Steel Subframe for the Wendy House Deck

Dealing with the weed and shrub strewn 'un-gardenable' embankment below the Wendy House meant that the existing decking that surrounded it had to go temporarily.  Now it is time to replace it with something more mechanically sound and attractive.  We hit on the idea of using the component parts of a very high but now redundant scaffolding tower which has served us well but has been replaced by a much lighter tower for occasional use only.

The idea is to set a row of 5 x 4ft long tower panels in a 20 ft line along the embankment into six concrete foundations and build upwards from that to form a deck level at approximately Wendy House floor level.

Given a break in the weather today I have been able to construct a temporary assemblage from which we can get accurate centres for the foundations and here it is:

The deck will rest on the second horizontal rail from the bottom.  Above that will be a 3.5m long Building Regs compliant* set of steel railings located above the 3.5m long wooden lath in the picture with scaffold tower 'wings' at each end which will embrace Wendy on three sides at the top of the embankment.

The scaffolding tower will be painted black probably to camouflage it somewhat.  Climbing plants will eventually hide it altogether.

* Building Regs as such do not apply to the Wendy House because of its size but for safety's sake it is good to take heed in view of the height involved.