Spec me a Man Shed

[TW]Taggart · 27 Feb 2012 at 12:36

Moving house on Friday and the garden is big enough for a good sized man shed. Been to BnQ and this is about the right size for my needs:

http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/garde...-double_door_sheds/10X7-Shiplap-Shed-11987586

So I'm looking for around 10/7 foot with double doored entrance. budget max is £500 excluding base materials

Has anyone got any good advice about buying sheds or building your own sheds?

I've always gone the bnq route in the past but as this is a larger one Id like to see what people think before go the same old BnQ route

[TW]Taggart · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:51

as much as id like to build a shed... I need somewhere to store my tools first. I will however be building the car port and doing all the fencing/gates

http://www.buildeazy.com/carport.html

I did find this: http://buildeazy.com/shed_1.html

[TW]Taggart · 27 Feb 2012 at 15:32

Jay794 said:
Yeah but surely a car port does exactly what a car cover would do anyway

and car covers are significantly cheaper, you might as well park in a tent lol

its mainly for the car, and to do maintance on it. but also for the rainy bbqs and such like

[TW]Taggart · 27 Feb 2012 at 17:16

Admiral Huddy said:
Sorry, I have posted this before but might give you some idea.

I bought my workshop from southern sheds how erected on delivery..:

after:

Sheet fiting plasterboard throughout, heavily lined with some kind of foil insulation plus electrical work which is behind it's own RCD.

Cost me about £800 for the shed, £500 to fit out.. Still looking decent today.

haha now were talking

[TW]Taggart · 28 Feb 2012 at 12:36

pick up my shed from bnq on saturday! Works out cheeper as it comes with a decent floor. After having another good look at it it wont take much to make it into the shed I want.

Ill keep adding to the thread with updates once I get it and kit it out.

[TW]Taggart · 28 Feb 2012 at 16:11

Admiral Huddy said:
I'm not seriously not sure 8' x 15' I think.. I had to fill in our old pond which was probably the hardest part.

Still use it today for all my repairs and stuff. I don't need that heater on for long.. The insulation does an grand job

did u insulate the floor at all? i was thinking of using laminate(after seeing yours) and just using some thick foam insulation but im not sure if thats going to be enough

[TW]Taggart · 28 Feb 2012 at 21:07

Mark A said:
http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/garde...cttype-shed_bases/Base-For-10X7-Shed-11987597

Anyone used these bases before? How does it work? I assume you just knock the spikes into the ground, but whats to stop it sinking in so that its just the timber resting on the dirt?

the round flanges will stop it.