[MickyB]

Construction materials used....

7 x pallets.
3 x 6ft fence posts.
Tarpaulin.
4 x hinges.
Shuttering boards.
Screws/nails.
Staples.
Strips of square profile wood.

I screwed the pallets together in the required position, the pallets used differed in size, so I matched them up for height and made sure that the edges of the front of the leading three pallets lined up.

I put three 6ft wood posts in at the front of the leading edge of the three pallets and secured the pallets to these posts.

I used the tops of two more pallets to make the top lids, sawn each in half, secured the back halves of the lids to the top of the pallets (aiding stability) and attached the front halves to the back piece with hinges.

I then covered it all by stapling tarpaulin to the wood (to keep the moisture/rain off the wood to make it last longer).

I then put strips of wood down the insides of the fence posts to hold the shuttering wood in position.

I have used twine to hold the lids down in high winds although I will probably change this for a metal catch at some later stage.

Job done. 




 

[sunshineband]

and jolly good they look, too 

[Trillium]

Very nice indeed.