SHED 2.0 (part 1)

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity ever since the covid lockdown lifted my gaming crew have convened almost exclusively at Otty's in his shed. A veritable treasure trove of his hobby and a welcome escape for the daily trials and tribulations. We've had an absolute blast in his man-cave but he felt we'd out grown it and he wanted an upgrade. The old shed would become his workshop and SHED 2.0 would become our 'Games Workshop' [seriously, what do I get that play on words]. Originally he looked at buying a shed but Otty is proper handy thanks to a previous job of fence and shed building so he's got real 'man skills'. A fair bit of clearance work heralded the beginning of the build, although he'd also downgraded SHED 1.0, removing the apex roof and loft space to provide additional materials to be re-used here.

With the floor beams in place it was time to start on the walls.

I think Otty and Ben had spent significant time building wall sections - prefabricating them ready to put round the outside.

With additional timber for the roof and some bits of insulation which would be added to in due course.

Each new visit would reward us with progress, only made less exciting by the pang of guilt I was getting by not having had chance to contribute to the shed raising.

Lifting these big beams were apparently something of a challenge, I think Otty was supported by his family in helping.

And managed to get all the main beams on. And start building up the apex roofline. I think this was the day we went down to Warhammer World for the MESBG tournament. 

We spent a lot of time discussing what needed to be done and I still hadn't been able to take time off to help out. When the apex is finished it needs boards and the rubber roof cover. But that would need dry weather and this was at the height of our wet summer, as you can see by  all the wet timber.

Well this was a surprise! The next time I visited it was all roofed over. Scott is admiring Otty's handiwork. The weather turned for the better and he got it roofed and rubbered. I still hadn't been able to help so was desperate to get some time in.

With Ben helping lay the flooring down there were OSB boards for the walls, which would have cupboards in front of, and MDF for the walls we will see. Insulation panels were incoming so we could start on the walls internally.

Thankfully I had a couple of weeks holiday booked and going nowhere I was finally able to help out in part 2.