I'm retired so I've got all day, every day! Also, I don't want windows and nearly all the ready-mades come with at least one.
MM
Building a bespoke shed from tongue and groove
Feb 16, 2012
39 Replies
Are you thinking of log-lap or maybe waney edge weatherboard?
Shiplap isn't my favourite look, but it isn't all that rustic.
Shiplap:
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Ready made sheds are usually terrible.
Here's a shed my dad made completely from scratch. He was 90 at the time.
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Class! I'd be impressed anyway, but at 90 you say... Wow.
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More pics.
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's 93 now and I'm writing this to sound of the mortice holes being chopped out for a stool he's knocking up.
Bill
I am pleased to see he has a comfy chair to relax in now and then.
Mike
I agree vertical T&G is the best cladding, see
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how I did it.
Mike
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prefer the look of tongue and groove boards.
MM
Hey, now THAT is fantastic!! Many thanks.
MM
That is one darned fine looking piece of work at any age, but for a
90-year-old it's just amazing.MM
Bloody hell!! I didn't realise your Dad's still with us! Jolly good. Tell him from me, a mere 65-year-old, that I take my hat off to him and his work.
MM
That is not shiplap.
Shiplap is a type of tongue and groove. It just has a profile better suited to weather.
Huh, maybe it should be called "boatlap".
stones forming the base are going to move. And how do you make those doors burglar proof?
Bill
Er, you OPEN the door, then you LINE UP the mower and aim for the doorway, then you PUSH the mower over the threshold and, bingo! You've got it in!
If it might be a problem, brush some dry-ish sand/cement mixture between the joints.
You erect a sign saying "Large Dog Kennel".
MM
Now that *is* a bargain. Something in the pound shop for less than a pound.
Supermarket prices for tea and loo roll are silly.
Owain
No, they seem to be OK.
Bill
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