I've made a bit of progress here, so time to share with you all.
Following the watershed moment with the floor levels, i got on with fixing the floor to itself and to the building.
First things first, the established ritual of getting kit out to start. I'm always flabbergasted at how long this takes, both setting up and clearing down. Not to mention the endless ritual of misplaced tools!
I had a floor level to work to now, so it was a case of fitting dwangs and getting the levels right. I had to scrap two joists at the left side because the cuts were too far off and would have required too much packing to make right, so i started at the left side with an edge piece. In a remarkable piece of foresight i figured I’d have the secure the dwangs before fitting it
I had loads of screws to use, so set about cutting the dwangs to length and fixing with screws. It took a bit of time to get the widths correct, but a couple of clamps and my ever trusty laser measurer and progress was good:
After a few hours i had the floor braced and i felt pretty good about it - it was rock solid and levels were good. I used most of the remainder of the screws to secure the joists to the sole plate and it’s absolutely rock solid, which is great. The best bit is i was able to "test" the levels using 2x11mm OSB offcuts to check FFL (Thanks Mike
) and they are bang on - just below the door threshold.
I've just priced 22mm T+G ply vs chipboard the price difference is quite staggering - 3x the price for ply. However, I've plumped for ply because I’m only wanting to do this once!
Anyway, back to the build. With a head of steam up now and my OSB at risk from the elements whilst stored outside, i decided to move it for the last time into its final resting place. it was relatively straightforward - a case of cutting to height then cutting to width. Progress was again pretty swift:
My supplier could only supply 1200mm OSB, but I’d spaced joists for 1220mm. This wasn't a huge issue, i used their OSB for the bulk of the stuff that’s not full width and bought 3x 1220mm sheets from Wickes. The sheets are noticeably different colour in the pic. In a piece of good fortune, the non-plumb walls weren't as bad as i feared. However, in another bizarre case of misreading my work, i thought only two of my OSB sheets were 1220mm (i.e. full width). It turns out 4 of them were
So, this necessitated a bit of accurate cutting and patching. The gap:
the cut:
the result:
sadly, my trusty little workbench has taken a bit of a beating, bearing the brunt of a circular saw more than once:
So, with the inside clad on three sides things were looking a lot more shed-like:
and i turned my attention to getting the outside weather proof. First order of business was ditching the hideous blue tarpaulins:
An earlier eBay purchase:
cladding the right side, quite a slow effort, but quite satisfying to get it level and taut:
I don’t have pics of the rear because of access, but suffice to say it’s no more interesting than this - now with the battens attached:
idiot - my earlier post refers:
Anyway, I’ll fix that in due course, but this weekend’s task was to finish the wrapping and inside cladding. A pic of the wrapping basically done (I’ve since cut out the window)
And a pic of the cladding at the front. Forgive the overexposure, it’s to show the joints around the window area:
overall quite pleasing as the cladding fits pretty well and looks ok and the building is now watertight and a damn site better looking minus tarpaulins!
Next steps are to order and fit the flooring, get the remaining battens installed on the front and start thinking about doors!
Cheers