Print PDF
Favorite
Email
Step 3Finishing Touches
The walls are just stardard 2x4 timber on 16inch centres with noggins half way up. Pretty standard studwork really, here are some pictures
The strength and stability of this shed really does come from the way the corner posts form an integral part of the shed, the picture below shows how the posts form part of the wall.
The roof is made of 18mm OSB board cut into 4 triangles to make a pointy pavillion roof. Calculating the triange sizes is fairly complicated and calculating the angle of the edge cuts is even more so. So I checked my calcs with a carboard scale model as 4 full sheets of OSB is a lot to throw away if you make a mistake!!
Like the rest of the shed, I wanted the roof to be strong, so I've reinforced all the joints and long expanses with extra timber.
The shed is finished in featheredge boards, but I was a little concerned as to how weatherproof they would be, I also wanted the shed to be really sturdy so I actually clad the whole shed in sheets of 3mm plywood first. This also has an added bonus of giving a much nicer finish inside. The pictures below show that the shed is lined with ply, then featheredged..
I had opted for a pavillion style roof, the picture below shows the completed walls and the wall plate in place ready to take the roof.
Rather than a fairly boring felt roof, I decided to use felt shingles which look a bit more attractive.
Here are a few shots of the completed shed, the rest of the garden is still a bit of a state at this point
A shot of the shed with the huge doors open, these really do make getting stuff in and out very easy
My good lady wife made me a nice sign for the shed, I think it finishes it off nicely
Here is the shed shortly after it was finished, and once the new turf had been laid. (The temporary OSB wall behind is just to close off the garden, this is now replaced with a garage)
The strength and stability of this shed really does come from the way the corner posts form an integral part of the shed, the picture below shows how the posts form part of the wall.
The roof is made of 18mm OSB board cut into 4 triangles to make a pointy pavillion roof. Calculating the triange sizes is fairly complicated and calculating the angle of the edge cuts is even more so. So I checked my calcs with a carboard scale model as 4 full sheets of OSB is a lot to throw away if you make a mistake!!
Like the rest of the shed, I wanted the roof to be strong, so I've reinforced all the joints and long expanses with extra timber.
The shed is finished in featheredge boards, but I was a little concerned as to how weatherproof they would be, I also wanted the shed to be really sturdy so I actually clad the whole shed in sheets of 3mm plywood first. This also has an added bonus of giving a much nicer finish inside. The pictures below show that the shed is lined with ply, then featheredged..
I had opted for a pavillion style roof, the picture below shows the completed walls and the wall plate in place ready to take the roof.
Rather than a fairly boring felt roof, I decided to use felt shingles which look a bit more attractive.
Here are a few shots of the completed shed, the rest of the garden is still a bit of a state at this point
A shot of the shed with the huge doors open, these really do make getting stuff in and out very easy
My good lady wife made me a nice sign for the shed, I think it finishes it off nicely
Here is the shed shortly after it was finished, and once the new turf had been laid. (The temporary OSB wall behind is just to close off the garden, this is now replaced with a garage)
| « Previous Step | Download PDFView All Steps | Next Step » |
2
comments
|
Add Comment
|
Mar 24, 2009. 7:09 AMandyrak
says:
It's a sweet design. Might you add some detail of the roofing structure? I think there was one shot from the outside that showed it a bit but no detail of any of the framing... Thanks for posting it!
Reply
Oct 8, 2008. 11:59 AMaholgate
says:
That is a very nice (built like a brick %$@% house!) shed..
Reply
4
Nov 1, 2008. 2:43 AMtoastyboy (author)
says:
Thanks! It's certainly sturdy, I think it'll outlive me!! ;-)
Reply
 |
Add Comment
|
