Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Sep 10, 2007 11:31 am Or how to SLOWLY build somewhere to put all your junk.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed00.jpg Start with a patch of grass behind the crappy old tin shed that you already have. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed01.jpg Looking back from the rear fence. Looks like a good spot for a new junk storage place. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed02.jpg First of all you need to dig some holes so they can constantly fill up with water. Then pump them out and repeat. Who would have thought we'd have a really wet November just when I was digging holes. Starting to box up the sides for the concrete slab. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed03.jpg So I can't dig a straight line. Nothing a bit of digging and more concrete won't fix. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed04.jpg Side view of trenches. Shed is 2.5m off rear fence so I can park the trailer in there out of the way. Side is 1m off the boundary fence. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed05.jpg Sand on top of the dirt to level underside of slab and get thickness pretty right. Then plastic over the entire thing to stop damp from rising inside shed. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed06.jpg All boxed up and reinforcing mesh all wired together. Make sure you use more than enough star pickets and timber to brace the sides as concrete will move it around when it goes in. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed07.jpg Back side reo and plastic. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed08.jpg Re: The Shed.... *Beware, lots of pics* 2Sep 10, 2007 11:47 am cont....
Concrete pour day. Budget for $1000 and then spend nearly $2000 And it's handy if you have a friend who's a concreter and will do it for a few hundred bucks. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed09.jpg A large square canvas to add to. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed10.jpg Building up the frame. Make sure you put door holes and car holes in the right spots. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed11.jpg Frame is getting there. Front view. Holes for car/door and window all seem to be in the correct spots. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed14.jpg Side view. Cutting eave sheets in anticipation. Apparently you can buy them precut to standard widths nowadays. Glad I know that now.. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed13.jpg Fascias on. Starting to look better. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed12.jpg The man came and put the roller door on. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed15.jpg The roof tin going on. Two sheets of laserlite also to let a bit of natural light in. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed16.jpg Rain can't get me now. But the wind may be an issue. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed17.jpg Re: The Shed.... *Beware, lots of pics* 3Sep 10, 2007 12:00 pm Wow! Did you need council approval for your shed? Re: The Shed.... *Beware, lots of pics* 4Sep 10, 2007 12:16 pm stonecutter1309 Wow! Did you need council approval for your shed? Yep...needs approval. Plans also needed to show stuff in the next door neighbours place (dual occupancy) so we didn't steal their afternoon sunlight. Shed faces North. I was going to have 10 foot ceiling height but couldn't due to this. More.... Weatherboards and sarking. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed18.jpg Side view, no guttering on as yet. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed19.jpg Painted the floor inside the shed with grey concrete paint. Came up alright in the end. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed20.jpg http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed21.jpg Once the floor was done I figured I'd have a go at plastering. If I was any good at it I'd tackle the house later on. As it turns out, it's easier to pay someone who knows what they are doing when it comes to plaster. I figured if I put plaster on the walls I wouldn't fill every noggin with some useless piece of junk that will gather dust. Anyway, it's a shed. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed22.jpg First coat of plaster on the joind. 8 foot sheets of plater are bloody heavy and hard to put up on your own. Needless to say I didn't plaster tthe ceiling. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed23.jpg Re: The Shed.... *Beware, lots of pics* 5Sep 10, 2007 12:23 pm Looks great!
Is it a shed……or the “dog house”? I see you have your hammock in there first???!!!! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: The Shed.... *Beware, lots of pics* 6Sep 10, 2007 12:27 pm Cont...
Now the inside was looking presentable, you need some services. So more digging holes. Power in heavy duty orange conduit, in a bloody deep hole. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed24.jpg Stormwater pipes across the front of the shed. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed25.jpg More stormwater pipework and extra to pick up the garden tap. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed26.jpg You think it looks a long way here. Just try digging it..... http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed27.jpg Guttering on, trenches filled in, lights and power points working inside and the water runs down hill and away. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed28.jpg Side view, door and window fitted. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed29.jpg Inside looking towards front. And doesn't every shed have a beer fridge? http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed30.jpg Looking from door to rear. Banch across the back I got for free!!! I reckon it's a great score. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed31.jpg Fence side. Lilydale toppings http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed32.jpg Rear, more lilydale toppings. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed33.jpg And a little sleeper garden bed for the wife to potter around in. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/Alan_Gill_house/shed34.jpg Well...that's it for the shed. Hope you enjoyed. Re: The Shed.... *Beware, lots of pics* 8Sep 10, 2007 1:32 pm Can't remember exactly what the costs were, but the budget (for permit) worked out about $11K and I think it finished near $13K or so. Those costs are not including labour and I already had most of the tools used. Also helps having relatives who are in the building game. I'm guessing to have someone build similar would cost double, but someone else may be able to confirm. Size is 5 metres wide x 7.5 metres long.
Biggest problem is finding the time to do it. Working 9-5 sort of only leaves weekends to get into it. Then you go out for a sunday lunch or something so you lose over half a day. Would I do it again, probably My land is 260m2 (10m x 26m) located in claymore NSW. Under campbelltown council. I know in general the following setbacks would apply ground floor side setback =… 0 6933 Is it possible to render an old corrugated iron shed.I have heard that it can be done if it is covered with chicken wire first.Not sure of the ratio of the render mix and… 0 4897 Thanks. Yeh ideally that would have been good, but have progressed too far now. Hoping some well placed internal walls fixed up into the battens will provide some… 2 5412 |