Scottish Borders
After several months of work on both the new garage and seemingly interminable time spent organising, cleaning and sorting I’m please to declare the B21 Zed overhaul and repair facility open!
The flatpack garage kit went up pretty fast and all seemed well in the summer.
However as the autumn came on, I was surprised at how quickly mould started to develop….in part due to the warm conditions and in part to the untreated wood which the manufacturers did state need treating.
Also surprising a number of leaks from knots, damp proof course layout issues and even through the gaps in the tongue and groove timbers.
Systematically we worked our way through the leaks and sadly had to say goodbye to the fresh pine look…we used Sikkens wood stain in two shades to try and blend the old structures with the new..so a lot of painting took place.
In parallel one of the shed sections was converted into a pony shelter as part of the overall negotiation with SWMBO.
So I’ve now got a 4 section facility,..
A ‘hangar’ for the car]
A dirty room for any cutting n grinding
A clean room for assembly and maintenance of sub assemblies
A lab for work on fine details, programming and IT support
No excuses now not to get on with things…
One very big garage would have been nice..sadly just not feasible from where we started…
The flatpack garage kit went up pretty fast and all seemed well in the summer.
However as the autumn came on, I was surprised at how quickly mould started to develop….in part due to the warm conditions and in part to the untreated wood which the manufacturers did state need treating.
Also surprising a number of leaks from knots, damp proof course layout issues and even through the gaps in the tongue and groove timbers.
Systematically we worked our way through the leaks and sadly had to say goodbye to the fresh pine look…we used Sikkens wood stain in two shades to try and blend the old structures with the new..so a lot of painting took place.
In parallel one of the shed sections was converted into a pony shelter as part of the overall negotiation with SWMBO.
So I’ve now got a 4 section facility,..
A ‘hangar’ for the car]
A dirty room for any cutting n grinding
A clean room for assembly and maintenance of sub assemblies
A lab for work on fine details, programming and IT support
No excuses now not to get on with things…
One very big garage would have been nice..sadly just not feasible from where we started…
North Yorkshire
Spaldingski
