So, in about 2011 I made a concrete base.
and put up a "yardmaster" shed which we shall refer to as "Shed 1".
This was largely a failure as it was dripping with condensation and anything kept in there rotted or rusted. Plus it was flimsy as hell and you could probably break in with little more than a stick.
In 2018 I built a workshop in front of it and removed it with the intention of replacing it with a better "shed". This was always the plan but because the "workshop" is filled with stuff being stored it doesn't have the room to be a workshop. Once it is done I can also move some of the stuff from the garage and utility room out there (and bring the bicycles into the utility room instead etc).
Roll forwards to 2020 and the base has almost vanished under the leaf mould and fallen leaves.
A bit of a clean and we find it again.
Pressure wash it and we have a good base for the new shed....
Plan is to make a very similar building to the workshop as I have been massively happy with how that turned out. Brick base, timber frame. As seen here before I started cladding it.
At which point things stalled because of Covid. In part because of a lack of being able to get materials, in part because of a lack of getting anyone to do the brickwork I wanted but mostly at that point the fence fell down (we'd been planning to replace it for about 5 years) and because we spent a fortune on replacing the fence and getting all the trees removed there wasn't much left in the kitty for a new shed.
Roll forward to this year and I really want to get this done and I've decided to just do the brickwork myself. Plan is for 3m x 5m (base is 3.3m x 5.5m) so a smidge under 15m^2. It will be close to the workshop but with a distinct gap so it's clearly another building and not an extension of the workshop so as to stay within planning and building regs.
Unfortunately because the wider workshop (4m) sits on sloping ground the workshop roof can be higher and I made it as tall as it could be within the regs. The workshop is 2.6m from the floor but as the maximum height is taken from immediately adjacent this makes it bang on 2.5m (which it needs to be as it is within 2m of the boundary). The shed can't be as high. It has to sit about 100mm lower. I figure I'll keep the roof the same angles but have an overhang to both give a sheltered "porch" and keep the roof lines kind of matching.
Which brings us to the the weekend just gone where I cleared it all off again (as seen here being inspected).
and pressure washed it again (I had to get rid of the inspector at this point as he was far too interested in the pressure washer ) .
Bricks and mortar ordered to get here Friday, if the weather is good enough I'll start laying the base layer at the w/e.
and put up a "yardmaster" shed which we shall refer to as "Shed 1".
This was largely a failure as it was dripping with condensation and anything kept in there rotted or rusted. Plus it was flimsy as hell and you could probably break in with little more than a stick.
In 2018 I built a workshop in front of it and removed it with the intention of replacing it with a better "shed". This was always the plan but because the "workshop" is filled with stuff being stored it doesn't have the room to be a workshop. Once it is done I can also move some of the stuff from the garage and utility room out there (and bring the bicycles into the utility room instead etc).
Roll forwards to 2020 and the base has almost vanished under the leaf mould and fallen leaves.
A bit of a clean and we find it again.
Pressure wash it and we have a good base for the new shed....
Plan is to make a very similar building to the workshop as I have been massively happy with how that turned out. Brick base, timber frame. As seen here before I started cladding it.
At which point things stalled because of Covid. In part because of a lack of being able to get materials, in part because of a lack of getting anyone to do the brickwork I wanted but mostly at that point the fence fell down (we'd been planning to replace it for about 5 years) and because we spent a fortune on replacing the fence and getting all the trees removed there wasn't much left in the kitty for a new shed.
Roll forward to this year and I really want to get this done and I've decided to just do the brickwork myself. Plan is for 3m x 5m (base is 3.3m x 5.5m) so a smidge under 15m^2. It will be close to the workshop but with a distinct gap so it's clearly another building and not an extension of the workshop so as to stay within planning and building regs.
Unfortunately because the wider workshop (4m) sits on sloping ground the workshop roof can be higher and I made it as tall as it could be within the regs. The workshop is 2.6m from the floor but as the maximum height is taken from immediately adjacent this makes it bang on 2.5m (which it needs to be as it is within 2m of the boundary). The shed can't be as high. It has to sit about 100mm lower. I figure I'll keep the roof the same angles but have an overhang to both give a sheltered "porch" and keep the roof lines kind of matching.
Which brings us to the the weekend just gone where I cleared it all off again (as seen here being inspected).
and pressure washed it again (I had to get rid of the inspector at this point as he was far too interested in the pressure washer ) .
Bricks and mortar ordered to get here Friday, if the weather is good enough I'll start laying the base layer at the w/e.
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