mickthetree
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Afternoon all
Time is coming to replace my current workshop (7m x 3m concrete wall garage in poor repair and in the way of our house extension).
I plan on building a 7m x 3.6m shed as this will allow me to build using standard 3.6m lengths.
Finances wont stretch to a Mike Style workshop, but it needs to be warm, dry and last as long time as possible. This isn't my day job but I do spend a considerable amount of time in there.
It might be that I use this shed for my machines and use a smaller shed next to it for hand tool work and my workbench.
Base
Hardcore from the garage knock down, compacted, blind with sand, compacted then concrete slabs.
Floor
7.2m C16 joists running the length with noggins between. I had planned on using 8x2s and sitting it direct on the hardcore. Perhaps a smaller size if sat on the concrete slabs. 18mm ply screwed onto the top of the joists. I can get a good price for these secondhand but in good condition.
Walls
50 x 100 CLS @ 600mm centres. Top and bottom wall plates. Internal 18mm OSB. External building paper, battens, 150mm feather edge.
Roof
50 x 100 CLS made into trusses. External - 18mm OSB with felt. Should I put a building paper over the OSB before felting?
I do have the corrugated asbestos roof from the current garage which is in good sound condition. Seems a shame to dispose of it (and the cost associated in doing so) when it could be reused. This would mean reducing the width of the new shed to 3m wide to suit. I'm not sure how a corrugated roof would be attached to the timber frame? Timber battens over a building paper and fixings through the original holes perhaps.
Doors / windows
I will require double doors on one end and would like to get a long window down one side. I am hoping to pick these up second hand in advance and build around them.
Insulation
The voids in the walls will be ideal for adding insulation, however if this shed becomes the machine shed only and the other shed where I spend more time then I might forgo the insulation in this one.
I have looked at a number of off the shelf sheds and by the time I have bought them up to this spec I believe I can build one cheaper.
Time is coming to replace my current workshop (7m x 3m concrete wall garage in poor repair and in the way of our house extension).
I plan on building a 7m x 3.6m shed as this will allow me to build using standard 3.6m lengths.
Finances wont stretch to a Mike Style workshop, but it needs to be warm, dry and last as long time as possible. This isn't my day job but I do spend a considerable amount of time in there.
It might be that I use this shed for my machines and use a smaller shed next to it for hand tool work and my workbench.
Base
Hardcore from the garage knock down, compacted, blind with sand, compacted then concrete slabs.
Floor
7.2m C16 joists running the length with noggins between. I had planned on using 8x2s and sitting it direct on the hardcore. Perhaps a smaller size if sat on the concrete slabs. 18mm ply screwed onto the top of the joists. I can get a good price for these secondhand but in good condition.
Walls
50 x 100 CLS @ 600mm centres. Top and bottom wall plates. Internal 18mm OSB. External building paper, battens, 150mm feather edge.
Roof
50 x 100 CLS made into trusses. External - 18mm OSB with felt. Should I put a building paper over the OSB before felting?
I do have the corrugated asbestos roof from the current garage which is in good sound condition. Seems a shame to dispose of it (and the cost associated in doing so) when it could be reused. This would mean reducing the width of the new shed to 3m wide to suit. I'm not sure how a corrugated roof would be attached to the timber frame? Timber battens over a building paper and fixings through the original holes perhaps.
Doors / windows
I will require double doors on one end and would like to get a long window down one side. I am hoping to pick these up second hand in advance and build around them.
Insulation
The voids in the walls will be ideal for adding insulation, however if this shed becomes the machine shed only and the other shed where I spend more time then I might forgo the insulation in this one.
I have looked at a number of off the shelf sheds and by the time I have bought them up to this spec I believe I can build one cheaper.
