Shed with a difference!

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

29 minutes ago, derek said:

Coming on at a rate of knots Denis. Good stuff. Is your train room behind that stone wall (knockseo). Do I recognise the little window from pcs of that?

Yep, well spotted Derek, it was a byre

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Took this today before I headed out to work, I need to make a few bob for the rest of the build

 

[derek]

5 hours ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

Took this today before I headed out to work, I need to make a few bob for the rest of the build

 

really beginning to look the part now.

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Some of you hate ballasting, I hate painting and it's coat after coat

[Galteemore]

If you’re going for the authentic SLNC look you’re almost there  

[derek]

10 minutes ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

Some of you hate ballasting, I hate painting and it's coat after coat

 

 

Ah Denis, the ol painting is pure therapeutic...... Embrace it

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

1 hour ago, derek said:

Ah Denis, the ol painting is pure therapeutic...... Embrace it

Ok ok, I deserved that

[Georgeconna]

That look Fab Denis.

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

11 minutes ago, Georgeconna said:

That look Fab Denis.

Thanks George, next on the agenda is the roof, I better get back to paid work and buy it

[irishrailways52]

you should sell those

[Noel]

Now that's a really clever and interesting building concept.

[jhb171achill]

On 25/2/2024 at 12:54 PM, Galteemore said:

If you’re going for the authentic SLNC look you’re almost there  

"Lough Erne" is arriving, along with Railcar B, on low loaders at the weekend...........

1 hour ago, irishrailways52 said:

you should sell those

Given the space (which I don't have), i would very certainly buy one like that!

[Westcorkrailway]

i wonder would something like this be a genuinly viable product. there are plenty of people who need garden sheds and im sure that this shed differenciates it a lot form the competition for the regular consumer making it cool. im not a garden shed enthusiast though!

[Flying Snail]

25 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

 im not a garden shed enthusiast though!

Give it about 20 years, you will be 

Excellent work @Gabhal Luimnigh, it's fabulous!!

[Horsetan]

18 hours ago, irishrailways52 said:

you should sell those

Some of us actually drive oul sheds

[Rush and Lusk]

This whole project is fabulous - well done

[Patrick Davey]

Only seeing this now, vvvvvery impressive!!!!

[David Holman]

On 25/2/2024 at 12:54 PM, Galteemore said:

If you’re going for the authentic SLNC look you’re almost there  

Nowhere near scruffy enough!

Brilliant idea for a shed and have occasionally wondered if anyone has ever repurposed an actual goods wagon as a model railway room. It would be a reasonable amount of space inside, albeit a bit cold and draughty. Near the Kent and East Sussex Railway, there are several refurbished wagons in use as holiday lets, including a GWR brake van. The owners usually have an advert in Railway Magazine.

[Broithe]

1 hour ago, David Holman said:

Brilliant idea for a shed and have occasionally wondered if anyone has ever repurposed an actual goods wagon as a model railway room. 

I have a vague idea that there was a layout in a carriage at Crewe 10/15 years ago.

This could be 'real life or is it just fantasy'?

I will ask the person who was there with me, he's (fairly) reliable...

[Brack]

2 hours ago, David Holman said:

have occasionally wondered if anyone has ever repurposed an actual goods wagon as a model railway room.

I believe Chris O'Donoghue might've put a layout in his garden studio, which is sort of a repurposed railway carriage.

(It's not a real carriage though, but a fake one built for his award winning 2007 Chelsea Flower Show garden)

Sadly I suspect the garden shed we'll build in the next year or two will be a bit more conventional in style.

[Mayner]

As a professional who worked in the industry for close to 50 years building (and sometimes troubleshooting) residential and commercial buildings in Ireland, the UK and New Zealand, I struggle to bite my lip and stay stum on this thread.

Using decent materials, correct detailing and decent maintenance a timber framed building can have an almost indifinite life span, like the timber frame buildings in parts of the UK and other parts of the world, incorrect detailing and inadequate maintenance basically rot away within years. Our own home in a conservation area 1920s California Bungalow timberframe weathboard construction corrugated iron roof just about 100 this year, older timber frame Villas from the Victorian era and timber frame houses built up to the 60s sought after in their own right or for relocation, more modern housing tends to be demolished and end up in landfill as developers go for intensification in established neighbourhoods.

The main drawback with the railway wagon/carriage as a home/railway room is that the originals wern't intended/designed to deal with the Irish/UK/New Zealand weather in the same manner as a conventional building and require almost constant maintenance/upkeep to remain weathertight and with plantation timber not rot away in a few years.

While a pastiche the 'railway carriage" with corrugated iron roof and veranda will last longer with lower maintenance levels than a traditional railway wagon/carriage roof constructed in roofing boards or ply covered in the traditional canvas or even a modern roofing membrane. Even modern roofing membranes (felt or plastic) are only guaranteed to 10-12 years, while you would want a decent shed to last at least 25 preferably a minimum of 50 years before replacement.

We built a scaled down NZ Railway shelter (not unlike GNR(I) for an outdoor store in our garden about 15 years ago, still the original acrylic (not oil) paint work still looks well no maintenance to speak off since built. Roof Corrugated Iron Mono-pitch with decent overhangs (300+mm), timber flashings and weatherboard all treated pine timber, on building wrap (not a vapour barrier) on 100X50 treated pine framing. Large doors were laminated in "Shadowclad" a treated Ply pre-primed Wall Cladding with V grooved to resemble T&G planking (but without the shrinkage problem) to a sheet of 19mm treated plywood, no sign of movement or shinkage since installed despite exposure to the prevailing wind and sun.

To sum up I'd build it differently using different materials, but would build a building that meets Building Code requirements in terms of durability and weathertightness than a replica railway wagon or carriage mainly in terms of building life and value for money, but that's my opinion. The SLNCR Van looks the part and I was impressed with the joinery work involved.

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Roof work this weekend, weather permitting.

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Great roofing weather today

[derek]

19 hours ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

Roof work this weekend, weather permitting.

Tell him you know a bit about building yourself, Denis

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

1 hour ago, derek said:

Tell him you know a bit about building yourself, Denis

I'm not a trouble maker Derek

[derek]

22 hours ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

I'm not a trouble maker Derek

Didn't stop you before. Ah, shur I'm only joking. No offence meant.

On 1/3/2024 at 9:17 AM, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

Great roofing weather today

Man up and get on with it

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Roof covered at lake last, I have ordered the flat tin sheets that will finish it off nicely

I also added the step and a few other bits.

[Rush and Lusk]

Super tantalising glimpses of the lovely sligo landscape on this spring day.  

[Bob229]

Excellent progress Denis 

[Patrick Davey]

Simply superb!

 

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

48 minutes ago, Rush and Lusk said:

Super tantalising glimpses of the lovely sligo landscape on this spring day.  

It's a lovely part of the world for sure.

17 minutes ago, Bob229 said:

Excellent progress Denis 

Thanks Bob

Just now, Patrick Davey said:

Simply superb!

 

Thanks Patrick

[226 Abhann na Suire]

Looks unbelievable Denis, as does the countryside of its old stamping ground!! A really intriguing project, I always look forward to updates!!

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

1 hour ago, 226 Abhann na Suire said:

Looks unbelievable Denis, as does the countryside of its old stamping ground!! A really intriguing project, I always look forward to updates!!

Cheers Oisín.

[NIRCLASS80]

Looks fantastic. Well done

[John-r]

Have to say, I'm really enjoying watching your project take shape, it's looking  really good and look forward to your updates, weather permitting. Great work.