The Huckleberry

What you will need:

• 1 power-drill, either electric or cordless
  • Phillips Head drill tip
  • 8m Hex Head drill tip

Hardware included:

• 54 Hex Head Screws – used for:
  • Joining walls to walls and to floor sections
  • Securing roof
  •  Fixing posts and pickets
• 12 Phillip Head Screws – used for:
  • Attaching the 4 corner trim pieces.

Cubby Sections included:

• Floor:
  • Cubby Floor
  • Verandah Floor
• Walls:
  • 1 back section
  • 2 side sections
  • 1 front section
• Roof:
  • 1 back roof section with timber trim
  • 1 front roof section with colorbond capping
  • 1 verandah section
• Pickets:
  • 4 sets of pickets, side and front
• Posts and Trims:
  • 4 verandah posts
  • 4 corner trim pieces.

Dimensions:
•    2.4m wide by 1.8m deep (unless Huck 2 which is 2.4m deep) plus 0.7m Verandah

To Construct:

Attach walls to floor:

• Place floor in position – ensure floor is level.
• Stand the back wall (2.4m) and one side wall (1.8m) on the floor ensuring the bottom timber paling overhangs the edge of the floor.  The wall frame should sit flush on top of the floor.
• Use the Hex Head screws to attach the walls to each other.  Do not screw the walls to the floor.  This stage will come later.
  • attach approx 10cm from the top and bottom of the frame using the Hex Head Screws
• Follow the last two steps for each of the wall sections.
• Attach all walls to the floor ensuring you screw into the floor bearers where possible (bearers are the beams running underneath the floor).

Attach Roof to walls:

• Place the rear roof section (with timber trim and no capping) onto the rear of the cubby.  The timber trim is the bottom edge.  Ensure that the angle cut at the top is aligned with the apex of the cubby.
  • From inside the cubby use a Hex Head screw to screw up through the side wall frame and into the roof batten.
• Position the front roof section over the top of the rear section, the capping should sit over the top of the rear section.  The angle cut of side timber should meet at the apex.
  • From inside screw up from frame into battens.

Verandah and Pickets:

• Situate the verandah floor next to front of cubby.
• Hold one picket against the side of the cubby and along the verandah floor.  Leave approx 8-10cm clearance up from floor and attach to cubby wall (from inside of picket frame) and screw into the wall frame.
• Butt a verandah post against the picket and attach from the inside of the picket frame.
  • The narrow edge of the timber must face forward.
  • On a diagonal, screw the verandah post into the verandah floor using the pre-drilled holes.
• Repeat this step for the other side.
• Slide the verandah roof (timber trim is to go to front) under the front roof section – corrugations should align.
  • Rest on corner posts.
• Hold verandah roof section firmly from underneath against the front roof section and screw through verandah frame into cubby front wall frame in 4 places.
• Attach front pickets to corner verandah posts.
• Butt centre verandah post against picket and attach.
• Screw verandah posts into floor and into verandah roof frame.
• Attach the four corner trim pieces to the exposed corners of the cubby with Phillips Head screws provided.

Congratulations:

• Now stand back and admire your handy work.  Give yourself a pat on the back, you have done a terrific job.
• Take a photo and send to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – seriously, we would love to see it as well.  We might like to show it on our website, with your permission.
• Finally – let the kids in, it’s their turn to play.
• We hope that this cubby brings you and your family years of joy.

Thank you from the Design A Shed team.