Thread: Tin or wood constrution

I'm not sure what you pay for timber in your area but the last time I priced timber versus a steel kit shed they were similarly priced for a basic shed and a steel kit shed is a lot quicker to build and you don't have to paint it.

Some other factors you should also consider are
Do you have to worry about termites?
What do you plan to clad the timber framed shed with?

In Brisbane there's a place you can buy decent recycled timber for much less than the cost of new timber. They often also have colorbond sheets too. Maybe there's something similar near you?

Originally Posted by BobL

I'm not sure what you pay for timber in your area but the last time I priced timber versus a steel kit shed they were similarly priced for a basic shed and a steel kit shed is a lot quicker to build and you don't have to paint it.

Some other factors you should also consider are
Do you have to worry about termites?
What do you plan to clad the timber framed shed with?

The big green shed has the cheapest framing timber around at $2.15 lm.

We aren't termite proof in this area, but the aren't of major concern.

Cladding, yes, good point. Probably fibre cement or 2nd hand alloy cladding. Seems as though it's going to cost me $3100 ish for the shed inc. one roller door. 6 x 3.6 x 2.4. No idea how to cost out a wooden one besides working out how much each wall will take etc. Then I will need a lintel for any door, a few weeks to make it all.... hmmm a colorbond one looks good haha.

If time is an issue or ability, go STEEL.

If not and cost is an issue built in timber and use 2nd hand roofing for walls and roof.

for what you want to store and space for a workshop I suggest a double car garage as minimum.

Jeff

A further point to consider with a prefabricated steel building is that you should be provided with the necessary engineering doc and drawings to allow the council if required, to approve the building.

Plus, if your handy a single garage kit will take a few days to erect giving you much more play time during your holidays

Dave @ the ShedBlog

Recently finished a storage shed 4x2.5m x2.4 high in the backyard .treated pine frame, yellow tongue floor, corrugated iron gable roof, wrapped in sisalation and clad in zincalume panel .
costs were just under $2500.and a couple of weeks to build
xmas time and plumbers generally hard to match

One handy thing to remember is that ALL colours of colourbond sheeting are the same colour on the reverse (like an armour grey).

This is handy when using second hand sheets of differing colours, especially if you plan to line the inside of the shed and can hide the clashing colours.

There's a lot less material in a steel shed frame than a timber one. A timber frame, assuming 600mm stud spacings, with noggins and top and bottom plates, will require 130 lineal metres of framing pine PLUS roof trusses and battens. Whereas the same sized shed in steel will require 32lm of columns and rafters, 12lm of 'C' purlin and 60lm of tophat purlin.

Originally Posted by Yonnee

There's a lot less material in a steel shed frame than a timber one. A timber frame, assuming 600mm stud spacings, with noggins and top and bottom plates, will require 130 lineal metres of framing pine PLUS roof trusses and battens. Whereas the same sized shed in steel will require 32lm of columns and rafters, 12lm of 'C' purlin and 60lm of tophat purlin.

What size shed are you referring to?

There is less of a difference if one wishes to line the shed. Unless one is prepared to go with a dodgy brothers lining system on a steel shed one needs to add some sort of lining framing. Perhaps in Onezero's case this is irrelevant because all he needs is a store room.

Originally Posted by BobL

What size shed are you referring to?

There is less of a difference if one wishes to line the shed. Unless one is prepared to go with a dodgy brothers lining system on a steel shed one needs to add some sort of lining framing. Perhaps in Onezero's case this is irrelevant because all he needs is a store room.

It will be what I consider a traditional shed/garage. Large shelving on the side alone with work benches and space to do some constructing. Eg make a small table, fix my bikes, escape from the wife and kids a while and tinker... The storage is a means to an end in terms of getting permission to have a shed. As my old man says "every Aussie bloke needs a shed"

It's getting difficult to go past a pre fab garage in terms of cost. A double is around the $3500 mark + slab and council gouging of my bank account! But there is something more homely, for lack of a better word, about a wood frame and clad structure.

The studs don't have to be at 600mm centres, particularly if the shed is clad in horizontal roofing iron and the roof framing is directly over the studs.