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Hi, new to this forum, thank you for having me! I have recently moved house and we seem to have much less storage space for outdoor type things such as golf clubs, tents and our lawnmower. There is one existing shed on the property but it is not really sufficient for all our needs. I am thinking of installing a metal shed, perhaps an ABSCO shed, but we are not spoiled for choice of location. We had thought of putting a long thin shed down the side of our house but have read that in NSW (we are in ku ringai shire) you need to keep sheds 900mm from the boundary and this would not work as our side pathway is only maybe 1800mm wide. There is another area in a C shaped space on the south side of the house where you could perhaps put a skillion roof shed with the roof sloping away from the house wall. I will provide a photo. This area as you can probably see is not flat, sloping down towards the wall of the house, and so if I used gravel and skids as the foundation I would need to compensate for this with timber sleepers or concrete blocks or something like that. Or use a sort of planter box like structure and fil it with gravel? I have a few questions: 1. Is it possible to make this work in this location? 2. Should a shed be off the wall rather than touching it? And by how much? 3. What would the best foundation be given that I don't want to put a slab of concrete here? (Ultimately we might not have the shed there forever). Thanks, hope my idea is not too silly!
Hi @jonathan_d,
Typically it is best practise to re-treat all cut ends with TWA Woodcare 300g Ecoseal Tanalised Timber Treatment. This ensures the ends are fully protected. Even sleeper cuts should be re-treated.
An exterior primer and then topcoat of paint would provide a decent seal to the ends and help protect them from decay.
Mitchell
