I have recently been building a fish house, I have posted on other forums but decided to post on here.
Here it goes!
It is a 10ft by 8ft Tounge and Grove shed. Insulation will be 2" polystrenye, will be space heated and tanks will be run on a big air pump, driving many sponge filters.
Day 1:
After smashing down the old shed, I had the pleasure of cleaning it all up, upto now has been around 30 fill bin bags of rubbish!
Heres a pic of the old shed in pieces:
Next stop was to cut all the trees down as the shed will be taller and the trees from next door are that over grown it has pushed through the fence and broke it. Picture of the branches and wood from the old shed/fence:
After sweeping up I had to move a load of concrete slaps and bricks, I found these butterflies resting in the dark: Heres a pic, while cleaning I found 2 empty mice nests!
The shed arrived today, in pieces, so I can insulate the base before its down:
Heres the rest of the shed:
I will be insulating the base then I will be getting the shed builders to set it up, then I will be insulating the inside and treating it all. Only thing wrong is the insulation didnt arrive today! I was supposed to "Angry" So the build is probably delayed by 1week as I start college again monday!
Here is the space the new shed will be resting. I managed to temporally fix the fence with the old shed door:
Heres Bella whos loving all the excitment of the new build and loves being nosey and playing in the pile of banches:
Tomorrows plan starts with an early start, 8am to pick up the van, then down to Ross' in stafford to pick up some tanks, racking, wood treatment, foil, bitumen etc and fish! "Tongue" Then we have to race back in time to get to Goodison park to watch the mighty blues beat Man united, then back home and load all the branches, old shed and 30 bin bags of rubbish to take off to the tip!
Will update as I got on with the build.
Regards
Dave
managed to do 99% of the insulation on the base yesterday, I left college 3hours early to get a jump start on the job, but then had to send some fish off, but had no bags so had to go to maidenhead and get some! Finally started to insulate the base, was easy to cut, I siliconed the sheets down, It was annoying as the beams arnt straight to I had to cut in smaller strips, for example 1 end of the beam was 21.5cm wide and at the opposite side it was 25.5cm, this made the job longer. I had finally done everything, was about to silicone the last 2 small pieces down then the heavens opened! "Angry"
Early this morning I finished the job, took 2mins max! I then filled any holes with silicone:
Then the shed makers came, took them around 20-30mins to erect.
Lady excited about the shed being put up:
Heres the shed erected:
Inside of the shed, my Dad has been stressing me out saying the racks wont fit, well I had a smile on my face, they fitted perfect to the mm!
I am thinking on starting insulating the roof now, got some water changes to do first!
Will update as it progresses, I am soon ordering another 10-20 sponge filters, all I need for them is a powerful air pump? any ideas fish house owners?
Regards
Dave
Here it goes!
It is a 10ft by 8ft Tounge and Grove shed. Insulation will be 2" polystrenye, will be space heated and tanks will be run on a big air pump, driving many sponge filters.
Day 1:
After smashing down the old shed, I had the pleasure of cleaning it all up, upto now has been around 30 fill bin bags of rubbish!
Heres a pic of the old shed in pieces:
Next stop was to cut all the trees down as the shed will be taller and the trees from next door are that over grown it has pushed through the fence and broke it. Picture of the branches and wood from the old shed/fence:
After sweeping up I had to move a load of concrete slaps and bricks, I found these butterflies resting in the dark: Heres a pic, while cleaning I found 2 empty mice nests!
The shed arrived today, in pieces, so I can insulate the base before its down:
Heres the rest of the shed:
I will be insulating the base then I will be getting the shed builders to set it up, then I will be insulating the inside and treating it all. Only thing wrong is the insulation didnt arrive today! I was supposed to "Angry" So the build is probably delayed by 1week as I start college again monday!
Here is the space the new shed will be resting. I managed to temporally fix the fence with the old shed door:
Heres Bella whos loving all the excitment of the new build and loves being nosey and playing in the pile of banches:
Tomorrows plan starts with an early start, 8am to pick up the van, then down to Ross' in stafford to pick up some tanks, racking, wood treatment, foil, bitumen etc and fish! "Tongue" Then we have to race back in time to get to Goodison park to watch the mighty blues beat Man united, then back home and load all the branches, old shed and 30 bin bags of rubbish to take off to the tip!
Will update as I got on with the build.
Regards
Dave
managed to do 99% of the insulation on the base yesterday, I left college 3hours early to get a jump start on the job, but then had to send some fish off, but had no bags so had to go to maidenhead and get some! Finally started to insulate the base, was easy to cut, I siliconed the sheets down, It was annoying as the beams arnt straight to I had to cut in smaller strips, for example 1 end of the beam was 21.5cm wide and at the opposite side it was 25.5cm, this made the job longer. I had finally done everything, was about to silicone the last 2 small pieces down then the heavens opened! "Angry"
Early this morning I finished the job, took 2mins max! I then filled any holes with silicone:
Then the shed makers came, took them around 20-30mins to erect.
Lady excited about the shed being put up:
Heres the shed erected:
Inside of the shed, my Dad has been stressing me out saying the racks wont fit, well I had a smile on my face, they fitted perfect to the mm!
I am thinking on starting insulating the roof now, got some water changes to do first!
Will update as it progresses, I am soon ordering another 10-20 sponge filters, all I need for them is a powerful air pump? any ideas fish house owners?
Regards
Dave
