{"id":10540,"date":"2022-10-24T08:46:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T06:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/construction-is-underway-including-the-house\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:19:49","slug":"construction-is-underway-including-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/construction-is-underway-including-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction is underway. Including the “house.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eureka, it is finished! <\/b><\/p>\n

Well, at least the first part. Because anyone who wants to drive onto a campsite pitch regularly (and get back off again) should have a good driveway.
\nNo sooner said than done; my friend Pascal from nearby (one reason why I ended up in the Palatinate) is a major construction expert and immediately offered to lend a hand. Although… it later turned out that we were more the ones helping him.
\nThe head organizer has experience in house building and, as I now realize, can do almost everything himself. <\/p>\n

First, the plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

I thought to myself that if we’re doing a driveway, we might as well put up a small garden shed at the same time. But thinking, supported by planning, is better. So, it was off to the planning board\u2014or in this case, PowerPoint\u2014to upload a picture and draw in some lines and boxes. Very successful and, in this case, completely sufficient.
\nHe also brought along another helper right away, without being asked. That’s how it’s done! <\/p>\n

Part 1:<\/strong> Driveway based on grass pavers with a gravel and grit base.
\nPart 2:<\/strong> A simple garden shed that we can still move. Cheap and easy to assemble (the latter was probably a pipe dream). <\/p>\n

Planned duration on my part:<\/strong> 2 days<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The pit:<\/b> where to put all that sand?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

What do you mean, sand? <\/b>It was actually soil, but where Pascal comes from, they call soil “sand” and real soil is called “topsoil.” Learned something new again! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Actually, you would think that setting up a small garden shed measuring approx. 127 x 200 cm and 180 cm in height wouldn’t be a huge undertaking. Actually…
\nIn the end, the assembly always required two people and took just as long as the driveway.
\nA deep cut on a finger was also included, because the cheap part simply doesn’t have deburred edges. Gloves are advisable, but not always practical. Unfortunately.
\nThe joke of the matter is that the door handles, which also have holes for a lock, are attached with two Phillips screws. Simply brilliant, these Chinese manufacturers. So, anyone who wants to get in just needs a screwdriver. Safecracking skills are not required.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The garden shed:<\/b> in all its component parts<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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After 2 days (9:30 AM to 5:00 PM and 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM) with a total of 4 people, a plate compactor, and a car with a trailer, everything is finished!
\nWhat remains is a pile of soil\u2014later for raised beds etc., seen in the background of the picture\u2014and a still-missing service water drainage pipe.
\nTrue to the motto: After work is before work. I’m already looking forward to it!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The result:<\/strong> In the rain approx. 1 hour after completion! That’s what you call perfect timing! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The costs <\/strong><\/p>\n

With projects like this, I always find it interesting to find out what the whole thing cost:<\/p>\n

\u20ac90 for 46 grass pavers\u2014which, by the way, weigh 27 kg each!
\n\u20ac130 for gravel and grit\u2014a total of 4 trips with the trailer
\n\u20ac240 for the garden shed\u2014incl. shipping. A “steal”
\n\u20ac0 for the plate compactor\u2014free of charge from Pascal’s neighbor <\/p>\n

Helpers: simply priceless!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Overall conclusion:<\/strong> Never buy a metal garden shed from China, and<\/strong> nothing works without real friends who are skilled and have the right tools and connections!<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Pascal, Tom, and my husband Klaus. You were great!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eureka, it is finished! Well, at least the first part. Because anyone who wants to drive onto a campsite pitch regularly (and get back off again) should have a good driveway. No sooner said than done; my friend Pascal from nearby (one reason why I ended up in the Palatinate) is a major construction expert...","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10540"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10578,"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10540\/revisions\/10578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}