paiste

Ever since I got the sv the one thing that I've been desperately after was a decent shed or garage to keep him and work on him! After a couple of years on the patio under a cover I finally bit the bullet and decided to build my own workshop at the bottom of the garden.
Having no building experience whatsoever I rather naively thought it would be relatively straightforward and wouldn't cost me more than around £1500.
I was wrong on both counts
Fortunately my mate's a builder and laid out the first couple of courses to set me off.

Anyway a few photo's before, during and present.







Still not finished yet. Need to gloss the door and the window frame, paint the concrete floor ( when it eventually fully dries) paint the lintel. The biggest job will be to get electricity down there. Need to run armoured cable 185ft from house to workshop!
Nice bonus was that I was able to get that work bench made up out of the shuttering wood from the concrete base

Not sure now when it's going to get finished as the new arrival to the family is somewhat time consuming!!
Hopefully by spring I'll have it sorted with it all tools and storage sorted ready for a season of tinkering and riding

I know it's not perfect, but I'm really proud of what I've done considering at the start of the summer I'd never laid a brick!
Probably made loads of mistakes and could've done a lot of things differently, but really enjoyed it and learned loads!