anything wrong with over engineering stuff?

[ColJack]

Several people on here have asked about building their own sheds or workshops and I've played about on my CAD program doing plans for fun...

I now think that I may be over engineering a bit for a shed..

I designed based on 2"x4" uprights on 16" centers.. and 2"x6" rafters on 16" centers.. sheeted with 8'x4' OSB or WBP ply for shear strength and then clad in whatever they decided..

After going to one of the larger DIY sheds today, I took a peek inside one of the actual sheds that they have set up in the carpark and they seem to be 2x2 uprights on about 24 inch centers and the same 2x2 for the roof supports.. and with the cladding only as the outside covering..

while my little designs will likely cost them twice the price it should last about 3-4 times longer than the cheap £99 shed from B&Q..?

 

[noseall]

Part of the criteria for diy sheds is weight - or the lack of it.

Wickes sheds, are without doubt, the cheapest bonfire fodder you could possibly install in a garden. The other shed's sheds are almost as bad.

There's nowt wrong with quality or the reassuring solidness of something well constructed.

 

[Deluks]

Keep on off the ground and wrap it in tyvek and it'll last 50 years!

Just now building an 8x6 on my dads allotment. used 6x for the base and 3x for the stud walls. Using old plywood offcuts for the floor. Window- skip reclaimed DG unit and second hand (£5) interior softwood door given a few coats of stain. Clad with featheredge @ about 50p mtr.

How big are your shed designs? could use 4x2 for roof to keep down costs. It'll still be plenty strong.

 

[ColJack]

one guy wanted a 10'x19' and another asked about a 3.6mx3.6m..
the 10'x19' wanted a roof that was only sloped one way from front to back ( whatever the name for it is.. ) and the other didn't specify so I designed that one with a normal pitched roof..

 

[cmother1]

... a roof that was only sloped one way from front to back ( whatever the name for it is.. ) ..

It's called a "pent" for some mysterious reason

 

[Deluks]

... a roof that was only sloped one way from front to back ( whatever the name for it is.. ) ..

It's called a "pent" for some mysterious reason

Derived from latin.....tent meaning 'dual slope' pent meaning 'single slope'

 

[ColJack]

and I suppose that Bent means "curved slope"?

 

[joe-90]

Is my shed a tent then?

 

[Deluks]

and I suppose that Bent means "curved slope"?

No, it means something else....


Speak of the devil!