Thread: About to Join Shed Brigade

It is an obvious thing but make sure the concretors put plastic under the concrete slab or you will forever have moisture and dampness problems

I used the light coloured opaque Laserlight, in two sections of my castle. but I only exposed 200mm op the panels. Lets in heaps of light and not too much heat.

The whirlybird will help with ventilation and stopping condensation.

Originally Posted by Carry Pine

Hi,

I'm 2 days away from signing on the dotted line for a colourbond shed.

Well... did you sign? Did you did you did you????

Originally Posted by I_wanna_Shed

Well... did you sign? Did you did you did you????

and we need photos

yeh, signed up.

4X9mm with 3m height walls.

mega sloping block so heaps of earthworks.

Pictures? Of a grey shed? OK if that's what turns you on!

Graham

Excellent!

And 3m high walls. I'm drooling......

Nathan.

Hi Graham,

I was going to suggest 3m walls, so glad you went that way. I have 2.4m on mine, and it's too low to move sheetwork around comfortably. The rolladoor is nowhere near high enough either - carrying a 2.4 x 1.2m sheet of ply out the door I need to duck.

Insulate the walls from the outset. Any north facing walls will get very hot during your three days of summer and it's much easier to build the insulation in as you go.

Seal the floor before you do anything inside the shed. I lined my walls first, and had to cut a strip off the bottom of the linings to be able to seal the slab. Lining sheets that had been there for a while were mouldy, so it definitely needed sealing. Oh, and definitely lay plastic down under the slab.

Powerpoints - can't have too many. I put the wiring in conduit under the wall linings, but someone here suggested running the cable around the top of the walls just under the roof and dropping conduit lines down to the ppoints. This would definitely be easier than the way I did it.

Lights - don't use point source lights unless you have heaps of them, you'll get shadows. I used eight 1200mm fluoros in my 3x6m shed, and it's great! I'll still have spot lamps for detailed work though. The guy I bought the lights from probably still has more if you're interested. Pics of the lights at the end of my shed thread: https://www.woodworkforums.com/f245/n...it-out-115025/

Power - run separate circuits for lights and power. If you manage to trip the power circuit you don't want to lose your lights at the same time.

Roof panels - I used a couple of white translucent panels in my roof on the south side. Gives good light still, but cuts the heat dramatically. Don't put transparent sheets on the north face of the roof or you'll cook.

Enjoy your new shed! Hope it's a quicker process for you than mine has been.

Hi Graham,
Many years ago an old friend of mine had a cheap buy of 8' x 4' sheets of thick Masonite.
He put them on the wall, cut 4in. holes in the top & blew all his shavings into the wall.
Used to go to his Shed, & from outside you could not hear a thing, even with the Planer Thicknesser, or Saw, going.
It was so quiet, even inside his Shed as well, & of course very well Insulated.
Just a thought.
Regards,
issatree.

Whirlybirds letting in moisture? Nah not in my neck of the woods. Got a true test on 27th jan 2010 when we had a downpour including at one stage 168mm per hour rainfall rate for almost 38 minutes (for a total of 132mm for 24 hours) with no water ingress from the whirly birds. Under the roller door yes but nothing from the birds.
Shed is 19 months old and is cyclone rated to W42 or C4 standard whichever is current (Both detailed on plans from council). 6x4x2.7 Colourbond, two windows at right angles and i should have only had one put in. As stated above, lost a heck of a lot of wall space. Shed walls have been lined and ceiling insulation when i can get SWMBO to exit the aircon for long enough to walk out to the shed in 38C - Townsville winter lasted 2 days. It got down to 11C on both days Sniff I miss winter - like a toothache that is.

Originally Posted by Carry Pine

yeh, signed up.

4X9mm with 3m height walls.

mega sloping block so heaps of earthworks.

Pictures? Of a grey shed? OK if that's what turns you on!

Graham

Still no picture?

Earthworks done on Friday. The guy finishing off needed a rope tied to a tree to stop him being washed away. The pour was to be Saturday. It poured all right! I can't see the concrete being poured for another week.
End of November is now looking like Christmas.

You want photos?
They won't show anything except water at the moment.

CP

Oh big bummer. Delays in having the shed built - I can't think if anything worse!!! My fingers are crossed for the rain clearing.

.............and it's still coming down.

CP

I five years time the small wait will be forgotten
If it's on that much of a slope you could have put a cellar underneath - or a water tank?