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That's what he said! Mate wants me to make a Valentine's gift for his squeeze...a love bench...FFS! He has two nice seasoned half tree trunks to work with and has an unreasonable expectation that because I've a chainsaw, I'm some sort of artist. But hey ho, I'm there tomorrow morning and going to try something...help! Attached pic shows the rough plan, any suggestions?

Or go the whole hog and make your own... http://www.eastneukglass.com/shop/4578863140/4-DAY-WORKSHOPS My pal Keny runs workshops in Fife or he will make one for you.

Rubbish pic as it was getting dark but went for a *hidden* door on the shed...although the hinges spoil the hidden effect just a tad?

As per you second paragraph. Kinda most of the cutting in with the base board so that the top board is whole...if possible. It won't always work but my gaps vary by up to 20mm and TBH you'd never notice.

Took a few pics of my friends decking...similar but different...

Forgive the daft question but does a train have a steering wheel? Like I know you can't do a three point turn but what about points... do you just go where they send you?

Yes, the correction is correct as my post alluded to. I think that the cycle of updating local development plans will be key to seeing more huts being built. Our community company is held as an ideal method of building capacity but we will need some support as a grassroots organisation run by volunteers...still, there's plenty of goodwill and eager potential hutters. Planning gain may also be a hurdle but I'm optimistic that sites can be found at a realistic price. Hutting has its roots in simple shelter close to nature. I hope it does not become a kind of luxury five star niche only for those with deep pockets.

Erm yes sarking...that's larch isn't it. Hey it was Saturday night, just me and the boy sharing an M&S meal deal, he doesn't drink so I had the wine all to myself. Today, ran out of roof felt due to my last minute notion to increase the roof overhang. Topping out ceremony will have to wait another day? And a nice view of the Hut from the shed roof...

Same as the Hut...cedar rough sawn stuff Planned horizontal overlap style but might change to vertical hit and miss due to using exterior gate hinges for the doors...nightmare to fit if its not all on a uniform plane

For what it's worth I used self tapping screws with washers on my vertical wavy tin. You soon learn the trick of starting at the very top of the crest and going easy on the last few revolutions. Self tapper blasts through the metal...then bites on the batten..then, slowly slowly or you will either trash the washer or worse bend the wriggly tin. On the roof (using caps) it's much the same....slow down for the last few turns and the lid will snap on perfecto BTW the self tappers I got from screwfix were as good as a new HSS drill bit!

Hmm...I'm of the view this is a nice community thing that might be good for the future rather than an *jobsworth* H&S risk. Tea and chat is better than duck off, off of my site... See how many 'fs' I got in that sentence?

Too expensive, and do heavy tiles (slate etc) really pull the plasterboard off the wall? That said behind/close to a stove, definitely!

Lol, it did. Seemed like the best place to store it since I'd gone to the bother of making a nice sized hole for it. Probably pop it in tomorrow?

Two lady helpers and I'm half way there...

Just leave a key in the Yale and tell him to pop it through the post box once he has deposited the parcel and hey presto, you know you have a parcel...simple is best. I have an app for DPD where you post a pic of the alternative deliver place. For me it's the wheel bin for cardboard, up here that's the blue one?simples!

Two half days and two wall panels complete but at 3.5 * 2.4 and clad in 18mm OSB I can't lift it safely? Need to recruit another helper this weekend and might get the roof on.

It's worth pondering...of course having a big shed *must* help keep the Hut tidy and clean. How's 10m for being close to the WHW, thing is the punters would have to walk 3miles from Milngavie to get there...not really a bound. Or maybe 90 miles from Fort William if they are doing it the better way. N to S is more satisfying in my view, although I am a Glaswegian so biased?

Hmm...AirBB...would people want to stay on the West Highland Way in a Hut with a dry toilet? I'd be worried some gang of Glasgow neds would book it for a booze up...or some German tourists might set the wood burner chimney alight...okay, not German, maybe Belgians?

I think the article was wrong about exempt from planning...could be wrong but today's journalists? The proposal is to soften BC, almost to the extent of removing safe for treatment plants and electric if you have mains but planning remains. The planning guidance WILL change but remains to be seen how this filters into local development plans and how each LA will be supportive. All said its a great step forward, we're not short of space up here are we...

It's a confidence thing. I'd say you will be 100% fine as you have outlined. That said...sitting contemplating a roaring fire at 300℃ it's always good to know that for an extra forty quid or so your build is bulletproof plus extra plus OCD safe. Add in the 6mm by all means (for the bit immediately behind/ near the burner) and relax knowing you've got belt braces and elasticated trousers!

I've posted this before but here you go again...love guys who do this sort of thing, it's the best bits of the inter web http://www.stovefittersmanual.co.uk Everything you need to know to get you started and much more... @ProDave

Only tips I have are... Cement board is hard stuff (and brittle) so use a counter sink drill bit or screws will sit proud. Leave a 5mm gap (ply packers) between the cement board and the wall you are attaching to as the air gap provides for additional insulation and stops heat transfer. My cement board was on top of OSB. Hope this helps

This is how the half day shift started And this was afterwards OSB bit is for the shed and the decking part will be open to the front to create a little *bus shelter* area. And this is the Hut looking dressed up in the snow?

£160 and it looks...okayish http://www.parcel-drop-box.co.uk

Make a little scale model from plastacine and drop into a bucket of water...