The shed at night

Views of the shed at night

Week Forty Two - we move in!

The mezzanine level is now a fully functional kids hang out area and I am really pleased with it. I loved moving my homemade sofa in and it fitted perfectly (as I knew it would having made it!)  The Christmas present items such as the John Lewis lamp and rug also went in and a new 32" HDTV has also been purchased with money the children have been saving. The only things left to do is sort out the LED strip lights, put the skirting in,  make a wooden ladder and get the utility part fitted out - but the latter will have to wait until I get some more money!

Week Forty One - moving in!

I have been very fortunate to have had a week of dry and sunny weather which has meant that I was able to get lots of 'shed stuff' from under the tarpaulin where it has been since last summer and start putting it underneath the mezzanine.

Week Forty - finishing off floor laying

I am now on the last part of laying the floor. I have really enjoyed this as the planks fit beautifully together with no gaps and I am using my jigsaw which cuts very neatly.

Week Thirty Nine - floor laying

Week Thirty Eight - putting down DPM

Floor levelling

I have started to level the concrete floor using Mapei Self Levelling Compound. I have never used this stuff before and found the mixing of it quite tricky as I needed and extra set of hands. I should have masked off the timber boarding under the mezzanine as using the spiked roller made it spatter everywhere - lesson learnt! I only have three bags and one hasn't covered a third,  so I am definitely going to need at least one more.

Update and lessons learnt. ... On the second mix I used a mortar float to spread the mix out better prior to going over it with the spiked roller and it went so much further. I ended up only needing the three bags I had bought.