Post #724392 by NickGrant on Thu, Jul 31, 2014 12:34 PM

Hello, just discovered this place and enjoying looking at all the cool bars.

Thought I would share some of my project here on the other side of the Atlantic in Scotland, UK. It's not finished yet, but I'll catch you up to speed with previous posts I've put up on another forum.

The bar is being build in some woodland in my garden.

First had to clear to site and fell a couple of dead trees that might have fallen on the bar.

Then the next step is to build a big deck for it all to sit on. 3m x 6m.

I had put a couple of posts up and the end joist before today, just dragged up the long joists ready to go on...

Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

This is where I got to just now, the perimeter frame is up, need to add loads more posts to firm it all up then I can start hanging the joists.

Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

You can see from further down the garden that it will be fairly unobtrusive, especially in the summer.

Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

I am reusing an old shed on the deck to act as the bar at one end. The entire side will be hinged so that the whole thing opens up. A tough job will be getting power out to the shed as it is a good 30m from the house and will need a long trench digging.