Shedxtension

[Onoff]

I was given a free shed and didn't stop to think! I merrily went ahead, picked a spot out and excavated it. I build a base with a decent slab with a DMP underneath. I then built dwarf walls from some left over stocks and Celcon blocks and erected the shed on top.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tbh I should have chopped the thing up for firewood and sold it at the gate in bags putting the cash towards a proper shed! Given the available area it's not big enough to swing a cat in. But we are where we are...

 

Looking then to, as cheap as possible, add a small side extension on. (Tbh I want to knock down the treehouse and wendy house elsewhere and build a 30m2 passive esque shed come garden room with green roof but that's for another thread). I'd put the little extension in the excavated bit where the water barrel is:

 

 

The site slopes so I was thinking maybe cast a waterproof concrete wall on 2 maybe 2.5 sides and key a new slab into the existing one. If I cast the base first with some rebar sticking up around the edges then the walls later I assume I'll get seepage through between the new L shaped wall and base? Or do I cast floor and walls in two hits then just paint the outside with a liquid DPM?

 

This is tbh only to store a few garden tools, old knackered cement mixer etc. I'll strap a sturdy door post to the existing shed side and make some double doors. As to how I integrate with the existing felt roof...

 

 

 

Edited June 3, 2019 by Onoff

[PeterW]

Is this having a bathroom in it..???

 

Bearing in mind you'll have finished the house one before this project starts won't you...??? ??

[Onoff]

Just now, PeterW said:

Is this having a bathroom in it..???

 

Bearing in mind you'll have finished the house one before this project starts won't you...??? ??

 

The ballast is just sitting there waiting to be mixed! Hardcore at the ready. There's a new wind in my sails at the moment seemingly!

[ProDave]

What's the estimated timescale.  How many pages will this thread run to?

[Onoff]

11 minutes ago, ProDave said:

What's the estimated timescale.  How many pages will this thread run to?

 

However many pages, I'm sure 50% will be pi$$taking!

[Russell griffiths]

I can’t believe you cut those blocks around those bricks. 

Nearly spat my tea on the laptop. 

[joe90]

1 minute ago, Russell griffiths said:

I can’t believe you cut those blocks around those bricks. 

Nearly spat my tea on the laptop. 

 

I was impressed, celcons are so easy to cut, bit different with concrete blocks here.

[Onoff]

What was I thinking! When I brought home and reassembled the freebie shed above (first mistake) I left a 4' wide dugout bit for a "mower shed". 

 

I mean seriously, 4' wide, what use is that? Should I just get the rest dug out and double the shed size to something useable? At the mo it's 10'x8'

 

As per the start of the thread half a plan to cast the dwarf walls in waterproof concrete as it'll be cut into the slope:

 

 

 

 

[SteamyTea]

I don't know why, but I have this image of your place in my mind.

Edited August 24, 2019 by SteamyTea

[Onoff]

1 minute ago, SteamyTea said:

I don't know why, but I have this image if your place in my mind.

 

Closer to the truth than you realise. 

[Ferdinand]

On 03/06/2019 at 12:50, Russell griffiths said:

I can’t believe you cut those blocks around those bricks. 

Nearly spat my tea on the laptop. 

 

@Onoff is a One-off.

 

Kyrie eleison .

 

(My iPad cannot even get liturgical Greek right without mangling it.  Lord, have mercy ... since no one asked.)

[Onoff]

Back on this, maybe...for something to do! Primarily I've a jumbo bag of amassed hardcore to get rid of! (About 10 bags in reality but one in particular is annoying SWMBO!). 

 

Planning as above  to extend the shed towards the pile of cuttings. 

 

 

First thing is to clear out the previously excavated area to the side. Fill with hardcore, whack and extend the base by however big I decide. I don't think tbh the current excavation is enough to double the length of the shed. Might have to get the digger back.

 

Still can't decide on bricking, blocking or casting the new side walls. Whatever they'll be up against dirt. If I cast the slab then the walls how do I stop water ingress at the joint? Don't really want to do a water bar. 

