Triassic Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I need an 8x6 foot Shed to use as a utility room during our main build. I've looked at the price of buying a shed and now I'm thinking it would be cheaper to build my own shed, it can't be that difficult! So what would you buy or build the shed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney12 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Building you own will be cheaper and better quality. What you'll loose is your personal time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Build every time, the bought ones are shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I once bought a 'Yardmaster' metal garage, because I had just moved house and needed the space ASAP. Utter load of rubbish. It would cost about the same in materials to build one, but I'd have ended up with a far better shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 How many pallets do you have? That was lots of good pallets stripped down and cost £100 for the roof sheets. Very strong indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Might help you decide http://forum.buildhub.org.uk/ipb/topic/1181-shed-suppliers/#comment-15444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billt Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I'd buy, in fact I've got 3 that I've bought. You couldn't have bought the materials for the cost of the sheds. Yes, they're not the last word in quality and they would have been more substantial if I'd built them from scratch, but they're still standing and keeping the weather out and I didn't have to waste days building them. The trick is to find a decent supplier, they don't all charge the earth for rubbish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Bought a really good one that was simple to put together and the odd thing was it has the door on the side but is an apex roof. At £210 delivered (bit more now but you can find discount codes) it was cheaper than building one. 8 x 6 Apex Shed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triassic Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) I find that most of these cheap sheds are a bit on the flimsy side, The cladding is a bit thin only 7mm. Ideally I'd like cladding to be around 15mm thick. Edited February 2, 2017 by Triassic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 15 minutes ago, Triassic said: I find that most of these cheap sheds are a bit on the flimsy side, The cladding is a bit thin only 7mm. Ideally I'd like cladding to be around 15mm thick. 4 Sheets of 11mm OSB and you have something that is pretty solid..! I agree, but this is a temporary site office so having anything other than a basic shed is false economy for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 5 hours ago, Triassic said: So what would you buy or build the shed? I managed to buy an old BT van body for £250: built of tupperware and set on four bits of railway line as a frame. Point I'm making is that it doesn't need to be a shed. It just needs to lock and keep stuff dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) Hopefully before long we will be able to buy bankruptcy sale Shepherd's Huts for tuppence when the fad moves on. Ferdinand "Omigod, Sebastian ! I can't sleep - there's a COW in that field!" Edited February 2, 2017 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 13 minutes ago, recoveringacademic said: I managed to buy an old BT van body for £250: built of tupperware and set on four bits of railway line as a frame. Point I'm making is that it doesn't need to be a shed. It just needs to lock and keep stuff dry. .... and you're slowly starting to turn it into a newt hotel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMitchells Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) The OH built a shed for a friend as it was an awkward shape and size and the only one we found online was about £700. we used the stud carcasing timbers which are being sold in Wickes for 2.15 for 2.4 m length minus our 10& discount, if bought in bulk and it is solid enough to withstand anything! The only thing which put up the price was the nice shiplap - if she'd been happy with OSB and fencing boards, it would have been cheaper. we think it ended up costing around £350 for materials. He built it in our garage then took it to bits and rebuilt it in the garden. Its solid and the perfect shape and will last for years. She just has to paint it now. Edited February 2, 2017 by TheMitchells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 My shed is half way there. Spent £500 on timber but got the OSB for free. Present footprint is something like 2.2*4m, with another 2.4* 1.8m still to be added above the decking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkH Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 After some dithering we built our own. We were going to spend £1500 on an off the shelf shed but built this one for a hundred quid less. It's WAY better. Much more robust, secure and solid than the bought sheds I've seen. The roof pitch is angled to suit the PV panels, as a useful consequence of that there's loads of space in the roof. It was fun to build too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 (edited) MY shed.....I should have thought further than "Oh I'm getting a free (albeit old) shed!" Basically a freebie that I raised up on a dwarf wall. Those stocks along the front date from 1863: I used the original door to provide timber to block up the side windows: The stable door was made from scrap firewood, heavy as hell: Worst thing ever was to try and insulate using gun foam, it's made the T&G open up on the outside: Why do I do these things? Wouldn't have been much more effort to build something decent! EDIT: Maybe later I'll rip the old T&G off and re-clad. Probably the best way out. Edited February 4, 2017 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triassic Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 That is a well built shed, it's a Shed of the Year shed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Garden room is the next thing "shed" like I'm going to build. Trying to convince my daughter to let me demolish the tree house and wendy house and put one decent shed up. I'd do it with a nod to Passivhaus, on a nice thick raft of EPS etc, sealed up maybe MVHR, solar. Big front windows to capture the sun. Or maybe something that can rotate..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, Onoff said: I'd do it with a nod to Passivhaus, on a nice thick raft of EPS etc, Someone on here has some offcuts going begging. Perhaps you can make a mosaic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 17 minutes ago, ProDave said: Someone on here has some offcuts going begging. Perhaps you can make a mosaic. 150mm PIR in the shed floor will be enough won't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptoe Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 5 hours ago, MarkH said: After some dithering we built our own. We were going to spend £1500 on an off the shelf shed but built this one for a hundred quid less. It's WAY better. Much more robust, secure and solid than the bought sheds I've seen. The roof pitch is angled to suit the PV panels, as a useful consequence of that there's loads of space in the roof. It was fun to build too. £100 less, does that take into account your time,? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney12 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 3 hours ago, Steptoe said: £100 less, does that take into account your time,? If self builders were to cost their time then nothing would ever be viable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triassic Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 Ah but look at the thickness of the timber he's used, you don't get that in an off the peg Shed, they are matchwood in comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 But some of us are cash poor, time rich, so I will hapilly spend a couple of hours to save £10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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