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Thread: sheds why steel kits not timber?
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9th March 2009, 08:26 PM #1
sheds why steel kits not timber?
i have been reading a lot on here lately about people putting up kit sheds.
what i wanna know is why woodworkers are putting up steel framed kit sheds.
are they cheeper?
is there a lack of skill?
are they easyer?
i want to build a big shed for timber storage and keeping my mill in and will most probably build one out of timber with colour bond walls/roof.
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9th March 2009, 09:40 PM #2human termite
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yes they are cheaper by the time you have sorted out the green overpriced , twisted timber, roofing sheets,outside cladding etc,had plans drawn up,you can buy the steel prefab shed, along with the engineers plans for it, and wack it together, no more skill needed than banging together a glorified barn out of gathered timber only to have it eaten by termites in a few years time , and yes it is a lot easier to do , so the answer to your question Carl(there i spelt it right ) is it makes more sense, to use steel.and a lot of us have covenents where we live and cannot just erect what we like................bob
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9th March 2009, 09:50 PM #3
• stronger
• quicker
• termite resistant
(writes having helped put up a 20m x 10m x 3.6m shed, the hardest part was lifting the trusses up into position with ropes. But me and my Dad got the basic frame up in a day, once the posts had been left to cure for a few days, after of lot of blood and sweat)
The con with only two people doing it:
• not enough hands and other appendages become third and fourth pair of hands.
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9th March 2009, 10:11 PM #4
The greenies will hate you if you build a timber shed.
Have you noticed how a timber sheds looks after 20 to 30 years. There are several timber sheds on the property where I live and they all have distinct lean to the south. That includes hay sheds machinery sheds and slab sheds.
The slab sheds eventually fall right over.
The pole hay sheds probably stay upright the longest but even those eventually begin to lean. We have two pole haysheds here with sagging timber trusses, sagging timber purlins and sagging timber girts. They are clad with corrugated steel.
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9th March 2009, 10:52 PM #5
Cost cost and cost. Also what the above said.
My grandad's carpentry shop was all timber. A magical place for a kid to visit and what I always had in the back of my mind to build someday. If I win lotto. Mmmm.
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9th March 2009, 10:55 PM #6
My Grandad's too.
On a plus side of a timber shed, it'd be way cooler than a typical zincalume/colorbond shed.
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9th March 2009, 11:02 PM #7
they would rather i buit it form steel creating all that polution than a renewable rescorce like timber.
Have you noticed how a timber sheds looks after 20 to 30 years. There are several timber sheds on the property where I live and they all have distinct lean to the south. That includes hay sheds machinery sheds and slab sheds.
The slab sheds eventually fall right over.
The pole hay sheds probably stay upright the longest but even those eventually begin to lean. We have two pole haysheds here with sagging timber trusses, sagging timber purlins and sagging timber girts. They are clad with corrugated steel
we have 2 pole sheds on our place one has a gable roof and one wall. it has a 20 degree lean on it because we could not put any bracing in as we needed maximum height and both ends open to drive right threw. its been up for 20 years. and we will pull it backnup streight in the next mounth and put some bracing in and itl still be tehre in 20 years.
the other is a good 25 years old and is as good now as it was when built minus a few bullet holes in teh roof.
if i house can last 150 years why cant a shed?
i can but all teh materials in brisbane to build a 6 x 9m shed for $5000 delviverd.
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9th March 2009, 11:12 PM #8
Grandad's was over 100 years old when it got pulled down. It was left to him by his father.
Mind you white ants are not around in Scotland.
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10th March 2009, 12:15 AM #9New Member
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themain reason i am putting one up is i couldnt find anyone interested in doing the council plans. Perhaps i could have had a crack myself but time is always an issue
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10th March 2009, 08:48 AM #10
Steel sheds are cheaper & easier to build.
I've built pole frame sheds with timber trussed roof.
Takes longer just to make the trusses than to fully build a steel shed.
Clearspan steel frames are better than conventional trusses with a low bottom chord.
But tin sheds look crap if they're too close to a house.
And they are hot in summer and cold in winter.
My next shed, when I find the time to do it, will be fully lined stud walls & coupled rafters.
Weather boards outside and cgi roof.
I've started drawing the plans and I have most materials so cost is not a real issue,
I'm annoyed at the exorbitant cost of a building permit.
I'd love an American style shed with a full size loft, but I expect I'd have troubles sheeting such a high steep roof. As they are rare I'd undoubtedly have problems finding trades capable of doing it unless I engaged the Light Brigade.
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10th March 2009, 09:44 AM #11
I think its a combination of ease in assembly; dollars; and termites.
Are there any timber frame sheds available in kit form??
I like the idea of a steel frame generic shed, but with treated hardwood chamfer board cladding.
CheersAndy Mac
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10th March 2009, 10:23 AM #12
Carl,
There are plenty of termites over your side of the mountain. A couple of my friends in upper brookfield put up a pole shed a few years ago. They put oil round the poles to try and keep the critters out but it'll only be a matter of time. My place used to get hit every couple of years until the termidore went in.
Given you can get the timber virtually free that makes it a closer run thing, but to do it legal you still need to get plans drawn up and approved by a chartered engineer, and I defy anyone to build a timber frame as fast as you can erect a portal frame. It's the sheeting that takes the time and the detail work on a steel shed. The portal frames can be anchored and up in an hour or so.
Having said all that I reckon a timber shed is a much nicer thing to have, but a shed for most is a tool for storing stuff, you just want it done and working so you can get on with other things. If the shed is a project in itself then yes build something beautiful.I'm just a startled bunny in the headlights of life. L.J. Young.
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10th March 2009, 10:50 AM #13
There are combinations, as well.
My couple of sheds have had steel frames/trusses, tied together with hardwood rails and galv. sheeting. Easy to build, but hot as Hades come Summer.
(The next ones gonna be 9" brick. )
- Andy Mc
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10th March 2009, 01:23 PM #14
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10th March 2009, 01:43 PM #15
Actually brick/block/stone sheds can be very hospitable, but they aren't cheap nor quick either.
A friend has built a 20 x 10 x 4.5 in blocks with steel trusses/roof. Absolute paradise in summer..I'm just a startled bunny in the headlights of life. L.J. Young.
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