A Humble Aussie Shed Build

[TomGW]

A really great project on a stunning site.
Just a thought; is it too late to consider having the integral garage at the back, side by side with the shed? This would avoid having a living/sitting room with a window 1 meter away from the wall of the shed, when there's a cracking view from the front corner where the integral garage is intended to be.

 

[Danshell]

A really great project on a stunning site.
Just a thought; is it too late to consider having the integral garage at the back, side by side with the shed? This would avoid having a living/sitting room with a window 1 meter away from the wall of the shed, when there's a cracking view from the front corner where the integral garage is intended to be.

Hi Tom
Thanks for the interest, Im not 100% certain what you are saying but we have the main living area's looking out at the view and yes it is definitely too late to make any changes now anyway

 

[HOTFR8]

Now that is some great progress.

 

[Danshell]

Thanks yeh the builder is going a lot faster than we expected. They will have the roof on this week the way they are going.

A very poor photo but I finished my outdoor kitchen as much as I could. I still have to bolt it all together when we move it to the new house and seal up the seams etc but besides slotting the fridge in place its good to go.

 

[Danshell]

A few more pics showing how epic the rock shelf is that we built the shed up into and to get a better idea of the surrounding area.

 

[Geoff289]

Coming along very nicely.

Your barbie is fantastic.

Your earthworks make mine look pretty tame.

 

[Danshell]

We now have a roof, facia's, gutters etc.....

The shed being only 1 metre from the house will forever annoy me I think. That little 1 mtr strip will be a dark dingy area.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Danshell hw did they manage with the gutter and facia between the garage and the shed?

 

[Danshell]

Danshell hw did they manage with the gutter and facia between the garage and the shed?

The photo is a bit deceiving, the angle makes it look like they are touching.

There is a 1 mtr between the walls, and the eaves are 400mm so even though its tight they would have managed ok.

Also, its good to hear you are on the up mate, not long to go now and hopefully things will be back to normal for you.

 

[Geoff289]

We now have a roof, facia's, gutters etc.....

The shed being only 1 metre from the house will forever annoy me I think. That little 1 mtr strip will be a dark dingy area.

Always a lot of compromises to be made with these projects to balance up what you'd like with what you can afford and in particular what the regulations etc. allow you to do.

Your roof looks great. Is it Woodland Grey?

 

[Danshell]

Yeh the major compromise for us was pushing the house over near the shed. The original 4 mtr gap was the best way to do it but engineers wouldn't sign off on the house unless we did a lot of extra foundation work in that fill area.

The roof is Monument, photos are difficult to show how it looks in real life.

 

[hewey]

Really nice progress.

 

[Danshell]

We had to meet with the sparky and do the elctrical placement so It was good opportunity grab a few shots of the inside before any of the gyprock goes on.

This was the rough guide, it changed slightly on the day, nothing too major though.

The 'theater' room was going to have a long horizontal window but the builder asked us to put a larger traditional window in to allow the light into the room. When the garage had to be build 1 mtr from the house none of us thought to change the window back to the original plans......luckily this room and the ensuite is the only rooms effected by the shed wall.

Barby Area

Main living area overlooking the tree's

And a few other random pics that perhaps wont really make a lot of sense.

 

[HOTFR8]

Great photos. With the wiring plan I would like to know why you are using batton lights when LED's would be better. You can also get LED to replace Flouro tubes.

 

[Danshell]

Great photos. With the wiring plan I would like to know why you are using batton lights when LED's would be better. You can also get LED to replace Flouro tubes.

The main reason is this is how the builder does his houses. Plain old batons in the bedrooms. We were fine with it, we will use efficient globes, and same for the house garage, the light will rarely be used.
We did talk about LED's in the bedrooms but he wanted too much extra to do it.

I am endeavouring to use LED tubes in my garage though.

 

[Geoff289]

That's coming along in leaps and bounds, and looking great. Your window frames are aluminium?

 

[Danshell]

That's coming along in leaps and bounds, and looking great. Your window frames are aluminium?

Yep Alooooomium as they would say around here

So is the side door out from the laundry, the very large stack doors out to the barby area and I noticed he uses an alloy framed main entry door.

 

[hewey]

I love the layout of the place and how it makes the most of that amazing view for the living areas and the barbeque area.

For the theatre/sitting room, have you considered some kind of greenery like a greenwall to hide the shed?

This is a small one outside a splashback window, really gives the impression the kitchen is in the middle of a rainforest, not that there's a wall 1m from the house...

