Topic: Building a shed

[cambourne7]

Hi Guys,

End of next year i want to build myself a new shed with one wall brick with a fireplace and the other 3 sides wood and the roof made of corigated metal bolted into place.

Tenancy agreement limits me to a shed that shall not exceed 30 square feet in area, nor 7 feet in height.

I am able to get old wooden posts (tree posts) and i know there not in amazing condition but i though if i started collecting them next year i can collect enough to make a log cabin type shed.

I have been putting some though into how i put the whole thing together and i think its managable.

Anyone got any thoughs?

Found these 2 links helpful

http://www.dreamloghome.com/contemporary.html
http://www.logbuilding.org/index1.html

Cambourne7

[windygale]

Hi C7, have a look on this site link http://www.buildeazy.com/diy_otherstuff.html it may give you other ideas

happy building
windy ;) :D ;D

[Lauren S]

Oh heck what a brill idea . Trouble is...I would want to live in it  ;D
Especially as it will have a fireplace. Mmmmm toasty warm coffee breaks.

Lauren  ;)

[SnooziSuzi]

Sounds like a great project - I'd love to do this myself, but I wouldn't be able to because on our lotties no buildings can be permanant and we couldn't build the 'fireplace wall' as it would be considered a permanant construction.  Don't forget to check there's no such restrictions on your site

Keep us informed as to how you get on with pics!

[SnooziSuzi]

Also...  I bought a set of plans from a guy on evilBay on how to build loads of different types of sheds which I'd be happy to make available to you.

Most of them seem to be high school or uni construction projects, but they all look good and provide full instructions. 

Let me know if you want them and I'll pm/email them to you

HTH,
Su

[cambourne7]

thanks su, yep your right about the perminant construction issue and thinking about it i would probably not use it. Thanks for the plans but i am considering taking a course on building strawbaled buildings and until i am sure what i am doing i am not going to get 2 excited with looking at plans  ;D

[Andy H]

wish we could build a shed. Mind you, my latest compo heap is 6ftx6ft by 5ft high ;D

[cambourne7]

nice and love the thingy in front of it what is it.

[Lauren S]

Looks like a tombola thingy  :o
Or that ball selector they use on the National Lottery and Bingo.

Instead of calling *Full House*, you could say Full Plot and instead of calling *Line* you could shout Row  ;D

Lauren  ;D  ;D  ;D

[Barnowl]

Camborne - how about a woodburning stove with a metal pipe chimney? It'd be like in the Westerns....don't forget the swing doors to the saloon ;D


Talented bit of wood butchery there, Andy H. :)

[cambourne7]

dont get me started on the chimley i am still so tempted...

[SnooziSuzi]

someone posted this woodstove  on another forum I visit

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUNstove-Workshop-heater-8kw-wood-burning-stove_W0QQitemZ220152046940QQihZ012QQcategoryZ1269QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Robert_Brenchley]

I had an ancient woodburning stove in the shed when I first had my plot; it was great until it developed so many holes that flames were shooting out.

[Andy H]

The thing is a tumbler sieve and it works!!!!

[cambourne7]

someone posted this woodstove  on another forum I visit

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUNstove-Workshop-heater-8kw-wood-burning-stove_W0QQitemZ220152046940QQihZ012QQcategoryZ1269QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 :'( your right i would love it but i cant justify £100 pluson the plot at the moment.

[Belinda]

Off subject of building a shed, but if you want some warmth on the allotment, why not construct some kind of fire pit?

If you have or can get hold of an old BBQ kit, the type that is basically just the ash tray with a grid for the charcoal and a cooking surface, and would normally be built into a brick structure. You dont have to build it properly with mortar and everything, just stack the bricks in the right dimensions around the metalwork using a couple of slabs as the base.

We threw one together in this fashion once when the OH's kids came to stay, it actually stayed there until it rusted away several years later.

[Lauren S]

Can I make a suggestion?
How about getting hold of an old washing machine drum adding some piping for legs and using that. We use to do that when we lived in Canada. Mind you the washing machine drums are alot larger than here; but I'm sure it will give the same effect and warmth. Good idea for using as an alternative to one of those galvanized bin burner thingies that rust after one season.
(Mine fell apart this year  ::))

Lauren  :)

[cambourne7]

not allowed open fires thats one of the reasons i cant have the stove in the shed but i am working on them to change it :)