{"id":18262,"date":"2021-11-18T20:20:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T19:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=18262"},"modified":"2021-11-18T21:13:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T20:13:23","slug":"new-tool-store-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/new-tool-store-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New tool store – day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first job today was to get the bottom rails secured onto the new concrete base. I thought that I might be able to drill for the fixing plugs using my cordless drill but it was a futile effort. So I had to visit my storage to get my more powerful mains electric drill out, and lucky I did because although I’d drilled the pilot holes with my cordless, my larger drill still had problems drilling the larger holes for the plugs in a couple of places, presumably due to hitting stones within the concrete.<\/p>\n

It was tricky actually, even drilling the pilot holes because although I tried to hold the metal rails down with my shoe while I drilled through the holes that were predrilled in the rails into the concrete below, the metal of the rails is so flimsy that it still kept moving. However, I was delighted when, after making one or two minor adjustments, the rails were fixed so tightly to the concrete base that it’ll take a minor earthquake to shift them.<\/p>\n

I was then able to press on following the procedure set out in the construction manual. The first job after securing the rails was to erect the corners, one sheet on each side. Really two people are needed for this because the challenge was to support the first sheet that was fixed to the base along its bottom edge and prevent it falling over while doing the same with the second sheet and then attaching them together. Once they were connected they were safe, but it took longer than necessary because of the fiddling around that was needed.<\/p>\n

Then I had to fit the front high level rail that also carries the sliding doors (it can go in two ways and the first time I fitted it the wrong way, of course), then the two side rails, to which I did the same to the first one as it wasn’t clear in the instructions how they should go so the screw holes lined up, and then the rail at the back. That was as far as I could go today and I was very pleased to know that at this point the structure would withstand any minor gusts of winds should there be any.<\/p>\n

Here are two shots taken at the end of the day from the front corners.<\/p>\n

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And finally, two shots from the rear.<\/p>\n

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I think that I’ve now broken the back of the job as fitting the side and rear sheets should be a doddle in comparison as each one can be started by hanging it from the top rails. Anyway, that’s for tomorrow. I’m tired now and my hands are aching from screwing in the fiddly little screws they’ve supplied, so it’s now time for some tea and thoughts of getting an early night. I’d like to think that if I can start reasonably early tomorrow I should get the job nearly finished. It will be nice having somewhere with a roof on at last, to put things in. Pity though, that’s it’s taken out some of the view. Mind you, so will the house, and even more so, when that’s built \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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