Well this is it...the moment I thought at times wouldn't arrive, but I 'finished' (snagging to be done) the summerhouse yesterday with the fitting of the doors. Just in time really as the furniture arrived today!.
So, continuing from my last update, I did as much as possible to the doors before assembly as possible - so the hinge recesses were cut (in both the doors and door linings), the rebate fitted latch and home were cut, as were the complex rebates for the top and thebottom shoot bolts.
Eventually all was ready for the dry fit (the bottom of the door is to the front of the image - I realised at this point I needed to continue the bottom rebate and that meant the lower shoot bolt housing had to 'move up' - all done after glue up. I also reinforced the glued joints with 12mm stopped dowel pegs
When I went to fit the door frame to the CLS door frame already in the summerhouse I realised I'd used some banana shaped CLS wood, so had to remove the frame (unscrewed the two verticals and the top and bottom) and replace with some of B&Q's finest.... I checked at least 20 lengths to find the two straight, quartersawn I needed. Once that frame was but back in place and checked for vertical I clamped the two door frame verticals and used the diagonal string check for alignment with each other then fitted- the strings touch without distorting either string run....The doors were then hung, using the predrilled holes in the precut housings.
After that it was a case of fitting some trim either side of the doors and drilling the holes for the shoot bolts
Job done!
Snagging...
-some paint toouch ups
-extending the rebate seal to go the full length of the door - at the moment it stops at the shoot bolt as I fitted that centrally, but with the doors closed you 'see' that the white seal stops too soon. You can just see that in the first finished image with doors closed.
-fix the soffit board - its only tacked at the moment.
- fit the screwfix eaves mesh
- check the roof in early Sept to restick any lifted ridge tiles.
So what did it cost (approx)....just under £1400 in materials (excluding 'essential' tools!)
-Timber (excluding mistakes and design changes) approx £800 from local timber yards with a bit from B&Q. to be fair, the B&Q CLS was far better than the the builders merchant and cheaper.
-Glass (6 panels, 3sq m 4mm toughened) £103
-Roof shingles and associated adhesive tubes £110
-Quick jack foundations £160 (8*£20)
-Paint - 5 x 2.5l Cuprinol shades £80
-screws, contribution towards nail gun nails etc £40
Time to complete, the base was laid in late April, but construction of the floor etc started mid May. I've not taken any time off work until this week (1 day) so it was done at weekends and evenings as weather and family life permitted. the longest single task was actually fitting the roof shingles.
I hope I've inspired someone to have a go :-)
Dave