A Job Well Done : Shed for Blue Door

By theorkneynews on March 28, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

By Nick Morrison

An update from Orkney Men’s Shed

The Orkney Men’s “Shedders” reckon the shed for the Blue Door will be ready to move Tuesday after next.

Peter putting the finishing touches to his doors

As you can see from the pics the roof is now 95% complete.

Tim stitching the roof panels together with special selftapper bolts

There is some trim work and masticing of external gaps but that’s about the measure of it.

This has been a big project for The Men’s Shed. We are looking forward to its installation at the Blue Door so we can get on with installing 3 work stations and a much needed log burning stove to keep the chill off the workshop. We have plenty of offcuts and sawdust to keep it running!

Peter putting the finishing touches to his doors

Tim stitching the roof panels together with special selftapper bolts

Another thing that’s waiting on our completion of the shed is replacing the gutter on the Orkney Men’s Shed to stop the neighbour’s garden flooding. We have had guttering and down pipes donated but getting the necessary scaffolding down from the roof space and past the shed will be difficult.