Design
I've made a start at long last! When I retired in 2016 first on my list of things to do was to build a new shed. Two reasons, first that our 30 year old shed was almost falling down, and too small, and second that our garage was so full of bits and pieces that we can no longer get a car in there! Now in 2020, partly down to the self-isolation forced on us by the Coronavirus, I have had time to make a start. During March I started detailed plans using Sketchup (used to be Google Sketchup, but now owned by Trimble. There is still a free PC version, a free web version, and various 'Pro' versions). Simple to use, and quite powerful to do detailed measurements etc. I should explain the reasoning behind my rather strange measurements! In the UK timber sizes roughly correspond to inches - e.g. 50 x 100mm (4 x 2 inches), and timber is sold in metric lengths roughly corresponding to feet - e.g. 2.4m (8 feet), 3.0m (10 feet), 3.6m (12 feet) etc. However, she...