MrSpeedy
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May 13, 2018 10:17:56 GMT
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With the little tikes car being on hold due to lack of space in the workshop to work on it, and it just taking up space, the decision was made to find it a new home. Looking around for some sizeable sheds revealed that they're not cheap! Stumbled across a chap only a couple of miles away from me who was selling recycled packing cases. A cunning plan formed in my head! Also helped by a chap at work across the street who imports mail sorting machines from the states, who also has a surpless of packing crates So, on with the pics! With my old 'normal' sized shed moved across the garden out of the way, I could clear the ground and get the floor bearers laid. The large timbers came from the 'murican shipping crates Floor down, we can start getting the sides up
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brachunky
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May 13, 2018 10:24:16 GMT
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Thats a fair size shed for odds & sods! Are you planning on using any transparent roof panels for natural light?
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MrSpeedy
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May 13, 2018 10:32:32 GMT
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And with the walls up, we need a roof! Roof trusses made and fitted And with them up, we can start cladding the roof And add a little battening to fix the felt to
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MrSpeedy
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May 13, 2018 10:40:05 GMT
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More framing to fix the gable ends to; Oh, and add some roofing felt for added waterproofing And closing up the remaining gaps
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MrSpeedy
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May 13, 2018 10:50:50 GMT
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MrSpeedy
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May 13, 2018 10:56:07 GMT
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And with that, the Little Tikes Crazy Coupe was in its new home! Eventually I'll add a side window and plan to overclad the entire outside to improve appearance and insulation but other than that I've got a 3m x 3m dry workspace for less than £150 total cash outlay, including the roofing felt, creosote, screws etc! I'm pretty happy with that tbf
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Last Edit: May 13, 2018 11:01:37 GMT by MrSpeedy
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MrSpeedy
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May 13, 2018 11:00:25 GMT
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Thats a fair size shed for odds & sods! Are you planning on using any transparent roof panels for natural light? I will eventually fit a side window.Roof lights are just a leak waiting to happen!
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May 13, 2018 11:09:49 GMT
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That smart. A nice neat space for seriously small money. I have occasional access to large packing crates, but I chop them up for firewood I'll be saving a few big un's next time. SWMBO will be thrilled....
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May 13, 2018 11:13:41 GMT
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Thats a fair size shed for odds & sods! Are you planning on using any transparent roof panels for natural light? On the contrary, I thought it was a small shed for the size of the garden. Don't forget stuff will always expand to fill the space allocated to it. Good job using the materials to hand. Colin
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Last Edit: May 13, 2018 11:14:53 GMT by colnerov
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MrSpeedy
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May 14, 2018 15:17:47 GMT
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That smart. A nice neat space for seriously small money. I have occasional access to large packing crates, but I chop them up for firewood I'll be saving a few big un's next time. SWMBO will be thrilled.... I'm the same. I usually cut these crates up for firewood, but they're pretty nice timber on the whole, so an ideal source of free materials for a project like this. The large panels cost me a fiver each, so still considerably than buying either plywood or wood for a framed and cladding style of build. I shall be saving all the decent planks off of future crates to use as cladding to cover up the plywood sheets. To ensure waterproofing I'l machine them with a half lap joint, the same as I did when I made the doors
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MrSpeedy
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May 14, 2018 15:19:47 GMT
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Thats a fair size shed for odds & sods! Are you planning on using any transparent roof panels for natural light? On the contrary, I thought it was a small shed for the size of the garden. Don't forget stuff will always expand to fill the space allocated to it. Good job using the materials to hand. Colin Thanks. I didn't want to go all spendy on it, as it's not really worth it. lol I'm very pleased with the outcome tbh, and that I've actually lost very little garden space as my old shed used to sit there before I chopped down a tree in the opposite corner and moved the shed over there.
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May 14, 2018 16:23:25 GMT
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If you have transport there are usually sectional concrete garages like the one in your photo going for free. Buyer to disassemble and collect. They are very very heavy heavy! Not the best I know due to condensation, and you would need a concrete base. But you could use the components from one to add to your existing one and make a tandem length one. Especially useful is to replace the rear wall with a front complete with door. Then you can access the garden with car and trailer via the garage. Generally I find one space of - say - 30m2 is more useful than two of 15m2.
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May 14, 2018 17:00:52 GMT
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That smart. A nice neat space for seriously small money. I have occasional access to large packing crates, but I chop them up for firewood I'll be saving a few big un's next time. SWMBO will be thrilled.... I'm the same. I usually cut these crates up for firewood, but they're pretty nice timber on the whole, so an ideal source of free materials for a project like this. The large panels cost me a fiver each, so still considerably than buying either plywood or wood for a framed and cladding style of build. I shall be saving all the decent planks off of future crates to use as cladding to cover up the plywood sheets. To ensure waterproofing I'l machine them with a half lap joint, the same as I did when I made the doors Would a router lapping tool be enough? Been looking for an excuse to get one
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MrSpeedy
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May 14, 2018 20:32:56 GMT
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Probably. I've been using a nifty little drill driven gadget from the 60s to literally cut the corner out. I'll grab a pic in the morning.
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MrSpeedy
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May 14, 2018 20:37:22 GMT
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If you have transport there are usually sectional concrete garages like the one in your photo going for free. Buyer to disassemble and collect. They are very very heavy heavy! Not the best I know due to condensation, and you would need a concrete base. But you could use the components from one to add to your existing one and make a tandem length one. Especially useful is to replace the rear wall with a front complete with door. Then you can access the garden with car and trailer via the garage. Generally I find one space of - say - 30m2 is more useful than two of 15m2. Yeah, the one I have was an ebay special that I bought, dismantled and rebuilt at home. I've lined mine with 1.5" polystyrene sheets so condensation isn't an issue. Having built this one though I wasn't so keen on doing it again. They're bloody hard work! The timber "MegaShed" however was easy enough to build pretty much single handed. If I build another (car) garage, which I am giving thought to, I'm seriously tempted to go timber again!
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May 15, 2018 12:54:28 GMT
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Probably. I've been using a nifty little drill driven gadget from the 60s to literally cut the corner out. I'll grab a pic in the morning. That sounds an interesting piece of kit. Kudos on the cheap yet very useable space (and the coupe, of course!)
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