Hi all, is it far more expensive to say knock up a cls frame and then cladd, rather than buy a pre made shed? and could it be clad in upvc cladding? why I ask this is where mine is now it gets so wet it has rotted and wondered if say you panelled just the side which gets all the weather with upvc would it last longer?
I looked into this recently. many of the doors in these sheds are just too short for me, some as small as 1.8 metres. Not enough headroom.
I'm guessing to buy a pre-made shed would be cheaper than constructing your own, especially if your time is your money and you could be out on a job instead. Pre-made shed is on a production line and so cheaper to build. However, can't see there being much of a difference in it, except for maybe your own time.
> why I ask this is where mine is now it gets so wet it has rotted and wondered if say you panelled just the side which gets all the weather with upvc would it last longer? ...get a metal shed
Well guys I built my own shed/workshop and it worked out much cheaper than buying one. My shed is 23' x 13' and fully insulated and double glazed and only cost me a tad over £2000, that included the electrics too.
I looked into building a shed recently and found that its cheap to buy one if your looking for a standard size one but if you wont one say larger then 8'x 8' then making one turns out cheaper, thats using Travis perkins as my wood supplier, you may find different with other suppliers. Cheers
Well guys I built my own shed/workshop and it worked out much cheaper than buying one. My shed is 23' x 13' and fully insulated and double glazed and only cost me a tad over £2000, that included the electrics too. [URL=http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5348/thelodger]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5348/thelodger[/URL] postkg6.jpg Looks like the AMAZON
Well guys I built my own shed/workshop and it worked out much cheaper than buying one. My shed is 23' x 13' and fully insulated and double glazed and only cost me a tad over £2000, that included the electrics too. [URL=http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5348/thelodger]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5348/thelodger[/URL] postkg6.jpg Shouldn't there be a catflap?
Cheap shed are exactly that. Cheap cladding, cheap frame cheap roof. But they serve a purpose. If you want to spend any time in it build your own to your spec. Much better in the long run.
heres the pictures of my shed its half the size of malees masterpiece but at least it dosn't need string to hold it up: i planned it from start to finnish with maximum flexability for the task in hand it has 9 double sockets at roof height for ease of use and to keep cables out the way easy access roof storage double doors that open up fully to the wall to allow easy movement of sheet material the desighn is forever evolving wood was around £750 base around £100 ELECTRICS around £150 so total around £100 big all
That shed reminds me of a transformer ( robots in disguise ) well thought out indeed. Not one for sheds me but a can appreciate good work.
I have just started to build my own workshop, i`m trying to resemble a traditional barn, 6x6 posts on show at corners and the rest featheredge on 4 course b/wk and oversite and tiled hippeed roof I`m looking at about £2000 this will give me approx 6.0mtrs x 3.5 mtrs.. i believe that building yourself incurrs more cost , but you then get a solid design that you want. Plus you get to be in the garden constructing it.
I have just started to build my own workshop, i`m trying to resemble a traditional barn, 6x6 posts on show at corners and the rest featheredge on 4 course b/wk and oversite and tiled hippeed roof I`m looking at about £2000 this will give me approx 6.0mtrs x 3.5 mtrs.. i believe that building yourself incurrs more cost , but you then get a solid design that you want. Plus you get to be in the garden constructing it. Would you need planning permission for something that size?
Some hardcore shed porn here. Not sure way to go for my 8x10 shed. Don't have time to build myself so would be paying someone. Would it be reasonable to say I would be looking at 2-3 days for chippy plus assistant assuming the base was in place?
Would you need planning permission for something that size? Good point, but no you do not, as long as you adhere to a few points no part is nearer to a highway than either the original dwellinghouse or 20 metres (whichever is the nearer); no part exceeds four metres in height if it has a ridged roof, or three metres in any other case; the area covered by all buildings does not exceed half of the total garden area, excluding the area of the original dwellinghouse. An outbuilding will count as an extension if its volume is greater than 10 cubic metres and it is closer than five metres to the dwelling. cheers
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