Thread: About to Join Shed Brigade

I would have liked to have gone a little higher at the sides but was advised that over 2.7 and I would have needed a DA. Did not want to go down that path as I needed the shed up quickly.

Insulation a must. I have had one winter and one summer in the shed and felt no pain at all.

If you are going to put in windows I would suggest giving their placement a lot of thought. I went for two windows on either side for max natural light. However, I gave up quite a bit of wall that I could use now. Also, one windows gives too much sunlight from about midday - have placed insulation foam board across it now.

Also give real thought to lighting. I did a bit of reasearch then approached a lighting retailer who passed my requirements on to design engineers with one of their suppliers. I now have excellent lighting with no shadows at all. The electrician who installed the power and lighting said that they had never installed power and lighting like this in a shed before, and suggested that I wear blockout when turning all the lights on

Hope this helps in some way.

Graham you said you read the threads, being where you are, Pat's idea of floor surface for insulation come to mind nothing worse than cold aching feet and legs. Windows position for you would matter come winter and summer.
Shelves if your up my way Graham give me a buzz and see what I have.

Congratulations Graham on this new member of your family!

That's a nice shed size, you will welcome the space for sure. My shed was already here when we moved in, but there's a few things I would do if I was building one (and I may still do these if I can ever move everything out to do them!).

• Seal the concrete floor with one of those concrete paints. The surface of my slab is extremely dusty, and whenever I sweep it I need to leave the shed due to the extremely fine dust that floats around for hours. Or more expensively, cover the slab with floorboards or the sheets of yellow tongue stuff to give your feet something comfy to stand on.
• You are spot-on with the insulation. The insulation on my roof is just that silver foil stuff. It feels like it does stuff all. It would be a challenge keeping it warm down your way in winter! (I've got a nice old cast iron fireplace in my shed).
• A whirlybird would be good for me in summer (but if I had better insulation I may not need one).
• You would no doubt know this, but double powerpoints EVERYWHERE! Lights too! I had a sparky mate do mine so all I paid for was materials. But even if I had to pay full price I still would have loaded the shed with outlets.

You will love it! I'll ride down to be at the christening.

Nathan.

Thanks for the quick replies shed owners. The shed needs a DA anyway, so there will be discussion about the height of the sides.
Nathan- remember Catherine Hill. After a few beers you will be able get down there but you need to get up first.

Graham

When I built my shed I put a 'clear plastic' panel in the roof over my main work bench. It stops bad sun but allows good light and I never need a light on during the day. I also but a couple of vertical panels on the southern side walls and these also allow a lot of light, with minimum heat in summer. We get frosts here and it is hot in summer but I still think it is worth it especially given the current cost of power.

Whitewood

Two pieces of good news on the same weekend - Collingwood win and a new shed!
Well done Graham.
I built my shed from a kit about fifteen years ago, and it has the 2700 wall height. I find that it is plenty high enough for storage, and I can barely reach the top things anyway.
One thing to remember is that if it is a standard plan or kit, then all the engineering, the specs and the plans will be provided, so that these can be submitted as part of the DA.
If you carry out variations, you might have to submit an engineer's report to have the variations qualified and passed for approval. That usually means more expense.
One thing that my shed lacks is controlled ventilation, which makes it hot in the summers. I recommend that you look at this as part of yours, and of course it can get cold down there as well.
Good luck with it Graham. I hope you can share some pictures as it proceeds.
Kind regards
Tom

You will definately need a whirlybird. The extra ventilation helps with clearing the very fine dust as well as helping with the cooling in summer.

Ross

Happy new shed
welcome to the group of those who have thir own sanity chamber

Re the whirlybird - did I not read somewhere on the forum that these can let in moisture and that if equipment is under them you run the risk of rusting.

Originally Posted by BobR

Re the whirlybird - did I not read somewhere on the forum that these can let in moisture and that if equipment is under them you run the risk of rusting.

I'm not sure if it would fix this specific problem but I have seen ones where they have a type of shutter on them so you can render them useless in times such as winter.

Originally Posted by BobR

Re the whirlybird - did I not read somewhere on the forum that these can let in moisture and that if equipment is under them you run the risk of rusting.

In 5 years I have never had this problem. No rust on any of my tools.

Ross

More replies. Thank you. But let me answer a few suggestions:

Scribbly Gum- not all share your love of Collingwood. I could say something mean but let me tell you about seeing a lane called 'Scribbly Gum Lane. No photo but can provide GPS is needed. (The sign underneath said 'Dead End')- They could have said no through road. .

Whitewood - have planned for 2 clear panels

Ross- the whirlybird for cooling in summer. Let me tell you about the 3 days of summer we get. They are the days I don't need to take the glueing inside the house to set. May think about it later if the dust is a problem.

Will see the 'man' tomorrow to discuss further details.

Graham

Originally Posted by Carry Pine

More replies. Thank you. But let me answer a few suggestions:

Scribbly Gum- not all share your love of Collingwood. I could say something mean but let me tell you about seeing a lane called 'Scribbly Gum Lane. No photo but can provide GPS is needed. (The sign underneath said 'Dead End')- They could have said no through road. .


Graham

The joke is on me then Graham. I thought that you were a 'Pies supporter.
Oops! Sorry about that.
I remember when I was building my shed. Every day was an adventure. You are going to enjoy this.
Go the Tigers (?)
SG

Apology accepted.

Graham