As usual, August and September bring somewhere warm for cats to curl up in the sun, barbecues, parties and demolishing something.
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Tigger on a tent roof |
Tigger on the SAAB roof |
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Joey & Cyd chase a spider |
Molly relaxing in the sun |
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Simon |
Claire |
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Max |
Bethany |
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Gavin |
Claire, Lindsey, Emily & Karen |
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Sean & Gavin |
Sean & Emily |
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A family group type picture |
The balloon fight |
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Cutting the cake |
The speech! |
And finally the demolition of the shed!
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Before starting... |
....yes, it is dilapidated |
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The wasp's nest inside |
The doors removed and saved |
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George saving the roof.... |
...for the replacement shed |
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Whoops, no roof, |
so collapse it.. |
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..into a pile of wood.. |
..which we can set fire to. |
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The fire starts to get hold |
and burns quite well, |
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and better, |
and better, |
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Supervision (with a hose pipe) |
Pyromaniacs at work |
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The last flames |
All that's left is a pile of ash |
and the digging of the patio area
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Chris, from next-door with his toy |
The first scrapes |
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Digging needs a lot of supervision |
Everyone supervises! |
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The finished product |
So now what do we do with all this wood? |
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First George built three frames... |
..in the garage. |
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Then put the frames down... |
..onto the base. |
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Nail the bits together. |
Then add a window and the door frame. |
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Put in some noggins... |
..and then some more noggins |
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Then start nailing on... |
..the walls! |
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Keep going to the roofline... |
...then the sides are finished |
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Then do the end... |
...and add the doors. |
 Now add the roof truss... |
 ...ready for the roof sheets |
Click on this picture to see a video of the roof going on just in time before the snow in November!
We've shrunk this down to an mp4 video to reduce it from 30
MBytes to something
nearer 300 KBytes; so sorry about the quality. I can send you the whole
film if you want!
You will need some software to play mp4 video. The simplest to download for free is the QuickTime viewer from Apple, click here for a link to the download site.
 Now continue the walls... |
 ...up to the roof! |