Thread: My Shed build - finally!

Originally Posted by Larks

They'll soon not even notice it and only remember their grievances.....

Re the loft, what's the height of the shed at the peak? I've done similar in my shed - it's a barn style with the lower side bays but the centre bay doesn't seem like it'd be all that much taller. I set up the loft at the back three metres of the shed and gave myself about 2400mm headroom underneath and with 250mm bearers there's just enough room to crawl in and move things around up in the loft - maybe 1800mm at the peak. So depending how much depth you want and so how much access you need, you may not need that much height over the loft.

The sides are 3000mm, and its a truss roof. The peak of the truss is about 500mm.

The other problem is, I really want to control fine dust issues, so I want to have the area fully closed off and the access sealed. I am going to buy a clearvue cyclone, but until I get all the machine ports sorted and fine tune all the dust issues I really want to keep as much dust out of the mezzanine area as possible. I am a chronic asthmatic, and its a bit of a fight with CASA to keep my medical current, so I really need to keep on top of the dust issue.

Also, how did you build the loft area? Do you have posts running to the ground? I assume to get any sort of decent load rating (ie at least a couple of hundred kg) you would need to do this?

Anyway, fun times ahead. At least I can clear the garage and finally have some space to set up my machines!

I've been trying to find a decent photo of the loft but hope these might be useful in some way. I used some beams that I had left over from my house build (I built my own house after the shed) so they're a bit oversized, and bolted them to the shed posts.

I can't see your framing structure terribly well, but you may be able to bolt some bearers to the wall framing and use joist hangers to fit your joists to the face of the bearers. Check joist span tables for size and strength ratings for your joists (i.e. like this: http://www.chhwoodproducts.com.au/us...e%20Set(3).pdf )

Nice ship, it's to big for a boat. Thanks for showing how you did your loft.
Kryn

Almost there


Poor quality shot of the inside

Yay, its finally finished! I have a mate in the paint industry, so I am off to see him tomorrow to get a 2 pack epoxy paint for the floor.

Apparently I can't sheet off the walls until after the final inspection as they need to see the tie down bolts. To get council approval, I had a condition imposed that requires me to build a rendered masonry fence (my choice) on the street size with 1.5m return on the opposing neighbours side. So my focus over the next coming weeks will be to get that sorted. I also need to get that floor done some I can get my machines into a decent environment and away from rain.

GARAPORT.jpgHi Pearo.Good to see that progress is finally being made. I was considering a shed as per pic & now having seen yours i think my mind is made up.Current price of the one in pic is $5295 as a kit. cheers

Looks nice Pearo. I'm considering putting up a shed on the new home we are looking at. If it's not a rude question what was the cost of slab and shed, you can pm me with that if you don't want it on here.

Originally Posted by george mavridis

Looks nice Pearo. I'm considering putting up a shed on the new home we are looking at. If it's not a rude question what was the cost of slab and shed, you can pm me with that if you don't want it on here.

I am just looking through the paperwork but I cant find the original contract. The total cost for me must be up near 20k, but thats after surveyors, solicitors, earthworks and certifiers. Mine was not an easy build (https://www.woodworkforums.com/f245/brisbane-neighbours-estate-opposing-shed-da-190337). Looking at the contract (you will have to forgive me because I am having a few celebratory beers), looks like about $10k for the shed and $4500 for the slab. The shed price included maybe $600 of certification work. Dont quote me on this, as there is lots of progressive payments.

Might I add, if you just buy the shed and organise council approval and slab yourself you will save a lot. The shed is the cheap part. If I had paid my concretor mate to do the slab and earthworks, I reckon I would have saved 50%, but the time and effort to deal with council would have far exceeded that in my own personal time and frustration.

The cost of erecting the shed is also pricey, but I have helped mates build sheds and sometimes the builds go on for 6 months. One mate has yet to finish his shed 18 months on. Also, the guys who erected my shed also do stuff outside of the contracted titan stuff, so you can save a few bucks there. If you are in South East Queensland I am happy to pass on their details.

Thanks Pearo, it's a bit down the track for me but I'll keep that in mind when the time comes. By the way your sheds looking good.

Originally Posted by george mavridis

Thanks Pearo, it's a bit down the track for me but I'll keep that in mind when the time comes. By the way your sheds looking good.

Forgot to add, I am on a sloping block, so not your standard earthworks or slab!

Finally got back to doing some work on the shed and related stuff for final approval. Got a bit distracted over the last few weeks as I had to study for an exam.

So part of the approval requires a rendered masonary fence on the rear boundary, so a good bricky mate and I got stuck into it yesterday. Got the foundation down yesterday:



And today after a bit of stuffing around got the first 2 courses laid plus some corners.




I also started rolling out the epoxy paint on the floor. I acid washed it about 2 weeks ago and let it dry out as per the instructions. It looks so shiny which makes it look slippery, but in the work boots there is no slip and slide at all. I reckon rain soaked pluggers might be a different story though!! Bad pic, no lights in the shed yet.



The mini excavator operator who dug the footings also had a bobcat in the truck, so I got him to level out the driveway somewhat so I could get a rough idea on what to do. The blokes who did the earthworks for the shed left a massive pile of soil that was supposed to be taken away. Now I can get a car back up the driveway, and once I clear out all the leftover building materials from the reno I will be able to use the garage! I have been here for a full year now (excluding the 6 months I camped out whilst doing the reno), and there has never been a car in the garage!




Anyway, the shed has its first piece of machinery in it (will take a photo tomorrow). The contractor table saw has been moved from the garage to the shed. Once I get my cabinet saw set up in there the old contractor saw will be relegated to the shelves until the next investment reno!! Was going to put my mitre saw and SCMS in there today, but want to blow the dust of with the air duster first. Cant put old sawdust in the new shed!!

Nice to see that you are finally moving equipment in.

I just realised I did not take a photo of the shed with machinery in. I was trying hard to get all the odds and ends tied up for the final approval before heading off to the US. I never did get it finished before we got hammered with rain. I did manage to get the rest of the block wall up though, but it needs to be filled with concrete yet.

I will be back in Aus in about 2 weeks, so work will recommence!! I have also scored a heap of old timber from Shorncliffe Pier, although I am not sure how much just yet. It will be getting 'upcycled' (the modern term) into furniture for Sandgate Yacht Club, and fingers crossed I get enough old deck timber to make us new bar tops for the old sailors bar!

Anyway, I managed to hire a plane when I was in Nevada a week and half ago. Its interesting in the US, because the international airport is so secure. But I was sitting airside of a controlled airspace with no security clearance or no supervision. Australia's has more strict security requirements than the US. I flew over hoover dam and grand canyon:



A good break, looking forward to getting back and finishing the house and shed.

Cool.