Thread: I want to buy a shed

Not sure what brand my shed is ,it did come from Queensland , the guy who put it up sourced it .
It 7m x 9m with 3 m wall height ,originaly I had a 3m x6m single carport , but have now extended the carpot right along one side of the shed which has doubled my roofed are.
I don't think my price will help you much ,but the original shed cost $13,000 including slab, erection, inspection and building code certification .My shed beams are all C150 and has angled supports on each vertical beam up to the roof beams.

The 3m walls are good because I have installed a mezzanine floor down one side for storage .

Kev

I have a 6 x 3 but find it's too narrow. Once the gear is in I found that I have very little clear space to work. It didnt take long to fill it up.

Two things: It's never big enough. Get the biggest shed you can fit and afford. And don't skimp on the floor. The previous owner erected my shed and poured the floor. Cos he was a hero who could do anything. Except he made a hash of the floor. It makes life difficult and it annoys me every single day.

HI,
I have a 'Safety Steel Structure Shed' with a RHS structural Frame 7.2M long x 6m wide x 2.7m wide. It Cost us about $5,000.00 to build (including purchase of Shed) about 2 Years ago. We built the Shed ourselves with help from My Uncle and some Mates, only had to pay the Concrete Guy and a Labourer The Shed came with a Sliding Door (Gable End and one Window. I made My own Side Door for it. I got a couple of Quotes for Colourbond Sheds and they were ridiculous One Company wanted about $6,000.00 for Colorbond and was only going to drop about $800.00 off for a Galvanised one - I didn't bother calling them back.
The Guys are right, a Mans Shed is never big enough. My suggestion is get Yourself a piece of paper and draw Your Shed outline in Scale on it. Then Work out what You are going to put and where You are going to put things in Your Shed.

They are like anything else. If you want quality it costs. At the last place I lived I had a 16m X 8m X 2.7H (walls) Garage World shed. Garage World - Shed Boss
Great quality, extremely well made, but one of the more expensive brands. They use gal brackets set in the concrete during pouring for hold downs. Not dyna bolts. They also design the shed so the ends of the wall sheets interlock at the corners. Theres not need for a special flashing. I have no affiliation with the company, just a very satisfied customer.
What ever you build seriously think of insulating it during construction. Its well worth the money. Mine had aircell insulation, both walls and roof. Aircell - Fibre free insulation products - Glareshield, Retroshield, Permifloor, Permishield, Insulaire, Insulbreak Makes a big difference.

bollie7

I'm with Bryan on this

think of a good size and double it

I was told that "this is the space you've got" so I have a 7.5x6x3 and its full...wood lathe, mill, 1 - 1.2x.7 reloading bench, 1 - 2.5 x .9 work bench, 1 - 1.3x.75 work bench, brownbuilt shelving across back end, pedestal drill, bandsaw, fridge, spare fridge, freezer, antique furniture for future restoration occupies approx 2sq metres, another small shelving system, small saw bench, workshop tool trolley, compound mitre saw bench, ammo cupboard, 3draw filing cabinet, G size oxy trolley, 90l aircompressor, lawn mower, kids bikes........and a I have yet to put in the metal lathe (thats in the garage still in its box..hahaha)

and I hav'nt even mentioned the 1sq metre area for her junk

now wishing I had used up the area behind the shed (approx another 2 metres) when I had it built and installed.

You cant have too much room.

there are some other benefits such as less gardening stuff to attend to, increased area for stormwater harvesting, bigger area to get lost/hide in ..etc etc

About 10 years ago
7.6 x 3.6, then added a 1.2m veranda down one side

Side double entry doors - veranda means one does not get wet getting in an out , also means the messy/smelly jobs can be done outside
4 windows

nominally 2.7 high but the guys put it up too close to the ground so when I poured the floor lost 100mm of height. (I knew I wanted the floor 6" above natural ground level due to flooding! - They put it up while work had me in another state)

Good build other than that - True Steel Pre engineered steel building, Steel garage, Horse stable, Farm shed

A MUST is a waterproof membrane under the concrete

For me - insulation (foil and fibre glass in walls and ceiling) and Plasterboard lining (on minimal framing) tied to the steel has been worth the effort. (- no rust, habitable all year.)

Not big enough!

I am supprised .
Here we are on a metelworking forum and no one is talking about making up their own kit... Last carport I built (6x9m) cost me around 2K plus concrete (from memory) and a week on the arc welder.... Mind you council permits ar a to get (thats why I don't worry about them)......
However this sitting next to my 6X9 shed gives a good roof space the next plan is to double the shed with another one...

I built this twenty years ago when I was less lazy than I am now. It's 7 x 4.5 metres and far too small. At the time I had a bench and a box of planes and thought that it was just fine. The open eaves allow the moisture to blow in and coat everything in rust. I need to pull my finger out and install a ceiling. Two mills, two lathes, and twenty years of accumulated junk are going to make that tricky.

Ken, whatever you do at least insulate it. You'll weep when you see the ways on that AR red with rust if you dont.

Big's Better
Bob

Originally Posted by neksmerj

It's unbelievable, but I have never had a proper workshop, so now it's time.

I reckon something about 6m x 3m or so, would do it, with a hipped roof.

So far I have had one quote of $5000 for the shed, and $2000 for the slab.
This was based on a size of 6.1m x 3.5m in colorbond with two windows in one end, two doors in one side, and two skylights. A proper rhs frame was incorporated in it's construction. The above quote also includes erection.

What brand of shed have you got, and are you happy with it? Were you able to erect it yourself? An indication of cost would also be appreciated.

Ken

Ken,
Under no circumstances purchase a shed from #### #######, particularly the Bayswater VIC office.
Absolutely one of the worst experiences after the Feb 2009 fires.
It started out by them delivering the wrong shed, with the wrong steel cross section a few days before we had 6 volunteers to help. ( and getting BS sales talk asserting what they delivered was somehow better...when they were contracted to use RHS ??)
Late on a Wednesday...having the clown refuse to turn around and open the filing cabinet to check a copy of the original contract....so we had to drive to Flowerdale and return on the Thursday morning to prove THEIR stuff up and make them deliver enough material for the Friday morning when we had part of the team who had taken 2 days off work to help. These were professional construction workers, and they were walking around shaking their heads.
And after that it went from bad to worse....
Just don't bother with them.
Regards,
Peter

Business name edited out by Administration. Why? - READ THIS

I have a Safety Steel Structures shed, the 100x50 RHS version. Excellent shed, been up now just over 10 years and no issues at all.

It is a decent size (we live on 25 acres) 48x25 (14.4x7.4m) and it has 10ft/3m walls.

As we didn't live here yet at the time we had it put up for us by a local contractor.

G'day Peter,
Still a nice looking shed despite all the screwing around.
I'm looking to build something similar on our block in Maldon, Vic and was just wondering if you could give us an idea of the size and cost of your shed including the slab?
Cheers,
Greg.

My old boy has a 12x9 Ranbuild. Brillant shed. My current shed is a 9x4.5 Stramit (I think) and could do with being twice as wide and half again as long :P

Remember, spending a little more no will save in the long run cos it's bloody hard to convert a shed into a bigger one!

Oh yeah, I shortened a shed once.... It was timber framed and It was a metre too long and I couldn't get a car into the backyard - by shortening it I opened up about 1000square metres of backyard!

I have put up a couple of those pre-fab sheds in the larger sizes, (60ftX100ft) and they all had missing parts or wrong parts...