The trick is finding plants that will thrive in that tiny micro climate between the shed and the house and how much sun it will get.

I'm sure a guy of your fab talents could create a series of vertical planter baskets. With a little growth a draping plant would be really effective.

Another option would be some kind of creeping vine planted on to a wire trellis.

 

[HOTFR8]

The main reason is this is how the builder does his houses. Plain old batons in the bedrooms. We were fine with it, we will use efficient globes, and same for the house garage, the light will rarely be used.
We did talk about LED's in the bedrooms but he wanted too much extra to do it.

I am endeavouring to use LED tubes in my garage though.

Seriously! I guess you could fit the batons with LED globes. Good to know you will have the LED tubes in the Garage.

 

[Danshell]

Hi Hewey Yes we have discussed something along those lines.

I personally dont really care that there is a dirty great wall outside that window in the regard of how it looks from the inside but my wife does so she has mentioned some sort of lattice type structure with greenery on it.

I wanted the 4 mtrs between the shed and house to drive cars and trucks into the back yard.

 

[Danshell]

Another little update, there wont be a lot more to show now for a few weeks as they fit out the inside.

This pic shows the fire fence being built up on the hill.

Some bricks...

The Boneyard....

We cant wait to start planting out all this dusty dirt as it is blowing all over the roof!

 

[Geoff289]

Looking real good!

 

[rixtrix1]

Wow, this is a nice build thread. You have some good skills and ingenuity working for you. And that view.....

 

[1/2 Cup]

Danshell simply stunning

 

[Mudnut]

The build is coming along nicely, and I really like the black bricks. Top job!

Ken

 

[Terrick down Under]

I can totally relate to the rock situation, we dug out 900m3, broke the D5 and ended up with a D9H with a big tooth on the side of the front blade and he spent a week just to get the house level done.

 

[Danshell]

Thanks for the interest and comments gents.

Terrick we broke our share of excavators and hammer attachments etc as well....rocks are hard on gear thats for sure.

There hasnt been a lot going on out there thats visible from outside the fenced off area. Plenty on the inside by the looks of it. It should be lock up stage this week, we will have a meeting with the tiler and get our completion date very soon.

I have been working on the sheds lean-to, trying to figure out the best way to do it in the limited space thats left.

Heres an arial view showing the space restriction. There are some massive rocks that I wont be able to easily remove right in the way from running the lean-to the full length of the shed, so I need alternative options.

And the two lines of thought around this.......

The massive 2.4m high fire fence has been built up on the hill. The fencer followed the contour of the ground when he trimmed the top off it instead of snapping a straight stringline and cutting it straight!!
We are not too fussed as we will plant out in front of it with some thick foliage to hide the stupid thing.

The brickwork is all done. They have to acid wash it yet and render around the windows at the front but for the most part he is done.

And finally starting to get the dirt work done on the next tier down.....theres a lot of work to be done around the property over the next year or 5 to get it how I want it.

 

[Geoff289]

Your house is looking great Dan. Looks like there will be plenty to keep you busy after you move in.

I'm very envious of the size of your shed. Not that I need one that big but it sure would be nice.

 

[Danshell]

Your house is looking great Dan. Looks like there will be plenty to keep you busy after you move in.

I'm very envious of the size of your shed. Not that I need one that big but it sure would be nice.

Thanks Geoff, my wife would suggest I dont need one that size as well however one of my great wants in life is to have a massive workshop with a little one bedroom unit built into the corner of it one day......a "sh'ouse" as I call it

So this shed is a compromise for the time being.

I am a great tinkerer and I love spending time in my shed making all sorts of things, hence the reason for being on this forum, its not so much about my build but more so what will go on once I move, so the next 10 years will consist of readying myself for retirement and I dont mean financially (that has been going on for years), I mean getting the tooling I want, to be able to make things in my shed.

My next big purchases will be a lathe and milling machine, and a guillotine and folder.

The lathe and milling machine will only be a handyman type size because Ill only ever be a home hack at best with those two items but the guillotine and metal folder I am considering outlaying a considerable amount of money.

The reason being is that if a redundancy was to come up at my work in the next 10 years I would have to seriously consider it (it would double my super and allow me to walk from work)
So if I had a commercial folder I know I can easily make it pay for itself later in life if the need came about and to be honest it would be a labour of love if I could tinker at home making a little bit of income.

Sorry for the ramble but theres only so much I can talk about with the house being built!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Thanks Geoff, my wife would suggest I dont need one that size as well however one of my great wants in life is to have a massive workshop with a little one bedroom unit built into the corner of it one day......a "sh'ouse" as I call it

So this shed is a compromise for the time being.

