Thread: House based on Shed

Great stuff - thanks dazzler. I too will probably do something similar on our block.
Regards Simon

Have a look at

http://www.allhomes.com.au/ah/ah0078...&pid=886601707

thanks mat

Would love to know what they used for insulation in the walls and ceilings.

cheers

Hey MatK,
I like

Wide Verandahs on the North and West I would assume?

also http://www.mecano.com.au/

regards,

James

They look ok but I would be very wary of a steel building based on a shed anywhere near the sea... Colorbond seems to last slightly longer than zinc but here in Beachport I could take you to any number of sheds ranging in age from 5 years old to 20 plus years old and they are showing serious degradation not only in cladding but structurally as well.

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When you consider a transportable house is basicly a shed with better cladding , why wouldnt anyone build a house from that idea , as far as rust if all the steel framing is enclosed within the walls and not exposed like most sheds to dampness they should last a life time , also if you use that plastic cladding you get now adays , you wont even need to paint it and it wont rust , wont burn either , it has been treeted with some sort of fire retardant . Also there is two versions one with insulation built in or a thicker version without insulation . Cheers MM

Lots of block owners do it that way in the NT .
There are plenty around Katherine that have done it.
I doubt whether city councils would approve of that type of construction though.

Btw Colour bond has a lifetime guarantee .My good friend here in Katherine bought a house 10years old and lived in it for 8 years .He discovered the paint was peeling from the roof and decided to repaint ,the guy who owns the local Home hardware was the builder of the house and asked why he wanted to paint his roof ,My friend told him that the paint was peeling .The Hardware store owner gave him a phone number to contact at BHP who make colour bond ,they sent an inspector around and inspected the roof .Six weeks later my friends' house was sporting a complete new roof.
If you think that we do not have adverse weather here with tropical storms , blistering heat during the build up and acidic fruit bat ????? to contend with then tell me what is.

Kev

Just because you're going to build it from corrugated iron doesn't mean it has to be boring. Check this site out http://www.troppoarchitects.com.au/

I did it, check out my blogg of it, (must have been interesting has the most hits of any of the threads) far from boring, best house I have ever lived in. The site the blogg is on has heaps of other interesting houses too, staw bale, shed, timber, rammed earth etc. There is one somewhere in Tassi that is also documented on the site called the duckpond, very nice house,

Read through your blog Burnsy, don't you hide your light under a bushel? Smart house, and.....well it's tasteful Burnsy. Top marks!!!

Originally Posted by prozac

Read through your blog Burnsy, don't you hide your light under a bushel? Smart house, and.....well it's tasteful Burnsy. Top marks!!!

Thanks for the thumbs up, we like it and always get comments from visitors. Not sure I get the light under a bushel saying though, haven't heard that one before.

Originally Posted by Burnsy

........ Not sure I get the light under a bushel saying though, haven't heard that one before.

Burnsy it is an old saying that means that you do not boast your achievements, but more the emphasis being that you are quiet about your achievements.