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Best way to do a shed...
.... on a limited budget. Say £100. Want it to keep three bikes in, plus
other garden tools. We have ample space to place it, does the ground have to be prepared in any way, or can we just plonk it down? Marcus |
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Best way to do a shed...
In message , Marcus
Fox writes ... on a limited budget. Say £100. Want it to keep three bikes in, plus other garden tools. We have ample space to place it, does the ground have to be prepared in any way, or can we just plonk it down? hmm, GBP 100 isn't much, even if you build it yourself. Using reclaimed timber would make it a bit cheaper I guess. My Grandad had a lean to shed built (IIRC) entirely out of old doors and window frames. Of course this requires time and energy spent scavenging materials. (I have a feeling that his was built in the postwar period and getting hold of such things was pretty easy.) You need some sort of base. If you just plonk it down, one the ground is unlikely to be level anyway, two, it won't stay level for long, it will settle and twist etc. three, it will rot in contact with the ground. There are various options, and there have been threads here on sheds and shed bases before. Possibilities: Concrete blocks/bricks, bedded down on sand and cement and the shed supported on that (I did this with shed posts laid crossways and then the shed on top of that. Slabs laid to form a base Ditto but with concrete. Do you have a wall you could build it against - this gives support makes it cheaper etc. I built a small lean to 'shed' in the corner of the house and garden wall once. Scavenged door, and plastic roofing, scavenged wood for the 'frame, though I bought a bit of cladding for the outside. If using for storing bikes if they are adult bikes and you want easy access to them all (as opposed to just stuffing them in any old how) then leave yourself enough space. Hanging vertically from a wall by the handlebars or by the wheels is a good way to do it, but you also need the space to get them up and down etc. If they are covered on any sort of insurance then that often requires them to be locked to an immovable object even in stored at home. -- Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds urg Suppliers and References FAQ: http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html |
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Best way to do a shed...
In message , Marcus
Fox writes ... on a limited budget. Say £100. Want it to keep three bikes in, plus other garden tools. We have ample space to place it, does the ground have to be prepared in any way, or can we just plonk it down? hmm, GBP 100 isn't much, even if you build it yourself. Using reclaimed timber would make it a bit cheaper I guess. My Grandad had a lean to shed built (IIRC) entirely out of old doors and window frames. Of course this requires time and energy spent scavenging materials. (I have a feeling that his was built in the postwar period and getting hold of such things was pretty easy.) You need some sort of base. If you just plonk it down, one the ground is unlikely to be level anyway, two, it won't stay level for long, it will settle and twist etc. three, it will rot in contact with the ground. There are various options, and there have been threads here on sheds and shed bases before. Possibilities: Concrete blocks/bricks, bedded down on sand and cement and the shed supported on that (I did this with shed posts laid crossways and then the shed on top of that. Slabs laid to form a base Ditto but with concrete. Do you have a wall you could build it against - this gives support makes it cheaper etc. I built a small lean to 'shed' in the corner of the house and garden wall once. Scavenged door, and plastic roofing, scavenged wood for the 'frame, though I bought a bit of cladding for the outside. If using for storing bikes if they are adult bikes and you want easy access to them all (as opposed to just stuffing them in any old how) then leave yourself enough space. Hanging vertically from a wall by the handlebars or by the wheels is a good way to do it, but you also need the space to get them up and down etc. If they are covered on any sort of insurance then that often requires them to be locked to an immovable object even in stored at home. -- Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds urg Suppliers and References FAQ: http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html |
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Best way to do a shed...
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There are various options, and there have been threads here on sheds and shed bases before. Possibilities: Concrete blocks/bricks, bedded down on sand and cement and the shed supported on that (I did this with shed posts laid crossways and then the shed on top of that. Slabs laid to form a base Ditto but with concrete. Plus: Timber bearers on gravel over a water permeable weed blocking fabric over levelled ground. pk |
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Best way to do a shed...
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 01:29:04 +0100, "Marcus Fox"
wrote: ... on a limited budget. Say £100. Want it to keep three bikes in, plus other garden tools. We have ample space to place it, does the ground have to be prepared in any way, or can we just plonk it down? Marcus We bought ours for the allottment from Homebase on their 10% off day so the shed cost us £89. You can get 3 bikes in it but if your looking at squeezing a mower etc in it then your on a loser. Do not just plonk it down as that will give the same problems in the end as the fence posts (see thread). We have all our sheds (4) on the cheapest paving slabs you can get from your builders merchant. Treated timber bearers may be sufficiant but to be honest once they go you have the prob of redoing em. My opinion only and may be a little bit more than the £100 inc the slabs but not by much. Building one from plans and reclaimed timber? Possible but a right pain!!!! |
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