I am a great tinkerer and I love spending time in my shed making all sorts of things, hence the reason for being on this forum, its not so much about my build but more so what will go on once I move, so the next 10 years will consist of readying myself for retirement and I dont mean financially (that has been going on for years), I mean getting the tooling I want, to be able to make things in my shed.

My next big purchases will be a lathe and milling machine, and a guillotine and folder.

The lathe and milling machine will only be a handyman type size because Ill only ever be a home hack at best with those two items but the guillotine and metal folder I am considering outlaying a considerable amount of money.

The reason being is that if a redundancy was to come up at my work in the next 10 years I would have to seriously consider it (it would double my super and allow me to walk from work)
So if I had a commercial folder I know I can easily make it pay for itself later in life if the need came about and to be honest it would be a labour of love if I could tinker at home making a little bit of income.

Sorry for the ramble but theres only so much I can talk about with the house being built!

Dan I sounds like you are in a similar situation to me

 

[Danshell]

Dan I sounds like you are in a similar situation to me

And probably like a lot of blokes just like us world wide mate.


Geoff289's thread posted some historical pics of his area here
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7814237&postcount=194
So I decided to pinch the idea for ours, although ours doesn't really date back like Geoff's.

Our block back when it was a farming area, this image is 2004

Around 2007 the gent that owned the land subdivided it into 3-5 acre lots and put the roads in

The guy we bought the block from started developing it, removing trees and excavating a potential house and garage site. (he was later fined for removing all the trees as the top of the block is in a 'scenic management zone') This was around 2012

We bought the block in 2016 and did a massive amount of excavation

And then again last year we removed a few more rocks to fit the shed on the same level as the house. This is how it ended up prior to use building on it.

So in 15 years the land has gone from farming to having houses on most of the acreage lots. Tassie does not develop as fast as the bigger city areas thats for sure

 

[Danshell]

We had a meeting with the tiler last week so I was able to grab a few phone pics while inside the house.

Pantry

Wifes office

Entry Linen closets

Kitchen. Splash back is having subway tiles.

One of the kids wardrobes

A part of the laundry

Wifes garage

Better shot of the kitchen pantry

Breakfast bar looking over the lounge room

And finally the front of the house is starting to get there. Still a bit of rendering and painting to do yet.

We are about 6 weeks away from getting the keys at a guess.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Thank you for sharing Dan, that is one fantastic build

 

[Geoff289]

Looking really good Dan, and I enjoyed your historical aerial pics too.

I see like mine your better half has gone for a lot of drawers in the kitchen rather than all cupboards. Apparently this is the go.

I thought you might be at Symmons Plains this weekend watching the Fords beat up on the Holdens. 7 from 7 so far this season after yesterday.

 

[Danshell]

Looking really good Dan, and I enjoyed your historical aerial pics too.

I see like mine your better half has gone for a lot of drawers in the kitchen rather than all cupboards. Apparently this is the go.

I thought you might be at Symmons Plains this weekend watching the Fords beat up on the Holdens. 7 from 7 so far this season after yesterday.

Thanks for the comments gents.

Yeh lots of drawers was a the request....I just pay the bils

I normally pop out there for a look but the support events are very poor now so I thought Id watch it in the comfort of home this year, plus the weather is not great, the wind chill is freezing.

Last year I parked up on the hill and sat in the car and watched the fox telecast on my ipad, it was a waste of money being there.

 

[Danshell]

Just a quick update for those that may be following.

We get the keys to the new house and more importantly the GARAGE later this week.

And as luck would have it, we have a massive weather event forecast for the end of the week, all weekend and early next week. Something like 3-4 inches of rain, so that will make the move interesting.

I have a bit over 70t of gravel being delivered and I have hired a little bobcat skid steer to spread it so my young blokes will be busy for a couple of days

 

[anth]

Good luck, hope it all goes well!

 

[hewey]

Progress shots look great. Good luck with the move and the weather!

My sister in law is a kitchen designer, and we rented their old home for a few years. The wide deep draws are amazing for storage and usability.

 

[ajohno]

Good luck.

 

[pratstar]

Wow looks awesome!

Since you are putting so much work into your house and shed on your type of land and the conditions of Tasmania, you should consider getting seals around your garage doors. The seals will help keep the cold, dust and insects from entering your shed. Check out cleverseal.com based in Sydney and delivery to Tasmania

Enjoy the build anyway as it looks like you will have your hands full.