Fitness-obsessed couple knock down their shed and build a £900 lockdown gym using wooden planks, second-hand PVC windows and IKEA mirrors
- Jodie Leah Foulger, 34, and Andy Fernandez, 32, built a gym in their garden
- Posting on DIY On A Budget UK, couple revealed they spent £900 doing it
- Facebook users were impressed and said the finished results look professional
A couple who were missing the gym in lockdown revealed how they built their own fitness shed in the garden.
Jodie Leah Foulger, 34, and Andy Fernandez, 32, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, spent £900 building the home gym so that they could continue with their exercise regime in lockdown.
Armed with wood from their local scrap yard and interior materials from budget stores including Aldi and B&M, the couple spent around three weeks crafting their fitness structure.
Jodie Leah Foulger, 34, and Andy Fernandez, 32, who live in Southend-on-Sea, have impressed DIY fans with their home gym (pictured)
The fitness enthusiasts explained that they were inspired to build a gym (pictured), while waiting for fitness facilities to reopen
The couple set to work creating a gym that requires no membership…using second-hand PVC windows, planks from a local wood yard and a Rustoleum grey paint for the exterior (Pictured: Jodie and Andy)
Jodie shared a selection of photographs documenting the process of creating their gym on Facebook’s DIY On A Budget UK.
She wrote: ‘This entire project was started and completed during lockdown by my partner and myself! Neither of us are in the trade. He was an avid gym goer and was missing the gym! So we built one.
‘We designed and built the whole lot with no help at all. It is a custom size and shape to fit into our garden. We are really pleased with it.’
Jodie revealed they bought wood for the structure from their local wood yard and brought second hand UPVC windows and French doors from their local scrap yard.
She continued: ‘Paint for outside for the summer house is Cuprinol Dusky Gem, UPVC windows and doors painted in Rustoleum universal paint slate grey.
‘Damaged windows covered with D- C Fix vinyl window covering. Large mirrors inside the gym Ikea online. Garden lights Screwfix.’
The couple brought a rug and gardening furnishings from Aldi, completing the project with a garden mirror from B&M.
Jodie told Facebook users that they brought materials from their local wood yard and scrap yard, for a total spend of £900. Pictured: The early stages of building the gym
Jodie said they used budget buys from stores including B&M, Aldi and Ikea to furnish the gym in their garden. Pictured: The process of building the gym
Jodie revealed the process of constructing the gym (pictured) took around three weeks, without any professional help
The convenient structure impressed DIY enthusiasts. One person wrote: ‘Brilliant, love the fact you all got stuck in. Making memories along the way too!’
‘Neither of you work in this business? Are you sure, that’s bloody amazing. That’s more professional looking than anything we’ve had done by builders! Well done you guys,’ another said.
A third added: ‘Brilliant, love the fact you all got stuck in. Making memories along the way too’
Another wrote: ‘Wish I had someone half as handy as you two xx Well done guys looks fab x’
A stream of DIY fans gushed that the finished gym looks professional and said they would love to have their own