some more :-)
