Day 6 to Day 10: Work recommenced on 10th of February with more favourable conditions predicted with the temperature reaching about 30 degrees maximum during the working period, cool mornings and breezes so work progress at an even rate resulting in the frame being functionally assembled ready for the installation of the roof.
The first half of the door runners were installed using portable electric hoists and straps to carefully edge the 12 meters 150 kg beam into its location.
The first half of the door runners were installed using portable electric hoists and straps to carefully edge the 12 meters 150 kg beam into its location.
The failure again of Maxi Sheds to respond to the request to supply a box missing connections bolts necessitated the hire and installation of Acro-Props to push the columns back into the vertical. A combination of the props and tensions rods pulled the shed back into the shape that it was left in on day 5.Day 11: With hope in our heart we return to start to install the roof. The work had been postponed for one day to miss the forecast rain - well the rain move forward a day to greet us. By 1 pm we had to call it quits as the 40 mm of rain predicted had arrived.
The arrival of the rain was greeted by the farmers of Rylstone with great joy so we were the only sad sacks in town that day. The 19th of February was a lost day.
Day 12: The sun was out and the first task was to fabricate and the erect the Spider from Mars. The roof sheets are 10 meters long and posed a real issue to put onto the roof frame for two men. A slide was fabricated from scrap timber and a sheet lifter provided the lift to align the slide to the roof angle.
The time had now come to put the spider and theory into practice. The Falcon was connected to the sheet after fitting into the spiders slide and the sheet was carefully moved across the roof - success and little physical effort.
The time had now come to put the spider and theory into practice. The Falcon was connected to the sheet after fitting into the spiders slide and the sheet was carefully moved across the roof - success and little physical effort.
The rest of the day was spent trying to fit the roof sarking and mesh. Without the boring details, the day went to the combination of sarking and the wind. At the end and there were one sheet and a deep sense of despair. More beer and soul searching
Day 13: After discussing the problems over more beer we decided to use the sheet as a paperweight. A next sheet has raised the sarking dragged under the sheet. The 1800 wide safety mesh panel was cut in half and dragged under the sarking to allow fixing the sheet from the safety of the scissors lift. Victory but as slow as - it takes a day per panel to complete all the tasks and with 5 more to go there is only one way to finish - hard work..!
Day 14 to 15: Ditto - half a roof on, not finished but nailed to the rafters. The people who do this work for a living earn their money.....!
Back again:
Day 16 to 20: Starting on the 10th of March for more roof, mesh, foil and beer but we now have shelter from the heat and rain and somewhere to put the Tucano from Flying Legend as it is being packed at the factory on the 15th of March. Not that there is any pressure.
You will notice we have begun to sheet the walls and there is one uncompleted roof bay - you are looking at the need for desperate men to feel a sense of achievement. The roof is a nightmare of mesh and foil that requires the mesh to be tied to the frame, tied together and foil that has to be taped both sides - combined this creates a sense of a task that will never end, We both have glimpsed an insight of hell - never-ending roofing.....!.
Day 21 to 26: After many emails, the remaining connection bolts were finally extracted after 4 plus weeks from Maxi Sheds. To our shock instead of receiving the box of bolts that were requested they supplied a carton - enough to do the whole shed again. With them its either feast or famine. Back on the phone asking where the access door frame it was more - "I will get back to you!"
More beer..........definite pattern developing here.
The walls of this building are covered with an insulating foil that has two tasks - seal out the dust and prevent condensation forming on the inside of the roof and dripping on all below on those cold days. It is fixed to the purlins with carpet tape and after installation tapped both sides with aluminium tape. This creates a large aluminium insulated foil bag over the whole building.
Mark continued to toil on the front of the building after the side wall was sheeted but it is beginning to look like a building. A call from Stratco that the door frames are on there way - at last but took many phone calls over 4 weeks.
Before leaving we aim to finish the opposite wall with the final job being the rear wall and doors. This will be in the next six days to put the building at lockup and I will never do this again.......!
I give up on Maxi Sheds and I guarantee this ends up in a Consumer Affairs as they have yet to refund the $160 for the express delivery of the brackets that arrived 2 days after the building - never again.
Finally, the solar panels, lights and fire system have to be installed but it will be undercover and I will have a hanger. Like all things in life, it takes money or time and striking the balance is an art I have to yet achieve but I built a hanger that is truly mine and I have the physical and mental scars to prove it!
This is for another week I conclude with the old adage "No pain, no gain" - how true but when does the pain stop.
Back again:
Day 16 to 20: Starting on the 10th of March for more roof, mesh, foil and beer but we now have shelter from the heat and rain and somewhere to put the Tucano from Flying Legend as it is being packed at the factory on the 15th of March. Not that there is any pressure.
You will notice we have begun to sheet the walls and there is one uncompleted roof bay - you are looking at the need for desperate men to feel a sense of achievement. The roof is a nightmare of mesh and foil that requires the mesh to be tied to the frame, tied together and foil that has to be taped both sides - combined this creates a sense of a task that will never end, We both have glimpsed an insight of hell - never-ending roofing.....!.
Day 21 to 26: After many emails, the remaining connection bolts were finally extracted after 4 plus weeks from Maxi Sheds. To our shock instead of receiving the box of bolts that were requested they supplied a carton - enough to do the whole shed again. With them its either feast or famine. Back on the phone asking where the access door frame it was more - "I will get back to you!"
More beer..........definite pattern developing here.
The walls of this building are covered with an insulating foil that has two tasks - seal out the dust and prevent condensation forming on the inside of the roof and dripping on all below on those cold days. It is fixed to the purlins with carpet tape and after installation tapped both sides with aluminium tape. This creates a large aluminium insulated foil bag over the whole building. Mark continued to toil on the front of the building after the side wall was sheeted but it is beginning to look like a building. A call from Stratco that the door frames are on there way - at last but took many phone calls over 4 weeks.
Before leaving we aim to finish the opposite wall with the final job being the rear wall and doors. This will be in the next six days to put the building at lockup and I will never do this again.......!
I give up on Maxi Sheds and I guarantee this ends up in a Consumer Affairs as they have yet to refund the $160 for the express delivery of the brackets that arrived 2 days after the building - never again.
Finally, the solar panels, lights and fire system have to be installed but it will be undercover and I will have a hanger. Like all things in life, it takes money or time and striking the balance is an art I have to yet achieve but I built a hanger that is truly mine and I have the physical and mental scars to prove it!
This is for another week I conclude with the old adage "No pain, no gain" - how true but when does the pain stop.
