New Shed Time

[rockyroller]

you're gonna need a bigger shed. sorry, couldn't resist. but seriously congrats, I would love to move from our condo, to a house with a yard & a shed! maybe 2 sheds, 1 for the lawn stuff & 1 just for the bikes!

 

[Juan Kog]

My 8x 6 pent roof came from Tiger sheds in West Yorkshire very pleased . They deliver country wide , I'm in Hertfordshire the shed was cheaper and higher spec than one from a local shed and fencing company.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

My 16 x 8ft cost me about £800 in materials 12 years ago, it is quite sturdy. Look for second hand but make sure the person selling it too you is the owner.

That had me chortling

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Aye, don't go cheap. I bought my 5m x 2m shed 1 month before I started work for a nails company supplying shedbuilders £800

1) Pent for all the reasons given plus simpler construction leads to less possible points of failure.
2) If just for storage, don't have windows but if you do, make sure they're properly installed (not a sheet of glass with a single bead of glue running mostly along the bottom)

3) Check the framing. Mine is 2X2" rough sawn white softwood.

4) Roof - should be boards, not planks. Planks shrink and stretch the felt. I currently have a tarpaulin roof

5) nails - ask about the galvanisation. Triple Life or Hot Dipped is good, Stainless is best. Bright nails or barely galvanised will leave streaks

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

By the way, shed companies have had an incredibly good year. The better ones have full order books until the spring.

 

[rockyroller]

By the way, shed companies have had an incredibly good year. The better ones have full order books until the spring.

ppl staying home doing more home projects. I can just hear some ppl say to themselves: "I have to stay home? I'm getting the shed I always wanted"

 

[Mo1959]

By the way, shed companies have had an incredibly good year. The better ones have full order books until the spring.

Yep. The one I got mine from can't supply till well into next year now. Talking of roofs, I got them to put the box steel profile sheeting on the roof to save the eventual refelting that's often required.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

ppl staying home doing more home projects. I can just hear some ppl say to themselves: "I have to stay home? I'm getting the shed I always wanted"

Anecdotally, that's what I'm hearing. Money that would have been spent on holidays is going on sheds, fences, gardens etc.

 

[jowwy]

Aye, don't go cheap. I bought my 5m x 2m shed 1 month before I started work for a nails company supplying shedbuilders £800

1) Pent for all the reasons given plus simpler construction leads to less possible points of failure.
2) If just for storage, don't have windows but if you do, make sure they're properly installed (not a sheet of glass with a single bead of glue running mostly along the bottom)
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3) Check the framing. Mine is 2X2" rough sawn white softwood.
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4) Roof - should be boards, not planks. Planks shrink and stretch the felt. I currently have a tarpaulin roof
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5) nails - ask about the galvanisation. Triple Life or Hot Dipped is good, Stainless is best. Bright nails or barely galvanised will leave streaks
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looks like those roof beams are bowing a bit under the pressure.......the roof beams on mine are 2x6 and can take my weight easy walking over the top when re-felting last summer

 

[fossyant]

People are working in sheds at home - like me.

 

[jowwy]

People are working in sheds at home - like me.

i'll stick to spare bedroom office - way too cold to be out working in the shed

 

[rockyroller]

Anecdotally, that's what I'm hearing. Money that would have been spent on holidays is going on sheds, fences, gardens etc.

I have a 2nd job, part-time, at a big box home improvement store. I took several months off to reduce my exposure, but went back after about 5 months. minimal hours, but it's nice to see friends again. a little cash doesn't hurt either. but what I found out was that the store "made plan" while I was away, meaning sales were where they should be for that stretch. there was no reduction in sales. this wold jive with your comments above, I think

 

[fossyant]

i'll stick to spare bedroom office - way too cold to be out working in the shed

Toasty in my shedoffice !

 

[jowwy]

Toasty in my shedoffice !

Yeh mine is all thermalised and heated, but I would get wet and cold on the 30 second walk down to it lol......but I may use it in spring/summer as it has internet, computer, tv etc etc down there

 

[fossyant]

but I would get wet and cold on the 30 second walk down to it lol......

Call yourself a cyclist.....