{"id":24247,"date":"2026-03-23T21:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=24247"},"modified":"2026-03-23T21:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:03:36","slug":"nearly-there-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/nearly-there-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly there"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back on the excavator garage today. Some time was lost as I had to replace the top horizontal beam in the back as due to one of the corner verticals warping its end joint had opened up so wide that it couldn&#8217;t be pulled back with longer screws. So having done that I glued and screwed the new length and did the same to the middle horizontal beam as if the joints are only screwed without being glued they&#8217;re too flexible and liable to come loose when the winds become heavier.<\/p>\n<p>Although this garage is only intended to be a temporary structure, from the lessons I learnt when my two &#8216;tonnelles&#8217; were destroyed by high winds over the winter in roughly the same position in the garden, it has to be put together reasonably well if it&#8217;s going to survive the course. So today was all about finishing off the roof covering and getting it securely fixed down. To start off with I attached side bars on each side to which to glue and nail the roofing sheets and to which the roofing felt will be attached, hopefully tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/garage_minipelle36.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/garage_minipelle36_s.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I had to attach interior bridges along the joins of the roof sheets on both sides, a tricky job for just one person as they had to be supported while being screwed into from outside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/garage_minipelle37.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/garage_minipelle37_s.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That was a good point to break for lunch to allow the glue I&#8217;d used to cure a bit before adjusting the sheets along the ridge line so they laid flat and nailing them down along the ridge on both sides. To do this I had to use a ladder leaning against the sides, climb to the top and lean as far as I could over the roof. Not for the faint-hearted! Here&#8217;s how the roof ended up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/garage_minipelle38.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/garage_minipelle38_s.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/garage_minipelle40.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/garage_minipelle40_s.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s an end section showing how the joins between the sheets turned out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/garage_minipelle39.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/garage_minipelle39_s.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping to finish the whole thing off tomorrow as some rain is forecast for Wednesday. 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