Broken Flaps....

I popped into our local charity shop a few weeks ago and while I was there I spied a small table, but didn't take much notice of it. As it was standing outside the shop, with a load of other stuff all around it. I could see that it was a small size with two drop leafs.
The following day, I was talking to my mate Tash, (otherwise known as the Boot Sale Queen) on the phone, and was telling her that there was a load of new stuff, in this Charity Shop. She loves a bargain. Tash said she was going to call in there, when she picked the kids up from School. I decided that I'd go back down as well and have a good look at this table. As I'd been thinking that, it would make a great addition to my craft space. I think its a 1950 Utility table. But has a Formica top, so easy to wipe down.
By the time I got there, Tash was already in the shop, and I could see her through the window. She was mouthing to me "Broken Flaps" and smiling. I looked at the table, and saw the sticker on the table saying "Broken Flaps". I look back at Tash through the window, and she again mouths broken flaps.
Well me being me, I saw the funny side, by the time I walked into the shop so had Tash, and we just looked at each other and burst into Hysterical Laughter. We did get some odd looks.

Needless, to say, I still brought the table and I've fixed my broken flaps. I just took a hammer to the wood underneath...

Coming Together...

The next job on the agenda, after all that painting was to get some power. Everything got measured and the back boxes went up on the walls. I had them placed high, so that I wouldn't be scrabbling about on the floor and that the sockets didn't get covered by any units. Once all the cables had been run, on the 29th February, they were connected up to a consumer unit. Then we laid the flooring. The underlay, also acts as insulation. I was lucky, as we had quite a lot of stuff already, that was left over from the House renovations, including the Floor underlay.

Electric Boxes Going Up

Side Wall Electric Boxes

Cables Being Run

Cables Connected Up To The Consumer Unit

Electrics Finished

Underlay & Flooring Going Down

Flooring Nearly Finished

Flooring Nearly Finished

Flooring Finished

Paint, Paint Everywhere

It eventually warmed up enough for the roof felt to go on. A big Thank you to my Neighbour, who came up and did it for me. I also managed to get the rest of the Stain on the outside. I used Cuprinol Shades for the exterior. I'm really pleased with the colour's, it blends in really well with the surroundings. Although everything else around it, could do with a new coat of paint now.
I then started putting an undercoat on the inside. I had some help with that from Harry and Courtney, it seemed that it went on forever.
We also added extra battens to the Windows, to stop any rattle. I can't tell you how relieved I was, to see that final coat of paint, go on the inside walls on the 24th February.

The Outside Painted

Courtney & Shadow

Harry Painting The Ceiling Without Having To Use The Ladder

Windows Reinforced With Extra Battens

Ben Popping by to see how I was getting on

 

Finally The Painting is Finished.

I had my operation yesterday and am now back home, a bit battered and bruised, and sporting a new battle scar. But feeling much more comfortable. Just got to wait for the results from Histology now.

Back Together Again..

After the trauma of the roof coming off. The whole Roof needed a rethink. In a way, I'm glad it happened, as it showed up the weakness in the structure. I'd have been devastated, if it had happened and all my stuff had got ruined. The sides of the cabin, now have a large piece of timber running down each side, for the new roofing sheets to be screwed into. Susan, having seen the damage, told me about Hurricane straps, that are used in the States. We don't have Hurricane straps, but we have something similar. So I now have metal strap's, that go up and over the Apex's of the roof, and are screwed into the Roof joists. They are then screwed down the sides and are Thunder Bolted into the Cement base. The wind also caused the Cabin, to shift and the floor was bouncing, so the whole thing was lifted up onto new 4 x 2 treated flooring joists and the floor is screwed down on to them. No more bounce. The new roof was put on, but it was so cold at the time that the felt couldn't be put on, so a tarpaulin had to suffice for a couple of days.

The piece of wood over the doors, was put there as a temporary measure to keep the weather out, until I could get a new piece of heavy duty perspex to go in there.

I am going back into Hospital later on this morning, well in 7 hours,for another operation. But will show you what happened next when I'm home. Best, I get to bed and try and get a few hours sleep...

The Ecstasy & The Agony..

You were right, those of you that guessed that its my workshop.

And this is what it looked like on the evening of the 2nd January. But that evening the Gales came.

On the morning of the 3rd January, we got up to total devastation. The Wind had reached up to 98mph. Wales and the rest of the UK had taken a severe battering. It lifted the roof with the Rafter's attached and the Apex's, off in one piece and taken it over the back of the Stable Block, up over the embankment, then impaled itself on the top of the stock fencing, part of it was resting on the top of my Horse Trailer.

I can honestly say I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The only thing I was grateful for, was that none of the Ponies, had been hurt in all the Chaos. What totally amazed us, was the Doors, they'd  stayed shut. I was so lucky that the Rafters, stayed in one piece and the Apex's were undamaged. But the Tongue and Groove roofing couldn't be salvaged.

But out of all this chaos, the workshop rose again.

Did You Guess...????

 Did you guess????

This is what those big piles of wood looked like by the end of the day on the 22nd December, 2011.





Do you know what it is now?.

Seven Year Wait...

After seven years of waiting, on the 20th December 2011, a Lorry turned up at our House and the Delivery Men, helped by Ben & Harry, unload a long awaited Cargo..
It should have been here in the middle of November, then they said the first week of December. But there were some logistical problems, at the manufacturer's end and it ended up being delivered Christmas Week.
Here's just a small portion of it, being unloaded. Some of it was put straight into the Barn, as it wouldn't be needed straight away.
Any ideas what it could be?


I'll give you a clue, its a great big giant Jigsaw...