[coop-de-tat]

WOW.....just wow :=]

CdT

[stickmeup]

Just realised I missed an update on the pvc windows

Started as this



Had to make a hole for the new window



Thought Id nailed it



Nope, wasnt big enough, had misjudged it, where's the scorpion gone, whole wall out! lol



trial fit (and yes thats rain outside, i fitted it during one of thos freak thunderstorms lol



Fitted and glass in



Jobs a goodun



From inside



Looks alot nicer in there now

Whole lot will be caldded on the outside using broken up pallets to make it look am bit nicer 

[Trillium]

Looks like all your hard work will turn out to be a gem. Nice job so far.

[RJR_38]

What scares me is that the building is as big as some studio flats they are selling in London and not too far from us now at an extortionate rate and you can get on an allotment for a tiny bit of money up north 

[stickmeup]

Yeah its a great size to work with, gonna end up doign a lot of the work I have planned over the winter i think, tried to see if I could get some artificial grass yesterday from a friend at work who's husband is a supplier of the stuff, no go though, would have made an awesome flooring for the shed

Trying to decide what to do with the interior walls, a mix of plasterboard and skimming and a couple of feature pallet wood walls are going to be the plan i think

All needs a damn good clear out and a paint, and really need to sort out the flooring front aswell

[archibtbm]

Just taken on a 4th plot now, with another big building, and 13 chickens on it, lol

Blimey!  I stuggle with 2 plots, Shed envy as well.... mine is a mear 8x6

[stickmeup]

Lol, well there's myself with wife and 2 kid, and my inlaws all within the 4 plots, so we help each other out

Im excited to get the shed done, may enter shed of the year next year lol

[stickmeup]

Evening all

Some may have seen my previous post about the pallet shed I was creating, unfortunately do to taking a massive building on at the allotment, it is no longer needed, so thought I would do a little update on my decking and seating area

I had already flattened everything and laid down a layer of pallets ready for the shed, not really much I could use the space for and I wanted somewhere for the kids to be able to chill out while we were working if they weren't helping out (ages 3, 6 and

This is how the space looked just as I took on the new building which you can see above on the top tier of our allotment





We decided about the chill out area, and quickly made a change



Idea was to have a seating area with a table in the middle

It stayed like that for a while the main allotment work took over, but it was still used by the kids as was



Ive recently had a bit more time to work on it, so I started filling in all the gaps with broken down pallets (the idea is it will all be covered over like this)





and this is how it stayed until yesterday.



I had received a fire pit from a friend who was having a clear out in his garden, and along with a load of old wood and tree trunks for a bug hotel, I took them home



idea was, to make something similar to this using it



so I took the firepit/bin down to the allotment during the week, and tested it out



and so yesterday morning came, was planned for rain, but woke up at 8ish and not a cloud in the sky, quickly got ready, sorted my gear and off to the allotment we go

Time to get a lot of pallets stripped



the stock



and one of the best tools in the world, the scorpion saw



Started filling in some of the tops of the seat, the backs of the seats and the floor



also started on the firepit come table



couple of pallets with the middles cut out, placed over the top of the bin itself to help cover the sides and make it a bit prettier

I then covered the front of it, still need to do the back and the sides, and made a top out of another pallet, which then forms the top for the table, and can be removed to reveal the fire pit underneath



and just as a table



and this is where im up to at the moment, still a lot to do, and need to decide if im going to cover the front bottom of the seats or leave them as they are



I also need to decide what to paint/stain it in, I have some ronseal dark oak which I get for £6 for a massive tub, but I like all the different colours of the pallets, and don't know if I want it all 'uniformed' like the decking ive done on the top tier as below





Ive also used it where ive fitted the new pvc windows, so may be worth just using it, especially for £6 a tub



So, thanks for looking, would love to know peoples thoughts and opinions, Ive put it all here as I like creating full threads/blogs and it gives me something to refer back to, and I love to give people ideas aswell.  Also found an old cable reel lying about, so plan to turn it into a footstool or a table for when the firepit is in use



Thanks for reading/looking

[stickmeup]

Bit more graft done over the weekend, had the fire on saturday morning as was a bit cold



had to make some steps between the 2 bottom tiers as the ones that were there were just a couple of stones blocks so not very safe



Made a quick start on my woodshed



Couple of steps in from the main top tier to the main bottom tier aswell, still plenty to do though



Worked out so far its cost me about £45 

and finally, me just using it for what its there for, lol

[Ashurstman]

Our Committee would have kittens! Still congratulations.

[Annen]

That's wonderful!  You are very resourceful   


I can't even get one pallet to finish off my compost bins, never mind all those.

[stickmeup]

Lol thankyou

We have no commitee, so no issue, lol

[stickmeup]

Just had a read through the thread and Im sitting thinking of plans and jobs to do ready for after Christmas and 2014

[CDave]

Just had a read through the thread and Im sitting thinking of plans and jobs to do ready for after Christmas and 2014

Remember to share - and post more photos!

[stickmeup]

There'll be plenty of them, lol

Need to try and decide what Im doing the inside of the building with, plasterboard and then skim it or something else? Trying to keep costs down as much as possible ideally