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I chose an all steel kit shed due to the lower cost and it was something I could put together myself.
I would have preferred going wider, but 5.4m/18' was the widest I could go with a single door span; and I didn't want a centre post getting in the way. It is 6m/20'deep.
Apart from pouring the extra concrete strip, I did everything myself, without help. I'm pretty proud about that.
The only tricks along the way were getting the levels right; the original driveway slab has fall to the front and to the side; and weather sealing around the bottom.
I sat the walls on galv angle above bitumised foam strips, and had to customise a new extension for the bottom of the roller door, (in hindsight I could've ordered this in manufacture, but nobody told me
).
The inside is almost complete awaiting a bench and shelving.
So here you have my shed build over the past year:
This is when I bought the property.
An extra concrete strip to allow for the width.
Down comes the carport. It was built like an aircraft hangar, but now I have some nice lengths for benches and frames.
Just like a big Mechanno set.
Put together the sidewall on the ground first, and stood that up against the side fence.
Made up raised pads to sit the baseplates on at the lowest points.
All looks good from here.
I sandwiched insulation panels between the frame and sheeting.
It has a polystyrene foam core with foil bonded on each side.
The foil is extremely thin, so handling it takes much care to avoid dents or rips!
The back wall and other side wall are shaded on the outside, so I only did the roof and hot-sun western wall.
Lock-up stage.
I added the roof ridge-vent to help ventilation and exhaust smoke and fumes.
And finally the current view.
Mini-me shed for the compressor, window behind the shade blind, and rainwater tanks slipped in the back.
I would have preferred going wider, but 5.4m/18' was the widest I could go with a single door span; and I didn't want a centre post getting in the way. It is 6m/20'deep.
Apart from pouring the extra concrete strip, I did everything myself, without help. I'm pretty proud about that.
The only tricks along the way were getting the levels right; the original driveway slab has fall to the front and to the side; and weather sealing around the bottom.
I sat the walls on galv angle above bitumised foam strips, and had to customise a new extension for the bottom of the roller door, (in hindsight I could've ordered this in manufacture, but nobody told me
).The inside is almost complete awaiting a bench and shelving.
So here you have my shed build over the past year:
This is when I bought the property.
An extra concrete strip to allow for the width.
Down comes the carport. It was built like an aircraft hangar, but now I have some nice lengths for benches and frames.
Just like a big Mechanno set.
Put together the sidewall on the ground first, and stood that up against the side fence.
Made up raised pads to sit the baseplates on at the lowest points.
All looks good from here.
I sandwiched insulation panels between the frame and sheeting.
It has a polystyrene foam core with foil bonded on each side.
The foil is extremely thin, so handling it takes much care to avoid dents or rips!
The back wall and other side wall are shaded on the outside, so I only did the roof and hot-sun western wall.
Lock-up stage.
I added the roof ridge-vent to help ventilation and exhaust smoke and fumes.
And finally the current view.
Mini-me shed for the compressor, window behind the shade blind, and rainwater tanks slipped in the back.
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I hope you never turn a hose loose in there
