Afternoon All,

As previously posted we're looking at converting our internal garage to create another bedroom. One side effect is less storage space for bikes and scooters etc. To counteract this I'm planning a larger garden shed than our 10 year old 6' x 8' effort. Being handy and tooled up for timber I'm thinking I can keep the cost down and maybe build my own at around 8' x 12' (or bigger). Some light (windows) would be nice, but not essential and I will have power to the shed for lighting and sockets.

So...does anybody have any tried and tested plans or can suggest where to look?

As always I'm happy to be told it's cheaper (or more durable) to buy a kit and use that.

Thanks,
Nick

[Edited on 19/9/16 by nick205]

Im a surveyor and my colleague a project manager who is pretty handy, just bought this. Said its brilliant and not worth the effort of building a shed.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SpaceHuts-Metal-Garden-Storage-Foundation/dp/B01EM7T4ZI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1474300136&sr=8-2&keywords=steel%2 Bshed&th=1

his shed came with windows and was £400-500

It will definitely be cheaper to build yourself. I've never used plans before as I've bought whatever timber was on special offer locally and built around that. Having said that when we last moved and I needed something quick I bought a timber garage from ebay for about a grand which I split into an office and bike storage.

Selco are good value for timber so worth getting a trade card there.

Coming as a kit meant I could get it built in a day.

Stu

Id try a concrete sectional jobbie. They bolt together so can be made any size.

Or enough room for a container? About £1200 for a 45ft job delivered...

How about this :-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP67MAoihZk

Get one of these. reverse it in and have fun and make your cash back selling the wheels and axles and fridge unit....

Gray and Adams Fridge Trailer

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Originally posted by coozer
Id try a concrete sectional jobbie. They bolt together so can be made any size.

Or enough room for a container? About £1200 for a 45ft job delivered...

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Get one of these. reverse it in and have fun and make your cash back selling the wheels and axles and fridge unit....

Gray and Adams Fridge Trailer

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Originally posted by batch666
How about this :-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP67MAoihZk

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I was going to suggest the Colin Furze video too, its definitely a more sturdy shed than the normal off the shelf kits

Thats pretty much how I built mine, though I did a single slopped roof rather than apexed.

It's the same size as you're wanting too, but.... make the roof 8x12 and the actual shed something like 7.5x11.5, that means you can use full size osb boards for the roof and have a slight over hang still without having to buy extra sheets and cutting most off. Then just bitumen paint and felt on top.

I didn't bother with using ply for the walls either, just tongue and groove. Feather board would be a good choice though as it's also treated.

3 sheets of osb for the floor and a set of odd sized double doors.

Cant remember the total cost, in the region of £500 I think, which is a lot cheaper than buying one the same size that's not made of cardboard.

matt121 - that looks about what I'm after and about my budget £500.00. For me there would be a certain level of satisfaction in doing it myself.

One further question - did you buy (or make) the upright bike mounts?

A prime purpose of my shed will be bike storage and the upright mounts will make it safer and easier to use for that (kids etc).


ETA...Looking again Matt121 I do like your wheelie bin storage too. Ours are currently on the path down the side of our house and do hinder access to the back garden. What you've done would help us quite a bit.

[Edited on 20/9/16 by nick205]