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Rebuilding A Grotty Chicken Shed
awemawson:
Today the cladding arrived, and I managed to get the front (window side) and rear clad. The rear needed a bit of size adjustment as it was not square.
Then the new floor went down
awemawson:
So after an exhausting day the shed is finished except for refitting the glass in the windows - thank goodness :thumbup:
I started by fitting a panel of oiled hardboard to the small panel next to the door - the objective being to stiffen up this end of the shed. The majority of this end is door so the whole structure tends to rack. But this panel is only 12" wide - just putting the shiplap on it wouldn't be stiff enough. So hardboard followed by shiplap on top. Seems to have worked :ddb:
Then I needed to make the door. Frankly I've been putting this off - it's bigger than my woodworking bench so difficult to keep it flat. But it occurred to me - put the old door on the bench and use it as a template - simples :ddb:
Having hung the door the sky started to darken, need to get it all creosoted before the rain starts and the new wood get wet. I cut some 3/4" corner trims, gave the end grain of the ship lap a good dose of Creosote, then fitted the trims and sprayed the outside of the shed. It then started raining - never mind I'm now inside spraying that !
I now just need to remount the various electrical fittings and put the glass back in the windows and I can then get on resurrecting the Portakabin :thumbup:
awemawson:
So this morning, early doors, I glazed the windows, re-fitted the external dusk to dawn sensor, sorted out the internal fluorescent light, it's switch and a twin 13A outlet, and handed the shed back to the customer - ( SWMBO ) - finished at last :thumbup:
. . . . and I never want to see another chicken shed in my lifetime :bugeye:
Will_D:
Are you sure the eggs won't taste of creosote?
awemawson:
Probably :clap:
It'll have a fair few weeks of drying time, as the chicken run is still to be ground raked (JCB 803) re-seeded and fenced - they reckon it's safe for stock after 48 hours but you are right - the reek persists longer than that. But commercial sheds are creosoted regularly. :med:
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