The Wood Daddy

The Wood Daddy Fixer, Maker, Creator and Dad. Loving life in Devon. Woodworker, maker and stay at home dad.

Have three monkeys and my gorgeous wife.

26/07/2020

Slating on!

Its heavy work this slating and everything about it is sharp and ready to cut you as soon as look at you. But there is a lovely simplicity about doing it.

The roof timbers for the garage are nearly all on and are casting some great shadows!Thank you to Nigel at for the use ...
01/07/2020

The roof timbers for the garage are nearly all on and are casting some great shadows!

Thank you to Nigel at for the use of his Paslode IM350 what a brilliant time saving nailer.

Meanwhile inside the house, Mrs FixMakeCreate has been build our wardrobe!
28/06/2020

Meanwhile inside the house, Mrs FixMakeCreate has been build our wardrobe!

28/06/2020

A long but satisfying day. 38 rafters cut all to size. I've put 8 in place to see how they look and I am pretty pleased.

Had loads of help from my eldest son which made things go alot quicker. Also a big Thank you to the brilliant and patient Tristan Couch for helping me set out the first rafter... made the process a whole lot clearer.

Next step is use the nail gun to attach the rafters to the top plate and wall plates. Batterns, felt and slates all arrive tomorrow!



28/06/2020

Marking out the cuts for all 38 of the roof rafters.

We marked and cut and adjusted one rafter for each side and then we've used those two as templates for the others.

Now to cut them all on the chop saw and then the birds mouth cuts by hand! 😬

Well what I thought would be a really tough job is actually quite straight forward thanks to my new sds drill.
26/06/2020

Well what I thought would be a really tough job is actually quite straight forward thanks to my new sds drill.

Drilling holes in this bad boy today. Steel beam for the roof of the garage. Means no need for cross beams so the roof i...
26/06/2020

Drilling holes in this bad boy today. Steel beam for the roof of the garage. Means no need for cross beams so the roof is simpler to build and has more space inside.

Just loving the look of the new floor guys, nearly there! Thank you for all the hard work and attention to detail!
04/06/2020

Just loving the look of the new floor guys, nearly there!

Thank you for all the hard work and attention to detail!

So today, whilst the diggers have been noising about outside, I have mostly been converting a set of bunk beds into a be...
27/05/2020

So today, whilst the diggers have been noising about outside, I have mostly been converting a set of bunk beds into a bed with desk underneath.

What furniture have you converted to suit your needs?

We love a good before and after, so here is the stair detail now in and looking great! Oak strips, oiled. Thanks to for...
26/05/2020

We love a good before and after, so here is the stair detail now in and looking great! Oak strips, oiled.

Thanks to for a lovely bit of work and to Ed at for the inspiration.

Just the led strip to be connected to the electrics and we'll be good.

To compliment it all the wood floor is finally being laid this week and next.

@ Kingsbridge

21/05/2020

And this was yesterday, digging footings, levelling and rearranging. Loving watching the work happen on such a hot day, thank you Mark Vallance Groundworks and

Got to love a bit of timelapse.

21/05/2020

View out the back window this morning! The diggers are back sorting out levels and putting some structure into the garden.

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