Not another shed build!

joiner_sim · 8 Nov 2008

Looks great!

Rich · 8 Nov 2008

yo_chuci":qwxrfbae said:
can i hijack here and ask rich about boxing in a boiler. i have a conventional on the wall in the kitchen with a flue outside. it is basically sealed all round cept for a small gap under the bottom panel against the wall. and this is only here cos the gas pipe and drain are there. i think it pulls the air in thru flue (has a tube in a tube) so i should be able to box it. i was gonna do it with a kitchen cupboard i have spare, would be 5cm to wide on both sides and thought about leaving the bottom off for access. is this allowed.

like i said sorry to hijack... its a loverly shed tho.. if build a shed is there a normal size that people aim for ie so wide by so deep and then just make them bigger if there is the space?

It's perfectly okay to box in THAT type of boiler as it gets it's free air from outside and through the flue.

Regards,

Rich.

mailee · 8 Nov 2008

Well Yo_chuci It is usually best to build a shed to the length of the timber and panels you can buy. If you are cladding a shed with ply then it would make economic sense to build it in multiples of 8' or 4' but it is up to yourself of how big you want it. I built my workshop to a size of the maximum I could get away with in the size of my garden although it wasn't built with sheet materials in mind as it has T&G flooring and roof. (Mind you I could still do with more room...who couldn't) :lol:

yo_chuci · 9 Nov 2008

yeah that makes sense. it was more a "it should be x wide cos when cutting on a table saw you need x space." etc
i wondered if people had that sort of idea... the one's i've looked at on here all look big when being built but then photo's do that,
i guess that's why tables and stations are usually built to be multi purpose or fold away etc.
i only have a single garage atm so am gonna have to be clever with units and work tables etc.

cheers rich, that's what i thought...

digitalbot · 24 Nov 2008

Excuse the naivety of the question but how are your corners joined in that shed build? Is it a M+T top and bottom and then bolted through to the next side, and that being the same on all four sides? Or is it something more ingenious ( or simpler ) than that.