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But first, a break to demolish some pallets, first, cos the wood will want a couple days to dry before I start putting it on the wall.

Look! Wood!

Eight boards of various widths & lengths lean against the inside wall of the tinker's wagon.

The daily commute.

A toolbag & a water bottle sit on the roof of the van. The front drivers side door is open; that's my ladder.

Easier & safer to scramble around on roofs without the boots on.

A really great pair of Manitobah Mukluks boots lay on the roof of the van. In front of them is my leg. I'm wearing black leggings & a grey wool sock. Well, two, but only one is in the picture.

This goes faster now that I know what I’m doing!

There's another sheet of plywood on the roof of the tinker's wagon. The view is from the side of the wagon, & level with the roof.

It is MOST of a roof now.

Another view of the roof, this time from on the roof itself. It's taken at an angle & basically there's plywood as far as the eye can see.

I sent this picture to my mom & my Aunt Ann because I’m mean.

The van roof, scattered with tools, boots, & the water bottle. It's very clearly taken by someone who was on the roof at the time. My family is very patient & very worried.

More wood!

This time there are fifteen boards leaning against the inside wall of the tinker's wagon.

Next up: yet more roof.

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From:

kellan_the_tabby

Shrink wrap entire building?

From:

siliconshaman

Maybe... I swear, if I could build a place and money was no concern, NASA would want to borrow the plans to use as a Mars base.

As it is, I'm making do with upcycling stuff and cobbling together stuff from junk. 80% of my workshop is recycled timber, old chicken coops, fence panels.. stuff from skips. Most of what I've bought is hardware to hold it together, paint and roofing felt. Oh, and rafters, because I couldn't find any 4x2 in the right lengths for free.

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kellan_the_tabby

YEP, I swiped most of the boards on the outside of the tinker's wagon from the abandoned house down the street, all of the inside walls will be done with pallet wood, basically as much as I could scrounge, I scrounged. Did have to buy 2x4s, yeah, alas, but with luck on my next project I'll find a source for those too.

Heck, one of my plans for tomorrow is 'walk down to the abandoned house with a drill & prybar & see if I can come up with some fence boards'.