Right-E-Oh. This last session should bring me up to date. Then I can just post updates if or as they happen.
Inside:
This is the new cabinet opposite the kitchen that is where the Wardrobe used to live. I won't actually have a wardrobe as such. Whether that turns out to be a bad idea, only time will tell. But truthfully, the only thing I can imagine that might be hung up is a coat. And that doesn't really need hanging up. It can be stuffed somewhere else. I certainly won't have any suits or dress coats. Or dresses for that matter.
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I haven't really decided if the microwave will go above the fridge here, or opposite below the sink.
I've also built a small cabinet to fit at the end of the mattress. I foresee socks, jocks and other smalls fitting there nicely.
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Refitting the roof was an interesting exercise. When I was putting the walls back in place a ways back, I used the two diagonal measurement method to ensure they were square to each other. No matter how I placed them I could not get the same measurement both times. In frustration I thought, "You don't suppose?", and sure enough it turns out the two walls were different in length by about 8 to 10mm. How can that happen when they were made in a jig? Franklin really wasn't big on quality control.
The trouble with that is, the roof has a definite curve both front and back, so if the ends of the walls aren't square once the curve is in place, the long section will go to the left or right. Have I explained that enough or clear as mud?
I decided to cut the centre section, where the roof vent used to be and put the now two roof sections on separately. If either end wandered too far left or right I'd just cut it shorter and put a larger piece in the middle. Those curves were what really mattered.
So, anyway, here we have the first of the curves refitted.
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All good.
So, just did the same for the other end. I won't bore you with that photo. Same as the first, only backwards. So to speak.
At the end of the day, this is the gap I ended up with in the middle.
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Not bad. A 1200mm sheet covers it nicely. The wires sticking up are for the solar panels.
And that sheet is waiting patiently in my shed until my neighbour returns from galivanting around Australia in his Jayco in about 3 weeks.
It's a two man job.
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I do have a bit of a question mark here. I'd appreciate opinions on whether I'm on the right track.
I obviously have to join those sheets together. I am assuming the roof cladding must be attached only at the walls and not in the middle. Reasoning is, that cladding will expand and contract during the day in the sun. If it was attached to the plywood underneath in the middle, forces and stresses will occur which may be unpredictable.
So, I'm planning, at this stage, to apply copious quantities of my favourite adhesive (T-Rex) and use sealed pop rivets to join in a single line nearest the joining edge.
Opinions please?
I believe that now brings us up to date.