Cracking On

Today was a pretty decent day for November. Hardly a cloud in the sky, con-trails clear and bright in the upper atmosphere, very little wind and gloriously sunny. 

Eco had bagged up two one-tonne Jewson bags of sand from round the side of the Manor which needed moving, and I removed the plastic tanks from a pair of IBC's so we could get rid of the large pile of composting hay and rush sat in the Goat Field. A couple of tin sheets to stand pallets on, and two IBC cages of hay and two tonnes of sand duly re-positioned round the back of the Chicken House.

On the way out to work this morning, I called in at Jewsons and bought a (very expensive!) roll of breathable membrane to fettle the front of my timber frame. £54 for a 50m roll....I used 2.3m! Ah well, I'm sure it'll come in handy later in the fit-out.

Membrane stapled to the frame and tucked around the door frame. I also fitted and did the initial sealing around the door frame, so the construction work on the front wall is now finished and structurally strong.

Although strictly an interior door lining, by the time the shed has been clad, all the joints have been frame-sealed and the whole shooting match given a few coats of exterior woodstain, there shouldn't be any real problems with weatherproofing. It's just a shed, when all is said and done, but much better engineered than a conventional larch-lap garden jobby!

The view from the window. I need to clean it...it's been sat in the garage for six months and a little mucky! With the membrane in place, you now get an idea of what the end wall looks like from inside. The window does make a difference. Lovely view over the brash piles and the Goat Shed. Some tidying up and landscaping work before we erect the polytunnel and turn the Goat Shed into a garage for Squeaky Joe and his implements. We need to do something about a trackway in front of the boxes too. The tractor has churned up a fair bit of mud and it's well gloopy after the rain over the last few weeks.

I'm pretty sure the destructions for the membrane said 'writing side out'...! Retrotecchie's Tool Of The Month for September really came into it's own. The Parkside pneumatic stapler from Lidl - brilliant. I really like that tool.