i'm going to ramble on a bit here, stick with me if you can offer advice or tips please.
I have 3yrs ago built from scratch a 16x8 garden shed and that one I put ex council paving slabs down on a geomembrane, then concrete blocks to level the sloping site. I had a fair bit of well seasoned 4x4 timber which I used to make a base frame resting on the blocks then I put 18mm ply sheets down on the timber to make a sound base to work from.
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12mm ply for the back and sides, osb for the roof, made my own doors and clad the front. I only got 2/3 of the shed as the kids wanted a play room, hence the 2 doors. The final materials bill was around £700, I was surprised how quickly it mounted up and how little room I had for myself.
So I have been looking to build another larger one just for me!
The local workshop supply companies seem to be having a hard time and are doing 20% discount meaning I can pick up a 20x12 workshop made with good materials for under £1500 supplied and fitted to my base work, bearing in mind the time end effort it took me last time this seems like a deal I shouldnt miss.
The area of garden I want to put this new workshop onto is not flat, there is a change of level in both directions. Concrete base is a non starter as its 180ft to the road from the site making the cost just too high for me.
I have stacked at the end of the garden a huge supply of 2" blue band galvanised gas pipe and a large selection of 2" Tube clamps like these.
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My garden is heavy clay about 1 spit down and my intention was to lay around 16 council 2" paving slabs level on the clay with tube clamp base plates sat on them, A vertical length of 2" tube to level and a horizontal frame of tube joined with 4 way crosses to make an extremely strong free of cost base that I can easily adjust to get level while building it.
This kit is sitting doing nothing now having been part of a very large climbing frame and swing area I built when the kids were smaller so I would like to use it.
I have some treated 4x2 timber which I would then lay on top of the raised tube bed which would end up looking something like the frame base from the picture above, just a bit bigger!
I am btw happy to have a workshop thats likely due to levels be around 12" off the ground at the doorway.
Now the workshop does come with a base/floor thats 19mm T&G boards on 38x75mm floor joists at 600mm centers which I could get them to place directly onto my 4x2" frame.
But...I do happen to have a pile of 2 and 3mm 8x4ft sheets of alloy 5 bar treadplate tucked away up the garden.
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I was considering using these sheets for a workshop floor, screwing it down directly onto my 4x2" base frame and getting the fitters to build the workshop directly onto this saving me the cost of their supplied base/floor but I wonder if it will make the workshop a bit cold and maybe prone to a damp floor due to temperature changes?
If anyones got this far
wadya fink?
I have 3yrs ago built from scratch a 16x8 garden shed and that one I put ex council paving slabs down on a geomembrane, then concrete blocks to level the sloping site. I had a fair bit of well seasoned 4x4 timber which I used to make a base frame resting on the blocks then I put 18mm ply sheets down on the timber to make a sound base to work from.
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12mm ply for the back and sides, osb for the roof, made my own doors and clad the front. I only got 2/3 of the shed as the kids wanted a play room, hence the 2 doors. The final materials bill was around £700, I was surprised how quickly it mounted up and how little room I had for myself.
So I have been looking to build another larger one just for me!
The local workshop supply companies seem to be having a hard time and are doing 20% discount meaning I can pick up a 20x12 workshop made with good materials for under £1500 supplied and fitted to my base work, bearing in mind the time end effort it took me last time this seems like a deal I shouldnt miss.
The area of garden I want to put this new workshop onto is not flat, there is a change of level in both directions. Concrete base is a non starter as its 180ft to the road from the site making the cost just too high for me.
I have stacked at the end of the garden a huge supply of 2" blue band galvanised gas pipe and a large selection of 2" Tube clamps like these.
View media item 8557 View media item 8556 View media item 8555
My garden is heavy clay about 1 spit down and my intention was to lay around 16 council 2" paving slabs level on the clay with tube clamp base plates sat on them, A vertical length of 2" tube to level and a horizontal frame of tube joined with 4 way crosses to make an extremely strong free of cost base that I can easily adjust to get level while building it.
This kit is sitting doing nothing now having been part of a very large climbing frame and swing area I built when the kids were smaller so I would like to use it.
I have some treated 4x2 timber which I would then lay on top of the raised tube bed which would end up looking something like the frame base from the picture above, just a bit bigger!
I am btw happy to have a workshop thats likely due to levels be around 12" off the ground at the doorway.
Now the workshop does come with a base/floor thats 19mm T&G boards on 38x75mm floor joists at 600mm centers which I could get them to place directly onto my 4x2" frame.
But...I do happen to have a pile of 2 and 3mm 8x4ft sheets of alloy 5 bar treadplate tucked away up the garden.
View media item 8563
I was considering using these sheets for a workshop floor, screwing it down directly onto my 4x2" base frame and getting the fitters to build the workshop directly onto this saving me the cost of their supplied base/floor but I wonder if it will make the workshop a bit cold and maybe prone to a damp floor due to temperature changes?
If anyones got this far
wadya fink?
