Pulling down ivy and putting up sticks
I decided to pull the ivy off the back of my shed – and very quickly regretted starting.
But, persevere I did – and finished the worst task of the whole project so far.
With the ivy out of the way I got stuck in to building a lean-to, which will act both as a lumber-storage shed and a door shelter for my bunker.
As usual, I’m making this up on the fly, from a rough idea in my head.
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Very good acoustics there Brian. Any thoughts about replacing or at the very least painting the shed sheets of iron to match the fence colour bond colour. I enjoy your videos and your pleasant frankness in admitting blunders no matter large or small as you meet your DIY challenges.
Thanks for watching Frank. I definitely did consider new tin (probably just over top of the old sheets) and paint. But, I needed to get the job advanced enough to be tidy before her indoors came home from a trip OS. I could still do either in the end – and maybe a mix of both – new tin above the lean-to roof and paint below.
There’s nothing like a bit of self deprecation to tickle the funny bone. Also, I try to keep it as ‘real’ as possible, because my number one reason for making videos in the first place is as a legacy for my grandkids to remember me by. I sure as eggs am not trying to teach anyone DIY 🙂
Uncharitable of me perhaps, but I did get a good Sunday laugh at your face plant. Just for info from a gentleman of the artillery to a grunt, you eat lentils but you build lintels. Mate, there’s always one in every crowd.
Thanks Terry. I could try and blame my Irish accent for the lentils/lintels thing, but I’d be lying. Good pickup on that.
I was actually RAEME (helicopters) for 7 years, though I did love ‘playing’ infantry from time to time. I then did 5 years full time plus 11 years reserve in PR.
Much respect to dropshorts, even when they pick on me 😉