Post A8NqD5Dg9FTJ6sO2r2 by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
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(DIR) Post #A8NoYTK5WmPS2QSKZs by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2021-06-17T17:04:19.706400Z
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A few weeks ago I finally hit burn out with my job and took a couple of weeks off to recover. During that time I thought a nice way to relax would be to put the electronic devices down and build a garden office; note I have never built anything like this before.
(DIR) Post #A8NonCj9VpwmuYCjtw by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2021-06-17T17:07:00.179372Z
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Having finally realised my job was what was burning me out constantly I also resigned, but that’s a story for another thread…
(DIR) Post #A8NpuyVaMTWp5D7zM0 by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2021-06-17T17:19:36.233136Z
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It took another day to cut the wood for the frames. I managed to screw up the mitre cuts by cutting the short side and not the long side (or the other way round I don’t remember) but it meant I had to recut all the angled pieces, I didn’t know it at the time but this caused issues later on.
(DIR) Post #A8NqD5Dg9FTJ6sO2r2 by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2021-06-17T17:22:52.686002Z
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Before I continue I’ll explain the mistake that’s not quite obvious here. I was following rough guides from a book. It’s diagrams showed the wood as being square even though it’s rectangular. I therefore cut the angle as the picture showed, with the short side facing up, this meant all my wood was cut 90 degrees from where it should have been. I had to turn it once and then recut.This resulted in slightly shorter studs, something I didn’t think much of until later when I realised my front wall was out of plumb by exactly the amount of wood I chopped off, because half a cm multiplied by four lengths adds up… oops!
(DIR) Post #A8NqWco3Uv7mmNihBQ by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2021-06-17T17:26:25.480197Z
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By the weekend I had everything ready to get the roof in place. The roof frame is ridiculously heavy, fortunately my dad was able to come over and help lift it into place and by help I mean he lifted into place while I did little more than touch the wood…
(DIR) Post #A8NqunnWHeNLonzvxg by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2021-06-17T17:30:43.702226Z
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A few days later I was surprised by a delivery of OSB for sheathing. I wasn’t expecting it to turn up for weeks as everywhere was out of stock. I quickly found out I had no way of cutting it to size and so had to buy the cheapest jigsaw I could find, which turned out to be amazing value! The next day I wrapped it all like a present in something called house wrap to make the walls waterproof.
(DIR) Post #A8NsIG07gsR5u6do9Y by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2021-06-17T17:46:14.151249Z
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Anyway I guess my point with this thread is that I never thought I would be able to do this and in finally giving it a go I had the most fun I have had in a very long time. I may update this in the near future once it’s actually completed.