Shed Project for the Summer!

[welshman9]

Hi all, been using the site since I bought my house 3 years ago, and have only just got around to registering
Thought I'd keep a blog of my new garden project, in a bid to keep me motivated at it and to hopefully get some help from everyone on here.
Ok, so I have a large shed (12'x8') at the bottom of my garden, currently just used for the usual...tools, bikes etc but it's pretty much all rotted at the back & sides so its going. Quick pic of the site:

The Start

• welshman9
• 27 Feb 2013
• 1

My garden at the start!

Am planning a concrete block shed/office/general man cave which will span the width of the garden (6.8m) and about 4m deep, did a quick sketch of what i hope it will look like from the front:
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Been clearing out the shed last few days so will be time to tear it down and burn it soon, and get digging the foundations. After chatting to a mate of mine who's a builder, he's said I would be best to do the larger area (office) double skinned as I will be using it all year round. What are people's thoughts on that? Worth the extra expense & time?
I will be having the concrete pumped as access is really awkward down the side of my house. and then will be doing the blockwork myself, slowly as i'm no bricky! but will have mates on hand to help who are all in the trades

Would appreciate any advice/suggestions on what I should do, or maybe if anyone has done anything similar

Thanks!!

 

[leeco]

It looks a good project. I built a large workshop out of concrete blocks only using a singled skin wall due to the thinish area I was building it and battened the outside walls and put kingspan between the battons and cladded it with T&G cladding. If I had had the room I would of had a 2 skin wall with a cavity and kingspan in. To be fair in the summer it is very cool in there when its red hot outside and in the winter it holds the heat very good and looks alot better that just concrete blocks.

 

[welshman9]

If I had had the room I would of had a 2 skin wall with a cavity and kingspan in. To be fair in the summer it is very cool in there when its red hot outside and in the winter it holds the heat very good and looks alot better that just concrete blocks.

So would you think if I don't mind the space lost to do double skinned with insulation?
Also, I didnt say how I'd be finishing it, but I will prob render the 3 sides I wont see with just external plaster and then the front of it will match my house (golden spar dash), just trying to get it to blend in.
Thanks for the comment!

 

[leeco]

Yes thats what I would do. Its a man cave after all and you don't want to be cold in a man cave.

 

[RichD1]

What are you doing for a roof?

As you are within 2 metres of your boundaries you can only have a total height of 2.5 metres.

I'm struggling with headroom in my timber frame design for a 5 metre by 3.4 metre workshop I intend to build over the next few months.

Richard

 

[welshman9]

What are you doing for a roof?

As you are within 2 metres of your boundaries you can only have a total height of 2.5 metres.

I'm struggling with headroom in my timber frame design for a 5 metre by 3.4 metre workshop I intend to build over the next few months.

Richard

Hi Richard,
I'm probably going to use corrugated steel for the roof. Or if I can keep within the 2.5 metres possibly a very slight pitched roof with shingles.
What are you doing?
Paul

 

[RichD1]

I'm thinking of having a very small slope of around 1 in 60 and then cover with either EDPM or GRP. Both are now considered as DIY solutions. See YouTube. Hoping that 47 x 150 timbers @ 400 centres will be OK with 120mm Celotex between roof joists.

I am using an elevated timber frame base due to water levels so this also uses up some of my height, but I guess you can put down a slab at ground level with insulation already in it?

Richard

 

[fmck]

Got something similar planned. Old timber garage is sagging n rotten. My 4 year old and 2 year old discovered they could snap off sections of cladding and went to work on it. Now covered in holes!

Plan is to have strip foundation with a block substructure. Timber insulated floor, timber frame, osb board with rubber roof(insulated).

Walls will be cement particle board textured white with gaps between panels timber cladding hit n miss style. Vented behind then breather membrane insulation, vapour barrier & M.R plasterboard.

I have two 2.1m x900mm windows either a corner feature or try and incorparate it into the hit n miss paneling.

A timber clad soffit overhang round the perimeter.

Still pretty much getting my head round it still ( part of the fun) marked out and have a dumpy level borrowed to survey levels and get some set.

Hopefully get digging this weekend.

 

[fmck]

How you progressing with this or is it on hold at the moment?

 

[DeludedAussie]

Hi all, been using the site since I bought my house 3 years ago, and have only just got around to registering
Thought I'd keep a blog of my new garden project, in a bid to keep me motivated at it and to hopefully get some help from everyone on here.
Ok, so I have a large shed (12'x8') at the bottom of my garden, currently just used for the usual...tools, bikes etc but it's pretty much all rotted at the back & sides so its going. Quick pic of the site:

The Start

• welshman9
• 27 Feb 2013
• 1

My garden at the start!

Am planning a concrete block shed/office/general man cave which will span the width of the garden (6.8m) and about 4m deep, did a quick sketch of what i hope it will look like from the front:
View media item 57404and from above:
View media item 57405


Been clearing out the shed last few days so will be time to tear it down and burn it soon, and get digging the foundations. After chatting to a mate of mine who's a builder, he's said I would be best to do the larger area (office) double skinned as I will be using it all year round. What are people's thoughts on that? Worth the extra expense & time?
I will be having the concrete pumped as access is really awkward down the side of my house. and then will be doing the blockwork myself, slowly as i'm no bricky! but will have mates on hand to help who are all in the trades

Would appreciate any advice/suggestions on what I should do, or maybe if anyone has done anything similar

Thanks!!

what do you exoect this will cost you in material?

 

[welshman9]

Well, the initial plans didn't really make it past the Mrs and with one thing or another getting in the way the shed took a backseat for a while. Had a bit of spare time recently so got to work and changed things slightly. Initial plans were to have a full width shed/mancave. Her indoors wasn't too happy with that so we compromised and have gone with half decking half shed. The sheds still 3.4m x 3.4m so still an ok size. Also changed mind and went with wood instead of block. Purely because I can work with wood a lot better and would be relying on others a lot more if it was in block.
My progress is here: //www.diynot.com/network/welshman9/albums/15464

Just thought I'd do an update really 😀 not too sure why some images are rotated on here, they're not on the original.

Posts in

• welshman9
• 17 May 2015
• 1

Posts in ready for decking and shed

Shed floor going down

• welshman9
• 17 May 2015
• 1

22mm ply flooring

Shed floor and new fencing

• welshman9
• 17 May 2015
• 1

Higher fencing around the decking due to higher level. New washing pole in too.

First shed wall done

• welshman9
• 17 May 2015
• 1

Shed wall done and filled the joins with waterproof stuff lol

And treated

• welshman9
• 17 May 2015
• 1

Treated with Cuprinol 5 year paint

Ready for the weather!

• welshman9
• 17 May 2015
• 1

Covered up in anticipation of rain

New fence painted

• welshman9
• 17 May 2015
• 1

Excuse the mess!!

Decking down

• welshman9
• 17 May 2015
• 1

Decking finally down. Just have to circular saw the edge now

Decking again

• welshman9
• 17 May 2015
• 1

Four wall up and joined together

• welshman9
• 29 May 2015
• 1

No idea why it's rotated

Decking cut

• welshman9
• 29 May 2015
• 1

Door frame cut

• welshman9
• 29 May 2015
• 1

And fits like a glove 👍🏻

Doors in

• welshman9
• 29 May 2015
• 1

Temporary roof

• welshman9
• 29 May 2015
• 1

Roof joists partially in and just some ply on but not screwed in just to prepare for the...