Recent content by jc78

Thanks for explaining, makes sense. The one area I'm unsure of now is whether to fix it down or not. You say above that it's not needed - and that's good as it seems daft to puncture the dpm - but guess I'm just worrying about it slipping off/bad weather etc Is your view that the overall weight...

Sorry @noseall if any chance you could spell out exactly what you did with the timber ring beam that would be a massive help...

Thanks for this as well - I would like to anchor it somehow as have kids and while it's unlikely they'd be able to budge it I'd rather be safe than sorry :)

Shed looks great by the way

Thanks for this @noseall I've tweaked my design so that it will overhang the slab by an inch all round, which is the combined thickness of the ply sheathing and feather edge cladding. I'll lay a dpm and run the excess up the sides and also make sure the cladding comes down lower than the top...

Thanks Letsgetitdone With the nail should that be horizontal into the ridge beam or any angle? Sorry :oops:

Hi I'm gearing up to build a wooden shed and am stuck on a few things - hoping someone here might be able to help..? I want to make something that will last and potentially be repurposed as a usuable (small) working space in the future. From research this feels doable for less than I'd pay for...