 

 

 

This shows it before. Tbh I don't want to get too close to the old stable in the background:

 

 

Maybe I go with just a small extension and stick the gardening tools in there...

 

 

Then how to do the roof felt join, existing to new. At the mo it's a traditional underlay then green mineral cap sheet all put on with copious amounts of adhesive! 

 

Wtf didn't I just build a bigger shed from scratch instead of all this pi$$ing about? ?

 

 

[Big Jimbo]

Throw out all the junk that you will have in there and put in a very old shagged out armchair. Get in there and write a book. The new film studio that is going to be built in Herfordshire will be looking for new material, and they say that we all have One book in us.

 

[Onoff]

Bump.

[SteamyTea]

On 02/08/2021 at 19:42, Big Jimbo said:

and they say that we all have One book in us.

Was true in the private school educational system, but matron usually managed to remove them.

[Onoff]

2 hours ago, SteamyTea said:

Was true in the private school educational system, but matron usually managed to remove them.

 

Wasn't that the foreign border Juan Buch?

[SteamyTea]

1 hour ago, Onoff said:

 

Wasn't that the foreign border Juan Buch?

At my Public School it was a couple of Jocks.

Ben Doon and Phil McCaffity.

[Onoff]

21 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

At my Public School it was a couple of Jocks.

Ben Doon and Phil McCaffity.

 

True story. As a wet behind the ears 17/18 year old I was off to see an architect years ago called Richard Doon. My governor, straight faced said he knew Richard's brother Ben and I should ask after him.

 

I did. 

[SteamyTea]

9 minutes ago, Onoff said:

I did. 

Here is someone I know.

Scroll down to see his name, no wonder he has a stutter.

 

[Pocster]

3 hours ago, Onoff said:

Richard's brother Ben

I think I know his brother ! Was his surname d’over ?

[Onoff]

On 15/08/2021 at 21:51, pocster said:

I think I know his brother ! Was his surname d’over ?

 

No, it was Doon, Ben Doon... 

[Onoff]

Self isolating after a positive test I sent off my PCR test in the post this morning. Hoping I'm over the worst of the cold like symptoms. So bored and banished to the garden during the day (I also have shed, garage and stable options).

 

Decided to clear out the (previously clear) dug out bit next to the shed:

 

 

 

 

Seriously considering a slab, dwarf walls in brick or block the pallet walls.

 

Someone pull me up on this, current shed is 10' wide, 8' deep. If I go with what I've got then the add on shed will be only 4' wide by 8 deep.

 

Worth bothering?

 

Determined to keep moving and not let this bloody virus take hold. Hopefully being double jabbed it stays as a mild dose! Best I think I've felt today, just down to tired and achy now. Voice a tad hoarse still. 

 

Edited September 13, 2021 by Onoff

[Pocster]

10 minutes ago, Onoff said:

So bored

How the (expletive deleted) can you be bored . I’ll help you with a to do list ….

 

Bathroom ufh

Boxing in boiler 

Bathroom rotating magic shower head 

Glory hole doorbell thing 

 

(expletive deleted) the (expletive deleted)ing shed and finish those jobs you idle (expletive deleted) 

[Ferdinand]

56 minutes ago, Onoff said:

So bored 

 

 

Find some interesting people to talk to.

 

Or build something.

 

Make a steel Christmas Tree out of .004% of the junkheap.

[Onoff]

1 hour ago, pocster said:

How the (expletive deleted) can you be bored . I’ll help you with a to do list ….

 

Bathroom ufh

Boxing in boiler 

Bathroom rotating magic shower head 

Glory hole doorbell thing 

 

(expletive deleted) the (expletive deleted)ing shed and finish those jobs you idle (expletive deleted) 

 

That's it, take advantage of me when I'm at my lowest! 

 

You really know how to hurt a man!

Edited September 13, 2021 by Onoff