The pin shack has arrived!

Yesterday over 1.5 tonnes of wood arrived!

 So I had to move it off the drive!

Next step is getting the base down.

The Games Room

It's been ages since my last post.

Work has been very busy and I never seem to have any free time.

I haven't had the time or space to work on the Indiana Jones project pin but now the spring is coming I am going to make time!

But first... I have decided to convert my garage into a games room.  I have been thinking about converting the garage for about 5 years and never got round to it.

The Workshop

I had a dilemma.  If I convert the garage into a games room I won't have a workshop, where do I keep the kids bikes and what about the garden tools and the lawn mower!


So I have bought one of these log cabins...

and one of these side stores...

The whole workshop will be 6.5 meters (including the 1.5 meter side store) by 3 meters.

I am off work next week so I am dedicating the whole week to the workshop project!

Saturday - Off to the Rugby - well maybe not the whole week! 
Sunday- I will be clearing the ground for the workshop. The workshop is going in the top corner of the garden.

Monday - I will be finishing off the ground clearance, leveling etc.
Tuesday - The workshop is being delivered.
Wednesday - The mixer, compactor, 5 tonnes of hardcore, sand and gravel and 18 bags of cement is being delivered.  Work on the base will start. I will hopefully be able to get the hardcore down and compacted.
Thursday - I will be mixing and laying the concrete base.
Friday - relaxing... hopefully... while the base is left to set.
Saturday - Rugby - Worcester Warriors vs Cornish Pirates
Sunday - Rugby - THREE games of rugby including the watching the England womens in the Six Nations.

The following weekend I will start work on assembling the log cabin as it all comes as individual planks!  I always enjoyed playing with Lego so I am looking forward to this! :-)

The Games Room

I started to look at how I could convert the garage into a games room a few months ago.

I decided to break the work down into small manageable 'chunks' to make life easier.

The planned stages are as follows:-

1. Replacing the rear window with French Doors.(so I can get pins in and out once 2 and 3 are complete!)
2. Bricking up a side door.
3. Bricking up the "up and over" garage doors (but leaving them on so there is no visible change from the front of the house.)
4. Strengthen the roof joists so I can use the space for storage.
5. Getting the power and lighting extended and fitted.
6. Building an internal ~2M x ~3M – AV room (possibly)
7. Installing a ‘loft’ hatch and ladder.
8. Dry lining and insulating the walls and ceiling with Kingspan or similar.
9. Adding additional insulation in the roof.
10. Boarding the ‘loft’ floor.
11. Fitting an over door heater (possibly Air Con)
12. Putting in a suspended floor with under floor insulation.
13. Decorating.
14. Putting down a laminate floor.
15. Playing pinball and drinking beer!

Work Started TODAY!!  Stage 1 is complete!