19.04.2021 Fitting the last few panels.

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 Monday 19th, bright and warm. 54F at 9.30.

Today, I plan to fill in the gaps in the plywood cladding. And so it was. It took far longer to remove all the screws from the old panels. Than to place and fix the new panels. 

I temporary fitted tarpaulin over the naked octagon in case wet weather tries to get in at the top. Two top panels fitted. The last still to go. 

Access for fitting and fixing may be quite a problem. I might have to use a short roof ladder on the shed next door. Which is what I did for working on the octagon a couple of years ago. The roof ladder proved vital to reach the SE area to add cross braces and remove the old ones from the octagon. Both easterly, octagon posts will continue in their supporting role on the new building. So they had to be well tied into the larger footprint. 

I had used some inferior Torx screws from a discount DIY chain in the absence of named screws. These have proved a nightmare to remove. The star shaped socket has stripped on all of them. I shall have to saw the timber close to the screws. Then split the timber to use Mole grips on the screws. Not an easy task when there is not much room to manoeuvre. The quality screws have all unscrewed without a problem.

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