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Hi All,
My old shed, which came with the house is a wooden 'Summer House'
I indend to replace it with a proper shed.
I've seen a nice one on the net, but I have a question about fixings.
In the current wodden one I've made and installed shelves, workbench etc, and can screw any type of additional hanging across the uprights.
If I was to go for a Metal shed - how will I achieve the same reaults ?
Or does everything need to be freestanding ?
I am particularly aiming to use these
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To maximise the room, but obvioulsy can't just strap on cross members.
Anyone any advice ?
buy a welder?
Drill though it and use self tappers?
Drilling it will waste the galv and cause unecessary rust.
I think there is a few solutions out there with eaves suspended wire hangers, and self adhesive (no nails will be my friend !).
I'm on the case, but just missed the auction.
Hope another will be along soon, and I'll post results.
Bolt wooden battens of whatever size may be appropriate between the structural frame as and where neccessary to carry hooks, brackets, what-have-you.
Psling - that was my idea, but i'm just worried about driling into the struts of the walls, I can't go from inside to outside, as that'll pierce the metal straight thru.
In the wooden shed I just used a screw 1" shorter than the stut depth and it was all good. But the Struts in the metal shed will have no depth to drive into.
Will putting the bolts along the line of the batten give me enough strenght ?
If your worried about drilling can your bodge some clamps with roughly shaped offcuts of wood and coach bolts. If your worried about weight build yourself a timber studwork frame to bear on the floor and use the clamps to brace it in place
I was just wondering why you wanted a metal shed in particular (other than it not rotting and it's stronger)?
Unless it's insulated/very well ventilated I think it'll get very cold in the winter and be like an oven in the summer...... plus there will be prob be a load of condensation every time it warms up after a cold spell.
10' wide by 8' deep shed is far cheaper in metal than in decent quality wood (and easier to come by).
10yr garuantee, and has wide slidey doors which means extraction of steeds / lawnmower / bbq is a whole lot easier.
Plus security (not a real problem round my way) and astheticaly, i'm geting a woodgrain metal finish anyway, not a hulk green one.
My wo0den one is soaking from the floor up, as previous house owners laid it straight on dirt. It's so far gone, it'd be as cheap to replace as to repair.
The above was my reasoning for it...
Wot say you ?
Are the wall panels pre-drilled where they bolt to the frame struts? (Assuming they bolt on!) If so, could you fix the battens to the same mounting points using longer bolts?
Dunno - I've not recieved it yet.
But I think I'm set on the metal one.
Go for a wooden shed. Stick it on a few slabs or some railway sleepers.
beware of buying a shed off the net, esp if it seems super cheap. i bought one from one of the more prominent companies (when you do a google search) and it was the biggest pile of weakly built shoddy shite i have ever seen. it went straight back!
i would never now buy any shed/summerhouse without actually seeing it first.
I got a nice crossly shed, its a wessex 10x7 or 8 can't remember, its tanalised so should last a bit longer as the old one that was here when we moved in wasn't quiet up to the job.
Old Shed
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I just cut up some large planks of wood I had around and screwed them between the uprights. Got a [url= http://www.torc-anchors.com/products.php?cat=13 ]shed shackle[/url] and jobs a good'un.
Easily takes the weight and plenty of space underneath...
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