That-Crazy-Rat-Lady
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Jobs for the weekend.
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That-Crazy-Rat-Lady
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It wouldn't let me add an after photo!!!
Bob
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Outside of the shed is looking good (excuse the kids swing in front, random junk, big pile of last years pony poo and lack of fence yet!)
One day it will look like a proper set up.
Got hubby tackling the interior now while I nip out for some essentials and Chuck a bunch of flowers outside his mums house.
One day it will look like a proper set up.
Got hubby tackling the interior now while I nip out for some essentials and Chuck a bunch of flowers outside his mums house.
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peggy
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I have some flat packed wardrobes from next which need building, I’m hoping to finish decorating the room at the weekend then I’m going to muster the motivation to open the boxes. I’m already thinking this might be a job I need to pay someone to do!
Don’t forget.... a real man would never need to read the instructions first.
PeterD
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I fail at this. I pore over ikea instructions. I check and recheck and still find I have to redo an element. These are 4 of the same wardrobe so I hope to get it right by the 4th.
littleme
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Keep the 4th one for your room, Mrs PeterD will never notice how shoddy the others are if hers is perfect!
Trumpet
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What's instructions?
Gramaisc
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A friend of mine once bought some rather nice wardrobes from Ikea - they were very cheap, on the understanding that they had been returned because the instructions were wrong - he decided that I would be able to build them for him (thanks...).
There was one small error, early on, but it buggered up the whole thing. Once you had established what that should have been, the other three were a doddle.
There was one small error, early on, but it buggered up the whole thing. Once you had established what that should have been, the other three were a doddle.
Gramaisc
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Yesterday, I bit the bullet and demolished the old wooden benches in one of the greenhouses. Being just too wide to come out through the door, they were knocked apart inside - without breaking any glass!
Today, I set about installing the new aluminium angle framework that will replace them. This will be attached to the greenhouse framing, adding to the weight of the whole structure, rather than standing isolated on the floor, as the old benches did.
The new framework will consist of nine pieces of cut, folded and drilled aluminium angle. I've mulled the structure and the assembly process over repeatedly, and felt that I'd come to a satisfactory final arrangement.
The nine pieces are -
1 x cross beam.
2 x long beams.
6 x bracing pieces.
I have a small amount of leeway in the amount of aluminium angle that I have in stock, so each piece needs to be right first time, as they say in factories.
The odd single cross beam needed to to fitted first, to establish measurements for other parts, but it is the simplest part to cut, form and drill.
It was the wrong size!
Luckily, I had cut it too long - and it was long enough to redeem the situation by cutting it the right length. I think a neat scratch occurred when it fell as I was marking it and I followed that, rather than the mark that I had actually intended.
After that, one long beam and a bracing piece went in OK - and I can use them to copy for the remaining parts. The bracing pieces are quite complicated and it was that that I was expecting to have a failure with...
I need to take my time and get it right, but I hope it will all be worth it - it should make the space much more usable and it will also further stiffen the structure, promoting longer glass life.
One day, I will also do the other greenhouse, if this is enough of a success, but that's not such an easy proposition.
Today, I set about installing the new aluminium angle framework that will replace them. This will be attached to the greenhouse framing, adding to the weight of the whole structure, rather than standing isolated on the floor, as the old benches did.
The new framework will consist of nine pieces of cut, folded and drilled aluminium angle. I've mulled the structure and the assembly process over repeatedly, and felt that I'd come to a satisfactory final arrangement.
The nine pieces are -
1 x cross beam.
2 x long beams.
6 x bracing pieces.
I have a small amount of leeway in the amount of aluminium angle that I have in stock, so each piece needs to be right first time, as they say in factories.
The odd single cross beam needed to to fitted first, to establish measurements for other parts, but it is the simplest part to cut, form and drill.
It was the wrong size!
Luckily, I had cut it too long - and it was long enough to redeem the situation by cutting it the right length. I think a neat scratch occurred when it fell as I was marking it and I followed that, rather than the mark that I had actually intended.
After that, one long beam and a bracing piece went in OK - and I can use them to copy for the remaining parts. The bracing pieces are quite complicated and it was that that I was expecting to have a failure with...
I need to take my time and get it right, but I hope it will all be worth it - it should make the space much more usable and it will also further stiffen the structure, promoting longer glass life.
One day, I will also do the other greenhouse, if this is enough of a success, but that's not such an easy proposition.