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July 23rd - After marking the
foundation position, I dismantled the runner supports and started
digging. Towards the end of the day, I got the concrete poured in hole
number one.
July 24th - I began digging
the other end foundation and found a huge tree root. The only way I had
to remove it was with a flat wood bit and drill it out bit by bit. To
took some time and by the time I'd got the remains out, the hole was
somewhat bigger than I planned. The last hole was in the centre and not
too many obstructions in that one. The concrete was poured mid
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| While that was curing, I went to the workshop and painted the upright supports with three coats of shed paint and painted the end grain in waterproof PVA glue. Also shown in that picture is some of the hardware for the roof.
July 25th - I started plotting
out the vertical support positions, using the long timbers to project
the roof line backwards to the foundations. Once they were bolted down,
I started assembling the roof supports. |
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| July 26th - The second mount adapter was completed, followed by moving outside to add the diagonal bracing. |
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| Once the bracing was done, I started fitting the aluminium runners. It took some time to get the first exactly straight and then to get the second one parallel to it. |
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| July 27th - All the walls for the roof were brought out and I started assembling them, using many clamps and lots of measuring before screwing things together. |
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| Assembly of the four walls took some time, but eventually they were rolling free up and down the runners. Joining the six panels that made up the roof was next. It was slow going with quite a bit of trimming to get them to butt together properly. Bolts and clamps were added to hold the roof in place when closed. |
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