In the last few days we have been out having adventures, the first one on Friday when a marketplace contact let me know that he had some 4x4 frames that he could let me have for fifty bucks. It was quite local and we expected to, as usual, put the materials on top of the car, however, we rapidly realised that the frames were a lot bigger (and heavier) than expected. It was time to "phone a friend" and ask for a favour, luckily Keith was five minutes away and turned up, by coincidence, with an empty truck, mainly as he had only just disposed of a hot water tank.
Two of the frames were 6'8" x 5'9" and there were cross beams, and in addition, more of the 4x4 in the form of a rough and ready table and a small ladder frame. I worked out the there was about 120' altogether, probably more. It was a struggle to load it all up and the chap included several pieces of OSB as well, I am sure we will make use of that.
One of the frames has already been disassambled, along with a smaller ladder frame and the table which has yielded a small supply of screws (another bonus). We placed the remaining large frame in place to gauge our intended sizing. It was apparent that a 10' width would be a little too big, so we arranged some of the loose 4x4 pieces and came up with an 8'2" x 12'2" template which seems a perfect size for the space we have.
In the afternoon we sat with Keith in the back yard and had a few beers and caught up with the latest Sooke gossip, some very interesting stuff, well not as impressive as our greenhouse project, which suddenly had a door, some windows and a good solid base.
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