My 2nd shed build.

[gaz1]

240 for a big one in the covid area

i refuse to put wood in the skip went straight for wood incinerator and burnt it all

 

[vw1]

Good on you I did start off burning wood but I got board of it quickly . I got skip and got rid of all sorts so for me it paid off .

 

[gaz1]

i know that feeling

but i did get rid of all this roof beams and joists as well as the insulating timbers inside of the property had days of burning the stuff



barrel version of it



worth the tenner and a few hours then 240 even if paid someone to burn all day long in it its so worth it

 

[vw1]

I must get one for future

 

[vw1]

Super hot day yesterday but I managed to do some. So am please with progress . 70mm insulation will be next as I had a few boards left over from my other shed build.

 

[gaz1]

im asking for your thickness of wood used

but ive also noted your spacings are wrong under the framing

is it staying in situe or being moved

 

[vw1]

6x2 was almost given to me so not to be passed up. Yeah I know it's wrong after seeing other builds . But two late now. It's starting where it is now.

 

[TechnicAl]

I’ve got really anal with mine and even stapled damp proof course to the bottom of my bench legs, just in case anything creeps up through the concrete base.

I do the same

 

[TechnicAl]

@RonMig sorry I didnt see your post
Here is my gazebo.....its a bit high and the rain comes in.....Id like to put sides in but I think it would look a mess

and the roof needs something....built it in 2013

 

[RonMig]

Wow, I like that!
What does the roof need? Looks good to me

 

[TechnicAl]

Wow, I like that!
What does the roof need? Looks good to me

at least...scraping and painting......its actually rotting at the ridge

 

[Morrisman]

@RonMig sorry I didnt see your post
Here is my gazebo.....its a bit high and the rain comes in.....Id like to put sides in but I think it would look a mess

and the roof needs something....built it in 2013

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Looks very posh. Whats the chance of taking the load off and cutting 6” or more out of each leg to drop it down?

 

[gaz1]

6x2 was almost given to me so not to be passed up. Yeah I know it's wrong after seeing other builds . But two late now. It's starting where it is now.

either go up or go down you have plenty of bricks so go down and you can use your frame to get the bricks level

lay those every 3ft apart apart or do the ones at ends middle and far end let them set and when lowering make a bed of cement and put brick onto it and lower the frame down to the new height the cement will push out to new level until rested on the old solid bricks prebuilt there

 

[TechnicAl]

Looks very posh. Whats the chance of taking the load off and cutting 6” or more out of each leg to drop it down?

Its possible....Ive got a jack that would do it....its finding the enthusiasm

 

[gaz1]

if your going to drop it do 3 cuts on each leg 2 horrizontal and the middle one vertical it also means you can rebolt the bottom easier and glue it all up

droping all legs an 1" at a time until you get your desired height

 

[vw1]

either go up or go down you have plenty of bricks so go down and you can use your frame to get the bricks level

lay those every 3ft apart apart or do the ones at ends middle and far end let them set and when lowering make a bed of cement and put brick onto it and lower the frame down to the new height the cement will push out to new level until rested on the old solid bricks prebuilt there

Basically the slabs run out from one end to the other . So I used blue engineering brick at the highest end bedding on sand and cement with DPM.

At the lowest point concrete blocks on a bed of sand and cement with DMP between block and timber.

Then that got my leavels on all four corners. I then added random blocks in where I could .

I then used brackets fixed to all four corners of timer to concrete blocks .

I did what thought was best at the time.

 

[vw1]

Hi I haven't even started the walls yet but I will be using 4x2 for walls. But unsure on on roof was going for flat roof one end higher than other allowing for fall off.

Overall size of base is 12x9ft so what would be best size for roof lumber ? 5x2 ?

It will have 18mm osb3 on top of roof rafters then maybe that rubber epmd ? If that what it's called.

 

[TechnicAl]

Hi I haven't even started the walls yet but I will be using 4x2 for walls. But unsure on on roof was going for flat roof one end higher than other allowing for fall off.

Overall size of base is 12x9ft so what would be best size for roof lumber ? 5x2 ?

It will have 18mm osb3 on top of roof rafters then maybe that rubber epmd ? If that what it's called.

Remember with that rubber you cant nail it down......and glueing it isnt easy when youve never done it before

Ive got felt on mine plus Rhinoflex which is fibre glass felt. It seals around the nails

 

[gaz1]

Hi I haven't even started the walls yet but I will be using 4x2 for walls. But unsure on on roof was going for flat roof one end higher than other allowing for fall off.

Overall size of base is 12x9ft so what would be best size for roof lumber ? 5x2 ?

It will have 18mm osb3 on top of roof rafters then maybe that rubber epmd ? If that what it's called.

pref 5x2 for the 9ft gap
6x2 for the 12ft gap

factor in your stood on it and also boarding it also stick to 16" spread but can go wider the wider you spread the rafters the more it bows in the middle when your stood on it

 

[vw1]

pref 5x2 for the 9ft gap
6x2 for the 12ft gap

factor in your stood on it and also boarding it also stick to 16" spread but can go wider the wider you spread the rafters the more it bows in the middle when your stood on it

It's over the 9ft gap so I will go with 5x2 with 16 on center's .

Thank you.

Not 100% on the roof covering yet most likely I will go with the easy option and give it good quality felt ?