Building a workshop

[Baggy]

Hi all

I want to build a workshop/shed (The shed will be 8ft byapprox 14ft.) for carving and pole lathing, never having built a shed before I thought that I would ask for tips and/or plans please.

The shed wil be close to the house so SWMBO requires that it looks ok, ie not my usual mish mash technique. there is a concrete base which is 20ft by 14ft, the long side of the shed will sit on the 14ft edge, I wondered about making the shed 16 ft and sit the corners on slabs.

Because of the concrete I probably do not need to make a floor as the concrete will give me a nice solid base. I am undecided about pent or pitched roof?

 

[spandit]

You can find concrete sectional garages for cheap (or free) if you've got the means to collect. If you're building a timber frame, insulate it well otherwise you won't want to go out there in the winter!

 

[Retired Member southey]

I reckon your pent roof would give you the best height for a pole lathe and a fair bit of storage, you could use fence panels built onto a frame for a resonably low cost, just cut to shape and batten the cut edge to maintain the structure, though the frame is the load bearing bit not the covering,

 

[Elines]

As it is near the house don't forget the stero system so that you can play recorded tracks of hammering and sawing

 

[Baggy]

You can find concrete sectional garages for cheap (or free) if you've got the means to collect. If you're building a timber frame, insulate it well otherwise you won't want to go out there in the winter!

It will be timber, I was hoping that running the pole lathe would keep me warm

 

[Baggy]

I reckon your pent roof would give you the best height for a pole lathe and a fair bit of storage, you could use fence panels built onto a frame for a resonably low cost, just cut to shape and batten the cut edge to maintain the structure, though the frame is the load bearing bit not the covering,

Ah, fence panels sound like a good idea, I could fit the front ones so that they come off in the summer

 

[Retired Member southey]

Ah, fence panels sound like a good idea, I could fit the front ones so that they come off in the summer

Definitely, I worked for my brother in law for a while building log cabins in the south west, anything from a small pagoda up to proper cabins to live in, mostly Lugard, the most popular for workshops was a pent roofed 2\3 open fronted dealy that we made folding doors for, so it could be closed up during the winter or in bad weather, we had three different thickness of log the thickest being 63mm which was perfect for living in during winter,very warm down to a 28 mm log which is fine for workshops and garages, if you used fence panels you could all ways double wall like a cavity wall and insulate too

 

[Retired Member southey]

This is the kind of thing but a sharp slope on the roof, a few of which we put external ladders on for access to storage up there, and with double folding doors on the open section,

 

[Baggy]

Hiya

This is the kind of thing but a sharp slope on the roof, a few of which we put external ladders on for access to storage up there, and with double folding doors on the open section,

That is perfect, exactly what I could do with. Could you estimate the build cost on that, without the floor or the extra sliding doors?

ATB
Mark

 

[Imagedude]

Here's my wee shed.

 

[Baggy]

Very nice, do you have any more construction pics?

Here's my wee shed.

 

[Retired Member southey]

I wouldn't know where to start with the costings dude, not my thing,sorry matey,

 

[Imagedude]

Very nice, do you have any more construction pics?

http://imageevent.com/imagedude/shed

 

[Baggy]

I wouldn't know where to start with the costings dude, not my thing,sorry matey,

No problem, not my area of expertise so I was looking for a short cut

The inspiration is useful ta.

 

[ged]

If you're going to build with wood it's worth shopping around for costings at local timber merchants, and if you can talk to any local joiners about where they get their supplies that might save you a lot of time and trouble. Wood quality varies hugely, some places around here will sell any old rubbish and some only do stuff that you can actually work with. Your costings will need to include treatment to prevent rot and insect attack, which is not insignificant. For the roof I'd probably use roofing felt which is cheap enough but again it varies enormously in quality. I've had really good stuff from Homebase (as it was then) and real rubbish from B&Q but I'm not saying that Hombase only ever did good stuff and B&Q always does rubbish -- you just have to watch out. Buying a couple of beers for a local roofing specialist might reward you very well.