"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Emrys Davies" wrote in message
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"Jay Hendry" wrote in message
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Hi

We are looking at putting a garden shed in a gap between our outside
wall
and a boundary fence. Now we don't have much available space, 5ft
wide, so
would like to make best use of what we've got but how much clearance
do we
need to leave between the shed side and the house wall to avoid
problems of
damp?

Obviously we'll make sure that it's a pent roof falling away from the
house, and with guttering to protect the fence, but don't want to
cause
ourselves problems either in the house or shed.

Also would having a metal shed rather than wooden make any difference
to
the space we leave?

Thanks for any comments and input.

Cheers

Jay

The main consideration in my opinion is to have access to all parts of
the shed for maintenance purposes.



That is why a lean to on the house and use of the fence on the other side
is the ideal answer. The fence can be 'lined' with something. Only have a
front, back and top to provide and maintain.


The downside is that the guttering would then be hanging over the fence on
next doors side. Hang on though, why pitch the roof that way. Pitch it from
front to back, might make one end a trifle low though.

Mike. (the muddy one)