Wendy House

Dr Turk Turkelton

Hey DIY forum peeps. While I read a lot of threads here I don't think I've ever posted before.
Anyway during lockdown I somehow got persuaded by my daughter's to build them a wendy house, obviously in a moment of madness.
Anyway once the hardware shop reopened I got a delivery and any spare time since I've been beating away at this, mostly winging it.

Pre commencement design team meeting


Foundations




Deck and floor

Dr Turk Turkelton

Built the walls on the ground and started putting them together



A bit of help



Starting the cladding

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Found out the hard way that doing a roof by yourself is no fun





Im missing a few pics but it was then decided that a veranda was an essential part of the build. The hardware also didn't have enough marine ply so that halted the build as I needed some for the back roof.

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Finally got the ply and pressed on with finishing the roof and covering it.






And that's as far on as I am now.i can't get perspex to do the windows as it's all sold out so I just need to make a door and put up a fence.
Will leave them play with it for a while and will probably then clad the inside walls with something.

yogmeister

Nice job. Well done

Irish_peppa

Jasus thats one solid wendy house, there wont be any wolves blowing that down any time soon!

turbostan

That's class, well done, the kids must be delighted

punisher5112

That ain't no Wendy house that's a man cave.....

Well done looks spectacular.

kippy

Looks good. Solid piece of work.

Roughly how much has it cost so far?

Dr Turk Turkelton

Irish_peppa wrote: »

Jasus thats one solid wendy house, there wont be any wolves blowing that down any time soon!

Thanks. It is a bit over engineered as I asked a carpenter friend for what materials I should use and I think he went to town on it!

Dr Turk Turkelton

turbostan wrote: »

That's class, well done, the kids must be delighted

Yeah they are. My carpenter friend offered to help but I turned him down as they wanted us to do it. They have loved being part of it(except for when something wasn't going right and I'd let a stream of f#%*$).

Dr Turk Turkelton

punisher5112 wrote: »

That ain't no Wendy house that's a man cave.....

Well done looks spectacular.

Unfortunately it won't double up as one. I downloaded a set of plans from the internet for $5 but I changed around some of the sizes. The original height to the eaves was 1200mm but I made it 1500.I can stand up in it due to the roof but the door is only 1350 high so it's a bit too small.

John Hutton

What a great thing to do. Your girls will never forget that their daddy built them a Wendy house.

Dr Turk Turkelton

kippy wrote: »

Looks good. Solid piece of work.

Roughly how much has it cost so far?

I've got everything from the same hardware so I can give you an exact figure. First bill was €730 and second was €264.
I have enough wood for the door and fence just need another few bits for trims,a door latch and hinges and some perspex so I'd say about €100 more should finish it.

Dr Turk Turkelton

So finally got some perspex and a bit of time. Windows in, fence up and door done. I'm not really happy with the door but it will do for the summer and I will change it completely after if I have any tools left as I feel like burning anything carpentry related!
Total build time was about 80 hours and cost was €1100.
I'd imagine a carpenter would knock it up in jig time though.