gidon
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Ok it's not exactly fine furniture but with mounting pressure from my wife I finally set to work on making a Playhouse for the children.
Having never built anything like this I found a design in a book we both quite liked and I've used this as a basis for the design and to give me some tips on how a structure like this is built. It's good practice - I am planning to build a new woodworking shed shortly
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Here's the story so far:
£100 worth of wood - would have cost even more if I'd bought shiplap or feather edged stuff. As it was just bought B&Q value cladding which I'm hoping will be ok as long as I point the tonge upwards.
Floor built - tongue and groove floorboards screwed to some joists:
Very handy tool I dug out for screwing together the wall frames:
Walls built:
Gable ends (?). Knew my GCSE trigonmetry would be useful! Must remember next time though to take account of the wood thickness doh! Still got there in the end:
Everything ready to go in its final position:
Walls installed:
I've started on the roof and am probably going to use felt unless anyone has any other ideas. It's pretty wet here on the edge of Dartmoor!
It's all held together with screws. I'll still have to nail on cladding, fit the window, make and fit a stable door - like the book's tip of using a piano hinge to avoid trapping little fingers. And then add some decorative trim and paint.
I was planning to give a sealing coat of some stuff I've used for some new facia boards - Cuprinol Wood Preserver. And then some painting to finish. What do you reckon? Guess it's safe to use for children - can't find any info on that? I hate finishing so want the quickest method that will give decent protection from the elements and look nice. Did consider the shed spray you can buy - but want it to look like a wendy house.
Any comments, advice, criticisms welcome.
Cheers
Gidon
Having never built anything like this I found a design in a book we both quite liked and I've used this as a basis for the design and to give me some tips on how a structure like this is built. It's good practice - I am planning to build a new woodworking shed shortly
.Here's the story so far:
£100 worth of wood - would have cost even more if I'd bought shiplap or feather edged stuff. As it was just bought B&Q value cladding which I'm hoping will be ok as long as I point the tonge upwards.
Floor built - tongue and groove floorboards screwed to some joists:
Very handy tool I dug out for screwing together the wall frames:
Walls built:
Gable ends (?). Knew my GCSE trigonmetry would be useful! Must remember next time though to take account of the wood thickness doh! Still got there in the end:
Everything ready to go in its final position:
Walls installed:
I've started on the roof and am probably going to use felt unless anyone has any other ideas. It's pretty wet here on the edge of Dartmoor!
It's all held together with screws. I'll still have to nail on cladding, fit the window, make and fit a stable door - like the book's tip of using a piano hinge to avoid trapping little fingers. And then add some decorative trim and paint.
I was planning to give a sealing coat of some stuff I've used for some new facia boards - Cuprinol Wood Preserver. And then some painting to finish. What do you reckon? Guess it's safe to use for children - can't find any info on that? I hate finishing so want the quickest method that will give decent protection from the elements and look nice. Did consider the shed spray you can buy - but want it to look like a wendy house.
Any comments, advice, criticisms welcome
.Cheers
Gidon
