Workshop shed build

[Kiwifr33]

Some people go away for their holidays... and then there’s me, who takes four weeks leave to build shed.

There was sort of a plan - a couple of drawings and some framing layouts, but nothing spectacular. After a year and a half of collecting unwanted timber, house wrap, insulation, Colorbond, trim, OSB and screws from local house construction, I was ready to go. Purchased some framing timber, flooring and timber for the subfloor, five sheets of OSB and the Ryobi 3 piece nailer / stapler set. Add two secondhand windows and assorted flashing and fixings, stir in a dollop or door hardware and cap with the 5.1m x 240mm LVL bearer I found on the side of the road.

Nearly there.

[Jason]

How exciting @Kiwifr33. Looking forward to seeing your progress. 

Let us know if you need a hand with anything, although it looks like you have it covered!

Great work, and thanks for sharing.

Jason

[Kiwifr33]

Thanks Jason, the only thing I really need at the moment is more time!

[Kiwifr33]

Picking away at the cladding and we have a door, not too much progress this weekend after getting a call at work on Friday of the 'Can you fix this or do we need a plumber?' variety...

[MartyH]

Looking good @Kiwifr33.

What was the reason for the Dutch door?

[Kiwifr33]

Thanks Marty.

Two main reasons for going Dutch, she had already suggested it and I liked the idea, especially for ventilation, as the windows wind out from the bottom on those safety chains. So they don’t open that far, but can suck in air lower down and it can rise out the top part of the door.

The other reason is that I was in a bit of a hurry to get things to lockup (even though all my tools have been sitting in the garage for long enough unharmed) and was lazy. It’s two skinny doors (cupboard maybe? Lions auction) and rather than laminate them properly I screwed them together, adding the braces and some 19mm Tassie oak strips on the top and bottom. I was fairly tight already on the rough opening because I’d used an off cut of LVL for the header and the trim took me over. Planing wasn’t enough, so I went Dutch and took about 20mm out of the middle.

The height of the panels on the other side (pic) dictated the split proportions.

[JustJim]

Schmick job! I'm looking forward to seeing this finished and fitted out.

[Kiwifr33]

Update: moving in, picking away at internal walls. Biggest plus: only hammering can be heard from the house, no power tool noise bleeds through.

[Farside]

nice build; what are the shed dimensions?

[Jason]

Welcome to Workshop @Farside and thanks for joining in the discussion. We trust that you will get loads of helpful advice and inspiration for your projects from our clever and creative community members. Feel free to post whenever you need a hand or have a new project to share. 

Let me tag @Kiwifr33 for you so he is alerted to your question about the shed dimensions. It would also be great to get an update on how the shed is looking now.

Thanks again,

Jason