How would you turn a shed???

[carrot-cruncher]

After much confusion which resulted in me discovering I've been cultivating the wrong plot for the last two years the council has given me another plot they've taken off somebody for breach of contract.

My new plot has a nice 10' x 8' shed but the shed looks out across the whole site & I want to turn the shed 90 degrees so it looks out over my plot.   I also have a small piece of lawn (properly turfed) which would be directly in front of my shed once I've got it turned.

The cunning plan so far involves Dad, I and a lot of hard labour.   I asked the council if they could turn the shed for me but our very nice allotment represen-tative said it's not something they do.   

All suggestions gratefully received

CC

[carrot-cruncher]

[katynewbie]

In the thread "The Shed..My Shed" someone suggested putting a couple of round poles (broom handles  ???) underneath, having levered a corner of the shed up, then roll!!!!!

Might be worth a try, it worked for the pyramids!!!!

;D

[petemason]

The quick and simple way would be to empty it (obviously), get three other people to help you who are of a similar age and ability (you don't want a 18 stone rugby player and frail old Auntie Betty on the same team) and nail two lengths of wood down each side of the shed. If you haven't got long enough pieces, nail something to each corner that will act as a handle.
Position one person at each corner and at the given signal (LIFT! is usually a good word to choose) raise the shed and move it 90 degrees.
I moved mine about 30 feet using this method with my OH, her sister and husband and they are all still talking to me.

[petemason]

You may wish to read something into the fact that both of the answers you've had so far come from Oldhamers - we're taught  how to move a shed before we can crawl you know.

[Tulipa]

We have moved our sheds several times and have always used the broomhandle technique, works really well for us.  We have done it with those rustic type fence poles too.

For some reason my OH is into moving sheds around!

[honeybee]

I was amazed when i told OH i wanted my shed moving, and he stuck two big poles under it, shouted out a couple of directions to me and we whizzed it round as if it was on a turntable....lol  ;D

Oh and not that far from Oldham myself so perhaps that was partly something to do with it ;)

[Jill]

I'm nowhere near Oldham  ;) but big long poles for leverage worked a treat when we turned our shed and moved it to the other side of the garden last year.

[petemason]

I'm nowhere near Oldham  ;) but big long poles for leverage worked a treat when we turned our shed and moved it to the other side of the garden last year.

Have you checked your ancestry?

[honeybee]

Ooooh Pete your a card  ;D

[MrsKP]

My OH just put his shoulder to ours in the end. (The Shed ...) so i never got to see the poles in action, but then i never had any poles to start with !!  lol

if you're not moving it far, get a couple of burley blokes to lift it.  ;D

[kenkew]

You could always cut a new door in the 'back'....hehehe.