Yonnee
Active member
G'day guys, and ladies.
I've wandering around here for a little while now, looking in awe at some of the masterpieces being created, and gathering inspiration to further enhance my own place to retreat.
Several years ago we pulled stumps and move from the very outskirts of Melbourne's outer South East, to a little town some 16km further S.E. What a difference... going from a 3 bedroom 1100sq.ft shoebox on less than 1/6th of an acre, to a comfortable 2000sq.ft 4 bedroom home on just over 1/4 of an acre.
The detached garage I built at this last place was a 20 x 24 x 9ft shed that suited my needs for a short while (7 years), but was always too small. Working on a vehicle required 1/2 a day to clear a space!!
So, house built, time to turn it into a home with a workable shed.
This is what I started with...
What the truck delivered...
After sumbitting plans for permit, the footing holes were marked out and dug for first inspection, 12 in all, by hand...
Then began the jigsaw puzzle...
Having built the last one, this one went together fairly easily... bit by bit.
Now the last one had to have one wall clad first, as it was against the side fence, and was being moved into place as the concrete truck arrived for the footings, and was subsequently slightly out of square. This time I did it a little differently, taking great care in squaring things up first...
Once everything was spot on, THEN we ordered the concrete truck.
I let that cure for a few weeks, and then the fun begins. Handling 10ft wall sheets and roof sheets, by myself, waiting for periods of light wind.
The next pic shows two things; 1) the insulation I installed that stops me from getting condensation drips everywhere, and 2) the column that I forgot to have removed when I ordered the shed. So after a chat with the engineer at the shed company, I got a length of 6" x 2" x 1/4" RHS and proceeded to manufacture my own lintle...
I've wandering around here for a little while now, looking in awe at some of the masterpieces being created, and gathering inspiration to further enhance my own place to retreat.
Several years ago we pulled stumps and move from the very outskirts of Melbourne's outer South East, to a little town some 16km further S.E. What a difference... going from a 3 bedroom 1100sq.ft shoebox on less than 1/6th of an acre, to a comfortable 2000sq.ft 4 bedroom home on just over 1/4 of an acre.
The detached garage I built at this last place was a 20 x 24 x 9ft shed that suited my needs for a short while (7 years), but was always too small. Working on a vehicle required 1/2 a day to clear a space!!
So, house built, time to turn it into a home with a workable shed.
This is what I started with...
What the truck delivered...
After sumbitting plans for permit, the footing holes were marked out and dug for first inspection, 12 in all, by hand...
Then began the jigsaw puzzle...
Having built the last one, this one went together fairly easily... bit by bit.
Now the last one had to have one wall clad first, as it was against the side fence, and was being moved into place as the concrete truck arrived for the footings, and was subsequently slightly out of square. This time I did it a little differently, taking great care in squaring things up first...
Once everything was spot on, THEN we ordered the concrete truck.
I let that cure for a few weeks, and then the fun begins. Handling 10ft wall sheets and roof sheets, by myself, waiting for periods of light wind.
The next pic shows two things; 1) the insulation I installed that stops me from getting condensation drips everywhere, and 2) the column that I forgot to have removed when I ordered the shed. So after a chat with the engineer at the shed company, I got a length of 6" x 2" x 1/4" RHS and proceeded to manufacture my own lintle...
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