Not Quite Shed Build, more finishing
Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 17:45
OK, here goes. This is not so much a build a shed post, rather, I have gone for a shed built for me, which I will then be finishing off to my taste, hopefully with idea of the shed lasting 20 or so years. Once this one is done, hopefully I will have learned enough to build a second, smaller shed for my wife ( well that's what I have told her anyway).
We spent the last 12 years overseas, and have now come back to the UK with the idea of settling down. Building some sort of shed / workshop / man cave has been an idea of mine for a long time, so now we found a nice place to live with a bit of space, I was allowed to start thinking about it.
We live in a conservation area, so planning permission for any building was required, although in this case, it was free of charge, but took 6 weeks or so.
I put in plans for 2 sheds, one 17 x 8 and one 10 x 8, by which time (at the time of putting in the plans) we'd have enough work / play space for both of us and the garden.
As I mentioned before, the idea is to have the first one built for me, and to go about building the smaller one myself.
I went with a company off the internet to have an 18 x 8 workshop type thing built, but by the time I specced it all up as I wanted it, it came out at quite a lot of money, so scaling back a bit and committing to doing the finishing touches myself, we came to an acceptable price and spec for me to go from.
The slab where it is going was relatively tidy after removing the old rotten shed and green house, and cleaning it off.
I wanted to get a space down the back to be able to repaint it every now and then, but the slab isn't wide enough so I came up with the thought of using concrete fence posts as a base to handle the 6 inches or so of overlap and to also lift it wood the concrete where I think it would suffer from water running down the Bank. Fingers crossed this solution will work, with enough posts the shed floor should be pretty well supported. It could be higher from the floor I suppose, but I think it is at least 4 inches. Anyway that's what I did....
Delivery day came, and the shed went up pretty quickly, fitted in place and finished off with a heavy duty felt roof. All in all it took 3 lads about 3 1/2 hours to get it all up and finished.
Pretty basic "Heavy Duty" shed, the only real extra I went for was to have joinery doors fitted so I can hopefully secure the shed better, and security windows down the back (although not really sure why I did that as it is going to be more hassle when lining it). Lining with breathable membrane, insulation, and fitting an onduline roof all really pushed up the price, so I decided that I was going to tackle those bits myself.
While it comes tanalised from the supplier, hopefully to supplement this, I applied no-nonsense wood preserver treatment from screwfix to the inside of the shed. And proceeded with a bit of help later on from my wife to put on two coats of Cuprinol paint to the exterior. We'll see how well that lasts, but after the second coat, I was pretty happy with the new colour of the shed.
I managed to do this in a day when I saw that were forecast for a week of rain to follow, but which never came.... after that, the next step was to put on the corrugated bitumin roof that I wanted ( and also told the planning people I would have).
Between me being really bad with heights and not wanting to crush my new shed, I managed to persuade my wife to get up on the roof with a hammer and do all the nailing in place. We decided to use treated battens, as the roof is about 19mm tongue and groove and wanted the nails to get a good purchase.
So onduline (actually the slightly cheaper coroline) and felt, hopefully the roof will be pretty sturdy and watertight.
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We still have to fold down the sheet on the verge and tidy up the end of the ridge, as well as finish a few last nails, but we got it all in place just as the heavens opened. I was keen to get it all done while the felt was dry and make sure the battens didn't get wet, although there is decent enough ventilation.
At the same time, we are just starting an extension to the house, so any major work will be in drips and drabs, but we should be hopefully able to benefit from cheaper materials for lining it all out.
So, so far, an almost off the shelf, just a few small compromise, but hopefully nothing that's going to have it rot out in 3 or 4 years. On the outside, we still need to finish the verges, add guttering, (does anyone know if the mini stuff for sheds is any good?), and also, giving some thought to some protection from splashing at the base of the walls - right now thinking pebbles or something.
The eaves under the original roof are wide open, but that is going to be addressed in the next bit on doing the inside. I'm actually surprised that a master procrastinator like myself has managed to get it painted and almost roofed within 5 days of it going up!
Dave
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We spent the last 12 years overseas, and have now come back to the UK with the idea of settling down. Building some sort of shed / workshop / man cave has been an idea of mine for a long time, so now we found a nice place to live with a bit of space, I was allowed to start thinking about it.
We live in a conservation area, so planning permission for any building was required, although in this case, it was free of charge, but took 6 weeks or so.
I put in plans for 2 sheds, one 17 x 8 and one 10 x 8, by which time (at the time of putting in the plans) we'd have enough work / play space for both of us and the garden.
As I mentioned before, the idea is to have the first one built for me, and to go about building the smaller one myself.
I went with a company off the internet to have an 18 x 8 workshop type thing built, but by the time I specced it all up as I wanted it, it came out at quite a lot of money, so scaling back a bit and committing to doing the finishing touches myself, we came to an acceptable price and spec for me to go from.
The slab where it is going was relatively tidy after removing the old rotten shed and green house, and cleaning it off.
I wanted to get a space down the back to be able to repaint it every now and then, but the slab isn't wide enough so I came up with the thought of using concrete fence posts as a base to handle the 6 inches or so of overlap and to also lift it wood the concrete where I think it would suffer from water running down the Bank. Fingers crossed this solution will work, with enough posts the shed floor should be pretty well supported. It could be higher from the floor I suppose, but I think it is at least 4 inches. Anyway that's what I did....
Delivery day came, and the shed went up pretty quickly, fitted in place and finished off with a heavy duty felt roof. All in all it took 3 lads about 3 1/2 hours to get it all up and finished.
Pretty basic "Heavy Duty" shed, the only real extra I went for was to have joinery doors fitted so I can hopefully secure the shed better, and security windows down the back (although not really sure why I did that as it is going to be more hassle when lining it). Lining with breathable membrane, insulation, and fitting an onduline roof all really pushed up the price, so I decided that I was going to tackle those bits myself.
While it comes tanalised from the supplier, hopefully to supplement this, I applied no-nonsense wood preserver treatment from screwfix to the inside of the shed. And proceeded with a bit of help later on from my wife to put on two coats of Cuprinol paint to the exterior. We'll see how well that lasts, but after the second coat, I was pretty happy with the new colour of the shed.
I managed to do this in a day when I saw that were forecast for a week of rain to follow, but which never came.... after that, the next step was to put on the corrugated bitumin roof that I wanted ( and also told the planning people I would have).
Between me being really bad with heights and not wanting to crush my new shed, I managed to persuade my wife to get up on the roof with a hammer and do all the nailing in place. We decided to use treated battens, as the roof is about 19mm tongue and groove and wanted the nails to get a good purchase.
So onduline (actually the slightly cheaper coroline) and felt, hopefully the roof will be pretty sturdy and watertight.
.
We still have to fold down the sheet on the verge and tidy up the end of the ridge, as well as finish a few last nails, but we got it all in place just as the heavens opened. I was keen to get it all done while the felt was dry and make sure the battens didn't get wet, although there is decent enough ventilation.
At the same time, we are just starting an extension to the house, so any major work will be in drips and drabs, but we should be hopefully able to benefit from cheaper materials for lining it all out.
So, so far, an almost off the shelf, just a few small compromise, but hopefully nothing that's going to have it rot out in 3 or 4 years. On the outside, we still need to finish the verges, add guttering, (does anyone know if the mini stuff for sheds is any good?), and also, giving some thought to some protection from splashing at the base of the walls - right now thinking pebbles or something.
The eaves under the original roof are wide open, but that is going to be addressed in the next bit on doing the inside. I'm actually surprised that a master procrastinator like myself has managed to get it painted and almost roofed within 5 days of it going up!
Dave
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