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2021 Furnace ('Phoenix') and Lehr at Quarley - Woodshed Build

Projects: 2019 Onwards   Woodshed Build   The Woodpile   IFoG Furnace Removal   Firepit Reconstruction

Furnace Superstructure Build   Phoenix Firing One   Repairs after Firing One   Phoenix Firing Two   Repairs after Firing Two

Building the Woodshed

Stage One: Clearing and levelling the area (3m x 1.5m), setting the post supports and building the framework and roof. We used the same post-setting method that was used for the shelter posts, and for the framework we used some spare Opepe wood. As we had done on the shelter, we waterproofed the woodshed using butyl rubber lining. We built the roof using the leftover timber and asphalt roof tiles from the shelter, and fixed some temporary wall planks.

Stage Two: Building the walls and finishing the woodshed. This was just a case of cutting, painting and fixing the new planks to the framework. The final additions were fitting the top triangular planks and the windboards.

Preparing the site
Preparing the site Digging the postholes
Digging the postholes Fitting the wooden squares for the concrete
Laying the concrete The first two posts in position
The first two posts in position Detail of the post support
The partly finished frame Finishing the frame
The butyl rubber sheet in position The butyl rubber sheet in position
Detail of the butyl rubber sheet The butyl rubber sheet covered with soil
Steve fixing the centre floor support beam in position One floorboard in position
The Opepe floorboards having been given their coat of preservative Ther finished floor
General view of the shelter and the partly finished woodshed A view showing the roof
Interim planks Interim planks
The woodshed almost finished The woodshed almost finished
The top planks fitted The top planks fitted

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