Well, here's our new shed!
The bulk of the material for this shed has been reclaimed from either previous work on the house or stuff that was headed for the skip at work.
The 3" by 2" used to frame the shed is scrapped studwork from one of the larger office units in our building, removed when the previous tennant moved on, and cross pieces from plasterboard pallets. It took the best part of a day to remove all the screws and nails but I was left with a nice big pile of timber.
Having all this timber meant that the shed could be a lot bigger than the 6'x8' that cost would have dictated the maximum size of a bought one and also bigger than the base I put down in anticipation several years ago.
So, up with the slabs, out with the whacker and down with the scalpings and sharp sand left over from laying the patio. Another benefit was that now the old 6x6 shed could go thanks to the extra space. The slabs will now be laid where the old shed was and I could add a handy large door to the end of the new shed.
After having a play around with the salvaged timber I began to build the shed up from a 12'x8' base frame. As I would have to buy the board for the floor I could use three full 8'x4' sheets of OSB.
Once the frame was down and while the floor boards were being treated and sealed I made a start on the rear and end wall. Despite my best efforts to get feather edge boards for nothing lack of time meant that I had to buy the bulk of them, along with 18x35mm sawn, treated timber for trimming joints and corners.
A very long day saw the floor down, the back and right hand end wall up and the framework for the front wall in place. The front was made to take our old back door and kitchen window, kept from when we had our new consevatory installed a couple of years ago.
With the windows, door and roof joists in place and a start made on cladding the front wall it began to resemble what I'd had in mind.
Exterior completed; front wall, left hand end wall and door all together, roof on and felted, all that remains for the outside once the FEB has dried out and had bit of wood treatment slapped on is to add a bit trim around the roof and fix guttering at the rear. All in the shed cost just shy of £375.00 and took 9 days to build.
UPDATE: I have now fitted out the interior of the shed. The back wall is taken up with storage for bicycles, timber and a dark store for potatos and other veg made from reclaimed pallets and leftovers from the 3"x2" timber. Below the window I have three recycled kitchen units and worktop to provide tool storage and a workbench. Photos coming soon!
