Saturday 8 August 2015

40kaddict Towers - second side done

I managed to reach some kind of resolution about the progress on the shed, I think the sooner I move out of the back room the better a situation that has been accelerated by a 'scratching' noise we've heard in the walls/roof. I'm of the opinion it might be a mouse but we need to discover how it might have got into the cavities and if it's finding a way to breach the walls. Obviously all my hobby stuff is preventing us see whether any ingress has occured...

So, moving on I managed to put up the left wall's insulation, and I did add in the little stud support in the centre panel. However I didn't trim down the 60cm wide earthwool so it was much more bulky than the other side.


Which I would live to regret as I struggled to fit the board on. I persevered though and a number of the dry wall screws just popped straight through the plasterboard as too much wool prevented them from securing flat to the wooden beams.


I just couldn't get the bottom left corner to slot into place so stupidly tried to shove it with a 2x1 only to rip through the bottome corner. So I unscrewed the board, reset it so both edges would slot into places and rescrewd it into place. I'm hoping I can try and make that bototm edge more solid iwth some PVA or I may have to reconsider adding a skirting board afterall.


The following night I was able to get the top section in place. I'd added a lot more staples to the earthwool so there was less pressure to combat. Measuring was pretty much perfect with the only cock up being I fogot I had to trim 6 or 7cm off the top edge and did all my measurements and marking only to have to cut them off and redo them! But the board went up perfect after this


I even added a few extra 2x1s to the back wall. I keep convincing myself this will be easy to do as I only need to trim one edge of the board. The back wall is 3m long and each board is 1.8m so I just need to trim 30cm [give or take depending on with peice of wood I attach it to] and the bottom two panels will go straight on, but then I forget I also need to put in the markings for the screws which will be about 15-20 minutes and then I'll need to measure, cut the insulation and then tack it in place that'll be another half hour no doubt, particularly as there is a diagonal strut through the two end pieces and also the middle space is pretty wide so I'll have to crack open a new roll of earthwool. So 'straightforward' it maybe but I'm not so sure it'll be quick.

Then I've got to add the two panels on top, which will require a little trimming to accommodate the sloping roof and then a couple of wedges on top to handle the Apex, which worries me a little as again I'm not sure about the width of wood I'm going to fix to...

3 comments:

  1. Looking great so far. You have any plans for covering the board, wallpaper or paint? I find a good heavy duty lining paper is great for covering any imperfections and the a can of cheep emulsion should help seal it from and dampness or spills.
    As for scratchin in the bedroom what's in the floor above? If it's loft space you could have a birds nest up there. Otherwise if you have a cat then aj escapeD mouse could be the answer.

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    1. No plans for covering it up. I'm a big fan of lining paper usually but this and plaster just seems like too much effort. I'll be sealing any gaps and then just walloping it with whatever left over paints we have in the garage. I think that will be sufficient, it may seem like a one corner cut too many but I think it'll be OK and it'll get me in sooner rather than later. I know I cocked up in that corner a bit and linign paper would hide it but the cost/effort/benefit ratio doesnt justify it in my book, although I'm still debating adding a skirting board but even that seems unnecessary

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  2. Looking great so far. You have any plans for covering the board, wallpaper or paint? I find a good heavy duty lining paper is great for covering any imperfections and the a can of cheep emulsion should help seal it from and dampness or spills.
    As for scratchin in the bedroom what's in the floor above? If it's loft space you could have a birds nest up there. Otherwise if you have a cat then aj escapeD mouse could be the answer.

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