Category Archives: Projects

Pata Community Project -Winchcombe

Originally the project involved placing a roof on an existing performance stage, however it quickly became clear that the existing structure was rotten and unsafe. Our team then completed a design and build of a new stage complete with roof and seating on sides and along the back.

The design catered for the new structure being built on a archaeological site, this prevented us digging holes for the support posts. This was overcome by using adjustable plastic support pads that held the posts and also provided a way to level the structure while holding all the timber off the ground greatly reducing the risk of water damage. The structure was finished off with a clear preservative to give a natural timber look.

Project Start

Team and Pata Students Finished Project

Croft School – Painswick

Our team from both Cheltenham and Gloucester have complete a project for the Croft School at Painswick, providing Mud Kitchens, a shelter and storage area for use of the pupils and staff.

Croft School Project Shelter and Storage

Croft-Shelter-and-Storage

Mud Kitchen

Croft School Mud Kitchen

Pittville Own Model Dove Aeroplane

Our Shed at the Gordon League Rugby Club Gloucester have completed the renovation of the Pittville Park’s playground Dove Airliner model.

This Play Plane is built from High Density Polyethylene as a memorial to
an aircraft maintenance engineer and is located in the playground at The Boathouse Cafe in Pittville Park, replacing an earlier version built in plywood.

Front View Model Plane Pitville Park

Model Dove Plane

Greatfield Park School Shed

Our team from Men in Sheds have completed the replacement of an existing timber shed for the Greatfield Park Primary School. This involved dismantling an old timber shed and building a replacement tin shed.

Timber Shed for Dismantling

Original Timber prior to dismantling

Dismantled Shed

Greatfield School dismantled shed

Repacement Metal Shed Greatfield School

New Metal Shed Greatfield School

The most difficult part of constructing the new shed was moving it’s heavy metal base into position, this involved a lot of physical effort by a group  of  people from the school staff and the men in sheds team working together.

Shurdington Scout Hut

Just completed for the Shurdington Scout group, a project for the construction of a timber hut for the scouts’ outdoor activities.

Shurdington Scout Hut - Start of Construction

Shurdington Scout Hut- Start of Construction

Constructing Scout Hut Frame

Constructing Frame

Finished Scout Hut with Solar Panel

Finished Scout Hut with Solar Panel for lighting

Scout Hut lit by Solar powered Lights

Scout Hut lit by Solar powered Lights

Gloucester Park – Aviary Restoration

The Gloucester men in sheds team assisted the Gloucester City Council  in the planning and  restoration of the bird aviary in Gloucester Park. See Facebook Gloucester City Council 3rd December 2021 post

The team repainted the structure, produced the murals and constructed the  wooden flower planters

 

Repainting

Repainting

Mural

Mural

 

Planter

Planter

Phil the mural painter

Phil the mural painter

Birds Inspecting new surroundings

Birds inspecting new surroundings