As you might remember, I made the shift back to Adelaide at the end of last year and ended up buying a house close to the city on one of the busiest roads in Adelaide. The move meant I sold up the stag, the two dolomite 1850 shells and left the 2500 behind, bringing up with me just the two sprints.
The existing shed was decent enough 7.5m x 6m but had a very poor floor, termites had eaten out the timber frame and it leaked like a sieve. For the princely sum of $8k I bought a 9m x 9m prefab steel shed, put down the concrete slab (another $6k) and built the thing myself.
Unfortunately both sprints ended up under car covers while I sorted the new shed.
The old shed, about to be pulled down.
Iron off, timber exposed. I salvaged most of the timber and some corrugated iron. The old slab took two days and 8 trips to the dump to remove, luckily there was no steel reinforcing in it, dated to 1966.
Dodgy brothers did the slab. Cheapest quote, but they did a poor job. The level was out by 35mm across 3m along the front of the door and they rushed the trowelling. On the other hand, they had to wheelbarrow the concrete in from the start of the driveway as access was poor.
Steel frame, chem-bolted to the slab. one large bay 9m x 6m for the vehicles and a 3m x 9m bay for the workshop.
From the front of the house, looking down the drive. The double roller door was a pita to move. We ended up using ancient techniques and rolling it down on a piece of fence galv pipe along bits of timber. I'm guessing it weighed around 350kg.
The bad news, we hoisted the door about 1.5m off the ground, using a rope and pulley at each end. Then the rope snapped (poly, I should have known better) at one end, dropping the door down onto the slab. The other rope parted under the shock. The damage was done to both ends, which meant I had to get a professional in to unroll the door, replace the rollers and retension the springs. I also got him to do the job I failed at, so it was installed professionally.
door in, cladding going on
newly painted floor. I looked at an epoxy two pack, but my eyes bled at the cost, so I settled for a heavy duty paving paint. It makes a huge difference.
dolly two being moved past dolly one. The temporary carport sheltered the workshop stuff until it could be moved back into the shed. It will be pulled down in the coming weeks.
2 dolomites, snug and tight. WAB has a clutch issue that I still haven't checked out, but involves a broken weld on the lever to cross-shaft (or a snapped wedgelok). AXF has an engine issue that I'll sort in the next year or so, along with a respray and resto.
Great to have some workshop space again and with the weather coming good, the dolomites will get some love.
stu
