3rd January 2014 - Various Hobbies - Workshop Update

Published on 23 September 2022 at 10:31

Got a call from Got a call from Strawbs asking if I want some company - no brainer that one

So I nip over to Deepings to pick him up and we stop of at Andrews Timber Merchants to pick up some more Screws, angle joints and a few other small things and we are soon down the workshop. 

As the weathers dry we decide to go and replace the front of the workshop
So off comes this door

 

Will it or wont this one open!
Its not been used since 2006

Gary Strawbridge - Strawb, the door. Not really a challenge, but I won't spoil it........

Its a tight squeeze with the sides I build yesterday, but we can squeeze thru just

that's the front panel all marked out, the baton is to help me cut in a straight line with the circular saw
As can be seen by the white paint was inner workshop lining only a few days ago

and we soon have it screwed into place

Strawbs taking a well earned breather.

With a bit o persuasion Strawbs convinces the door that it wants to open
and is soon removed

we mark up another piece that was a few days ago the inner workshop lining

( Have run out of funds again, so reusing internal boards and will replace them with new ones when I can).
Must keep this project ticking over !

and its ready to be trimmed

and the panel is soon screwed in place.
But its bloody cold and extremely drafty

Norton Commando - It's only 30 degrees f here for a high today. It's going down to 15 tonight. Burrrrr.....h

We will be re using some of this door shortly, but the wind keeps blowing it over

Norton Commando - We have 30 mph winds with gust of 40.

 

 

Stephen Osborn - its double that here at the moment or so the weathermen say

 

There's a hole there somewhere!

and we soon have the water pump wire fed thru into the workshop.

I fit another plug for now

Starting to look good and its still dry

we use the old door to stop the worst of the drafts

Norton Commando - Anything to slow down the cold draft.

 

Stephen Osborn - definitely

 
 

 

Stephen Osborn - hopefully tomorrow will start to line and insulate the new front

 

as we build a new door frame

and the workshop starts to warm up a bit

Just trimming the old carpet outside so door opens n shuts easily

Just needs to be boarded

Norton Commando - That looks really good. Spot on

Stephen Osborn - Cheers

We drag the old door with the better front into the workshop

and trim off the excess

and it is soon cut to fit

and we soon have it screwed in place and I give it a coat of blue paint, just as i finish it starts to rain
If dry tomorrow I will give it a few more coats of paint

Norton Commando - The paint job look good. It should help preserve the wood well from the weather for along time.

 

 

Stephen Osborn - i have some fence slating that will be going over the top sometime this year, once workshop is done, will mark out the corners and bring the slating in trim and clean it and give 3-4 coats of blue before fitting to the front of the workshop.

 
 

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