Ok folks total newbie here when it comes to shed building or very much anything like this so I would appreciate the hives collective advice.
Im looking at building a shed for the first time. Ive never owned a shed before so its all new to me. Ive got a space at the back of our garden which I think would be nice but it does have a few issues. Firstly the ground has a tree growing sideways through it. I would like to keep this as its really nice lavender tree and I think it adds a lot to the garden. Howver it appears to prevent me from laying a thick base of concrete for a floor.
So ive thought of concreting in some large posts into the ground at each corner. I can then board around these and hand joists in between like a floating floor. Yes it will be a bit high but im willing to cope with that. Any thoughts as to why this will be a bad idea?
Im also looking at chamfering the corners of the shed. So basically you will have a square back and a corner on each side. Im curious as to how im going to build the roof for this. An apex type looks easy but im unsure on how to join the middle of the different slopes without a lot of ugly woodwork? Any thoughts?
Lastly kit wise. Assuming I have nothing ill need a good drill, saw and marking up tools. What do you think I should be purchasing (apart from a pre built shed!)
Any and all advice greatly appreciated.
Do a search for mcmoonter. He's the king of sheds on here. I'm basing my new shed on one of his.
Ive had a look and the only ones i can find are the pool house which seems a but excessive imo.
Try this one
First things first, you need to download the Festool catalogue and buy absolutely everything they sell. Then come back and we can talk about designs....
thats kind of what im trying to avoid footflaps 🙂
Footflaps has a bit of shed history worth looking at too.
RE the square back, chamfered corners and roof. Does this mean it's built up to a boundary or wall. Just have the roof as a single slope from back to front then.
The floating floor idea is fine, it's pretty much how all decking is made, well, stuff that doesn't sit straight onto the ground.
I had one built last year in a similar way to what you want.
Not to the same standard as footflaps & mcmoonter have built but my budget was a lot less.
I did have a thread about it I'll have a look now.
EDIT found [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/mancave-build-nearly-started-but-advice-needed ]IT[/url]
I'm in the middle of building a kids "playhouse" as a practice for building a proper shed/outbuilding next year.
I was making do with a corded drill, but now have a makita lxt? £115 from amazon for brilliant drill/screwdriver, 2x 18v lion batteries and a 1 hour charger, making putting the screws in a lot easier. Just looked, even cheaper now [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/MAKITA-CORDLESS-COMBI-DRILL-LI-ION/dp/B00ET06ZIS/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1406360564&sr=8-7&keywords=makita+lxt+18v+battery ]Amazon link[/url]
Get good screws, a bit more expensive but much easier to work with, star turn rapier work well.
I've also got a rage compound mitre saw after recommendation from threads on here (alexsimons thread on shed building) which means I made the frames and boarded out the playhouse ridiculously quick and square. Maybe a little overkill if the shed is a one off build though.
[url= http://www.screwfix.com/p/evolution-rage3-s-210mm-sliding-compound-mitre-saw-240v/60839 ]screwfix link[/url] there are cheaper non-slidey ones though.
I also used mcmooters method of having a noggin as a measuring blank for quick assembly, used ratchet straps quite a bit (for building the stairs) along with g-clamps and found a roofers square very handy.
2 tape measures, 1 for the shed end, 1 for the saw end of the garden.
I didn't concrete my posts in, I made 18" foundations and added rebar stood vertically and dropped pre-drilled posts onto the ends so that the wood is free standing from the ground, but my garden is a swamp (reeds and all) so didn't fancy the wood in permanent contact with the ground, fence posts are rotten through after 5 years.
I've also been to a few structural salvage yards and picked up windows/flooring and stuff really cheap.
ok im progressing slightly with this but im confused about two things.
firstly when roofing a shed how do you make the angles of the timber meet the flat of the roof. This is simple on a standard apex but having a roof like mine i will have an angle as the front trusses move across the shed. meaning that they wont sit flush.
same issue is the door to create the square door frame i will need to create an internal frame with long thin strips of chamfered wood. is this normal? how else would you do it?
cheers