shed

Hello so I've got a future project I'm going to be doing with me and some mates, I have a shed that we're gonna do up and we're looking for advice? Now I'm fairly competent with the electrical side of things so that's not a issue. Here's some photos now my granddads a builder but he said he...

Hi all, I would like to set up some guttering on my shed to fill a waterbutt. My garden is detached from my block of flats, so virtually an allotment. I was wondering what is the best way to channel the water into the water butt, and to deal with possible overflow. (i) Stick the downpipe...

Hi all. I've been reading and re-reading articles on shed insulation and am now totally confused. I'm building a workshop/brewery shed down the end of the garden - 3.5x4.5m. Plan is to build a 2x4 pressure treated timber frame on three courses of bricks to get the frame and cladding off the...

Hi All i having a shed come in the next few weeks and money is tight the min. So for the base of the shed can i just put the paving stones down on a layer of sand with no cement and then put one of those weeding sheets over the top, then have the shed built on top. Its fairly level and wont...

Hi guys, This is my first post and I am looking for advice on insulation. We have put up a shed to use as a home office and want to insulate the roof to keep it cool (we live in Spain). We have got the this silver insulation to put up, our plan it to leave an air gap top and bottom, so it...

Hi, Recently had a new 16x10 summer house put up. Got power in there already and would like it all clad to keep it warm and dry inside. It's a 70mm thick frame clad with log-lap. I have 50mm thick Celotex sheets. do i have to put any other stuff down first? air gaps? I hear you have to tape...

Hi All, Apologies in advance for the huge post but I want to give as much information as I can think of, then ask my questions.:). Please read on! I'm at the planning stage of a new shed. It will be approximately 9'6" x 14'0" and will be 8'0" high. I have a concrete slab at the side of the house...

I'm planning on building a garden office in place of the current shed. It will be at the back of the garden, ~ 40 metres from the house, and have a toilet, electric shower and washbasin. From what I've gathered, for water supply I can use 25mm blue MDPE and this needs to be buried underground...

Hi all, The previous owner of my house built the shed right next to the neighbours brick wall - I guess assuming that it would offer the shed some protection. However, over the years debris has fallen down the small gap between shed and wall and when it rains the water soaks into the debris...

Hi i am an amateur currently attempting a studio/shed build. I am building a 12x9 foot insulated shed I have constructed a frame from 2x3 wood which I intend to fill with kingspan later, I plan to add 9mm osb to the outside of the frame then 75mm steel lined cold-room panels on top of that with...

I've built my shed with stud walls made from 2 by 4. I've clad the exterior with boards recovered from palettes, horizontally. Each board, I've routed a lip so they each overlap. Problem is, some boards have knot holes or gaps between boards due to damage. I'm wondering what is the best way...

Hey all, My wife took on an allotment recently. Not long after, she decided she wanted a shed. We looked into buying a pre-made one but I decided I would build her one to keep costs down and and to really keep costs down, I decided to use pallets. Our local builders merchants has mountains of...

hi all- I have electricity going to my shed and recently looked in the gap between shed and patio and saw trunking visible, broken in the middle with cable visible. I've turned power off and tried to pull trunking up to cover it, but it won't budge. I'm wondering if I can wrap tightly with...

My husband and I are looking to install a new shed or cabin and need some advice. We've looked at lots of information on this site and while we can find answers to some of the queries, some definitive advice would be much appreciated. We have recently removed an old garage which stood on a...

Hi all, Quick question, I have searched through many threads and topics on here but can't find the answer. I have a large garage at the bottom of my garden which has its own consumer unit. The garage has about 12 double sockets and a lighting circuit. What I need to do is to run power to my...

I am planning on having a large brick shed built against the side of the house (approx 2.5 Mtr wide x 6 Mtr long), it will not be closer than 2 Mtr to the boundary fence and will be inline with the front elevation of the house. I have read through local council PD documents, been on the planning...

We are getting a shed, which our children will be using for a games room, and social area in our back garden. The shed is 12ft x 8ft, so plenty of room for them. I would like to have some electric in there for sockets and lighting. The shed will be about 25 to 30ft from the back of the house...

I'm wondering if I could get some advise about putting plywood in my shed. - The shed is a metal colorbond shed - The vertical beams at the corners are Z purlins - The walls all have three tophats running horizontally - one along the top, one along the middle and one near the bottom -...

We have a ground floor flat which was treated for damp four years ago. Some patches of damp have appeared at skirting level on our lounge wall. On the other side of our lounge wall - which is a boundary separating us from the end of next door's garden - our neighbour has erected a wooden shed...

Hello all. Please can I have your opinion(s): I'm knocking down a leaking garden shed to gain some space, and building a new lean-to shed in my garden to allow a bit more space. Try and picture this if you can: there's a 1.5m garden wall (we live in a Victorian terrace) at the end of the...