Saturday, January 04, 2014
New shed!
A week before Christmas we got a new shed. The old one, which is brick-built, has a leaky roof, and anything stored in it had a tendency to go mouldy. But, as it's attached to the garage, and there's asbestos in the roof, there wasn't much we could do about it without having a hugely expensive rebuilding operation. So, the interim solution was to get a new shed, and site it somewhere that hasn't really been used much up until now.
This is the space between our house and the house next door, which I'd used a bit for growing vegetables, but it didn't really get enough sun, and was wasted space, so it seemed like a good idea for a shed to be there instead.
I spent quite a lot of time in October and November clearing weeds away from this area:
Reconstructing the vegetable raised beds into one taller bed, digging up the old compost heap in the corner (created by a former owner of the house!) and re-siting all of our existing compost bins:
Moving piles of bricks and lumps of concrete. Then the builder came and began construction of a proper base for it:
Filled with concrete (the OH banned me from writing "Daisy woz ere" in it.)
Laid weed-suppressing membrane around the edges of it, with gravel on top:
And then the shed was delivered, and looks fantastic!
We ordered some shelves to go with it too - so much more storage room than our old shed!
I can't believe it's finally here!
That shed is a tardis....bigger on the inside than the outside. I have been known to write in cement whenever we do any building work. Handprints are good as well.
ReplyDeleteThat looks a fabulous shed! I love the shelves. So have you filled it up yet?
ReplyDeleteLooks smashing!
ReplyDeleteI trust you have planned what's going in there? Both our sheds have been submerged under crates of 'stuff to keep' as an over-flow solution to de-cluttering the house! Oh, how I long for the day when the various members of the family finally reclaim or dispose of it all!
What a difference in that area of your yard, and the shed looks great. I love it when projects work out well. Have a wonderful new year.
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