Hi there everyone 😀
One of the projects on the list for the garden this year was a bit of a renovation of Martin’s ‘beer sheds’ … two small sheds, behind a bigger shed, where he keeps all his brewing stuff …
Both were jam packed full of equipment for beer and wine making …
As you can see … both are looking a little unloved … and the pallet bases that they stand on are beginning to collapse …
As Martin is no longer quite so active on the brewing front we decided it would be a good idea to sort out the sheds and just generally clean up the whole area. We are hoping to consolidate the brewing stuff into one shed and maybe turn the other into storage for either pots or the random bits of wood that Martin just can’t bear to part with.
We started by considerably reducing the number of bottles … keeping just enough to do a couple of batches of wine and a batch of beer … with a fair few hitting the recycling bin …
We decided to hang into just two Demi johns with the rest destined for the charity shop …
The Kilner style bottles we plan to clean up, with the hope of perhaps selling on Facebook Marketplace …
We did also find an old bottle of home made blueberry gin … which is actually pretty potent, but quite palatable …
Once everything was sorted we managed to comfortably fit all that was to be kept into one of the sheds …
… and set about dismantling the other …
After a good brush the roof looked pretty sound …
The sides would just need a coat of paint …
… but the base was not in a good state at all …
The more we took it apart, the more rot we found …
We were undeterred and Martin headed off to Wickes for a new piece of OSB for the base and a piece of wood to replace the bit that was rotten …there was then plenty of measuring, sawing and painting to get the new bits ready to fit …
The shed itself had a coat of paint … inside and out …
Whilst everything was out Martin made a start on painting the fence panel that was behind the shed and gave the area a good old tidy …
It was then time to fit the new base … which went without a hitch …
… before manoeuvring it back into position … this time standing on bricks rather than a wooden pallet and hoping that this stops any rotting from below …
We just need to re-shelve it and fill it now.
One down and one to go 😀
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Great use of your sheds, I have a similar one, I keep all my garden poles in mine, string and other bits for my veg patch.
ReplyDeleteThey have been very handy. I am hoping we can collect up all of the random pots and saucers from around the garden and use it to store those. Need to renovate the other one first though. Thank
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Going to head over to your blog for a look now 😀
What lovely sheds and what a lovely job the two of you did on repairing the one that needed it. It must have been very satisfying. And how satisfying it is to move things on. I'm full of admiration! x
ReplyDeleteTo be fair this was mainly Martins project but are both chuffed with how it’s turned out. It only cost us a few pounds for the wood we needed for the repair so was really good to be able to repair rather than have to replace. I think the other one may need reroofing too but we have some old felt in the shed so it will be good to use that up. Not sure whether to keep the other one purple or do it green. We do have a load of purple paint so it might good to use that up too … if it’s any good. X
DeleteI love the purple!
DeletePurple has very much been my favourite colour for a long time … as you may tell from my blog colours. I do seem to be moving more to Gree though over the last few years. Luckily the two go very nicely together 💜💚💜💚💜💚
DeleteIsnt it lovely when you start a project and although they never go 100% by the end when you get what you intended - how good that feels?😁 I've been slowly working through similar things - very satisfying indeed :)
ReplyDeleteYou are so right Kate and at least being retired means we can take our time and do things properly. On paper ‘clearing the back of the shed’ doesn’t sound like much but when it includes painting said shed, which means draining and re siting water butt, sorting out a woodpile and two beer sheds … then it takes on a life of its own … and not to forget painting fence panel behind beer sheds too 🙈🙈🙈
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