Anyone designed their own workshed?

[lastminute]

Has anyone designed and actually built their own workshed/shop.
I've had numerous gazebos blown from my driveway by strong winds over the past few years which were handy to work under mostly in summer.
I already have a 9 x 6 custom made flat roofed 'barrel board' shed at the top of my drive which houses a dryer and lots of 'junk' etc!
I have enough space to build a 10 ft x 6 ft flat roofed shed.
I suppose I could 'copy' it ...any ideas/help gratefully accepted!

 

[Rob Platt]

The shed wil be easy enough to build. Work out what you are going to do in it draw it on a piece of paper with bench tools etc. You will require more space than you think. Work out easy access and most practical for tool use for door location then add window for light and ventilation. How will you get power in to it. The rest is easy. Its a measure twice cut once progeramme. properly thought out will save changes later on. Good luck.
All the best
Rob

 

[Dibs-h]

Has anyone designed and actually built their own workshed/shop.

How long have you got?

You could spend the next few days\weeks reading all the threads on the workshed\shops built by folks.
my-back-yard-workshop-build-t46028.html
new-year-new-workshop-build-t47255.html
cellar-workshop-build-loads-of-pics-t47740.html
new-workshop-t48127.html

And then there's mine,

workshop-design-well-it-s-a-build-really-t27865.html

and **** is fairly well advanced with his too,

new-workshop-build-with-a-difference-t44368.html

HIH

Dibs

p.s. The old 'Murican auto saying springs to mind - "There's no substitute for cubic inches" springs to mind! The bigger the shop, the better!

 

[gardenshed]

look no further than the projects section on this forum there's loads in there

 

[OldWood]

As is usual, it all depends on what you want to do in your workshop. My old workshop was 5m long by 1.7m wide internally, and I did a significant house renovation from it. The length was useful when I was ripping long timbers but the lack of width was a pain when trying to assemble something.

The new workshop is 2.7m x 4m - I've lost some length - that is not important now - but the extra width makes it so much pleasanter a place to be as I can have power tools down one side and the bench down the other. These are all internal widths, and you need to allow at 100mm for the wall thickness - cladding, frame and lining. I would say that 10ft x 6 is too small under any circumstances if you are an active DIY'er, particularly if these are the external sizes.

It's a wonderful exercise building shed - I've built two now as extensions to my garage; wooden frame on concrete floor and onduline roofing.

Rob