That process took what seemed like forever so I hope it’s worth it! The next step was to run the planks through a table saw to make them all the same width. There were a few that were close to 150mm so I did those separately. The remainder were between 128 and 135mm so I ripped them all down to 128mm for consistency.

That’s where I’m up to at the time of typing this article and I’m encouraged by how the timber turned out. The next job is to screw up some timber studs to the steel shed frame so I can start nailing on the planks ad I’m keen to get into that on the weekend!

As usual, there will be a video coming out documenting the process, so check back on our YouTube channel to see the result. 

Your sincerely

Nick

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I heard about sheets for caravans that were pre-finished that I thought might be suitable but they were crazy expensive and I still would need to buy insulation. So we’ve come up with a mix of solid styrene insulation boards for the ceiling which will fit between the roof battens then we’ll cover the battens by screwing some 116mm mouldings to them. The whole lot will the be painted with ceiling white. I’m sure that’s not the best way to do it but for the ceiling we have to work with it seems like a reasonable solution for a shed ceiling.

For the walls, I’ve found a polymer insulation batt that will fit between the studs and we’ll line over them with some 9mm ply on the back wall and 7mm ply for the remaining walls, except for the North wall which I’ll line with the original pine boards that we took out from inside the house during the first round of renovations. I’ll build a stud wall to partition off the single garage from the double with a pine stud wall frame and 7mm ply linings with no insulation. 

We’ve had no luck locking down an electrician so all that will have to be done later using conduits over the walls and ceiling which is ok by me. I’m thinking of painting them a metallic grey to make them a feature rather than trying to hide them with wall paint as would usually be done. Speaking of paint, I’m thinking of painting the back wall black to blend in the black shelving I have planned in front of it while the other walls will just be painted white.

Let me know what you think! The video of the whole process will be on YouTube eventually, and I’m working on something special that will be part of another video

While the concrete was being done I took the time to take out an old chain-link fence that ran the length of our block and served no purpose. I was glad that the baby monitor has the range to reach the backyard so I can get things done out there.

After the driveway was laid and allowed to cure for a couple of weeks, we tried to get in someone with a machine to level the yad and spread out some topsoil for us. Unfortunately, nobody was available so I thought I’d have a crack at doing it myself, hiring a mini excavator. I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed playing with the machine!

Next step is to lay some turf and find a company to build a front fence for us so we don’t have to worry about the little man running around in the yard.

Stay tuned to our YouTube channel for the video documenting the process, coming soon!