Garden shed 8ft x 16ft

[jamesy]

A friend of mine has a small business making garden sheds, summer houses etc. The price always seems quite a lot but he says if you use quality materials it's surprising how much they cost..... but well worth the extra

 

[ACEngineering]

https://mcdhomeandgardenonline.co.uk/

Strong sheds best around by far and steel roof so no maintenance required, certainly worth a look we are more than impressed

Just checked in here for first time since last post.

Ordered one from them last week so we'll see when it turns up!
Got 2x opening windows and 5.5" extra height as well.
Will post a pic when its up

 

[s line]

Just checked in here for first time since last post.

Ordered one from them last week so we'll see when it turns up!
Got 2x opening windows and 5.5" extra height as well.
Will post a pic when its up

Just had a look at their website.Prices seem good. I do like their roofs look more robust than felt. I have brought mine from www.mastersheds.co.uk

 

[ACEngineering]

Just had a look at their website.Prices seem good. I do like their roofs look more robust than felt. I have brought mine from www.mastersheds.co.uk

Put off there's straight away by lack of info on the spec of timber used.

 

[JREG]

+1 for making one, great fun albeit in the summer. Costs massively less than buying something. A mate lent me a load of plans he brought.

https://tinyurl.com/y8jth8uo

 

[Philip Watkins]

Just checked in here for first time since last post.

Ordered one from them last week so we'll see when it turns up!
Got 2x opening windows and 5.5" extra height as well.
Will post a pic when its up

Have you put it up yet?

 

[honeyend]

We bought one last year for a build , cost £1740 installed 20 foot x 10 foot

I bought one off ebay, I compared the specs and got a really good deal delivered and erected.
Garden room, summer house, potting shed, workshop,they are all basically a shed, but if you have close neighbours perhaps the summer house look is more acceptable

 

[ACEngineering]

Have you put it up yet?

Yes but not with out a few issues! all created by the builder not anything to do with the shed

No recent photos as these we taken summer last year. But we got grass now and all looking a lot nicer

Sheds good, but needs a door latch or something to hold it open as the way the finish the trim around the door it does not fully open back so if court by the wind it will rip the hinges off easy.
A few badly aimed nails out of the nail gun and a few that are buried far too deep in the wood for my liking but otherwise sound, Seen far worst sheds on the market IMO
Tin roof is good, I was going to insulate it but never go round to it and was surprised it didn't get mega hot in there in the summer either I guess partly due to the fabric lining?

 

[crofter 65]

Yes but not with out a few issues! all created by the builder not anything to do with the shed

No recent photos as these we taken summer last year. But we got grass now and all looking a lot nicer

Sheds good, but needs a door latch or something to hold it open as the way the finish the trim around the door it does not fully open back so if court by the wind it will rip the hinges off easy.
A few badly aimed nails out of the nail gun and a few that are buried far too deep in the wood for my liking but otherwise sound, Seen far worst sheds on the market IMO
Tin roof is good, I was going to insulate it but never go round to it and was surprised it didn't get mega hot in there in the summer either I guess partly due to the fabric lining?

What Happend to the digger?

 

[Bob c]

What Happend to the digger?

having a rest

 

[Northeastfarmer]

having a rest

Looks like it’s shattered

 

[ACEngineering]

What Happend to the digger?

Paid a so called builder to dig out old garage base and lay a patio plus shed base.
After many delays he finally started the job and with a couple hours some how rolled the digger in a flat garden this pic was what i came home to! Hyd oil and diesel leaking out my plan was borrow a small bobcat from chap in village and lift it up but hire firm would let me touch it

Instead it lay there over 24hours till hire firm rolled up with a 3 ton digger to right it then dragged it out down the side of the house and drive maybe 100ft plus so they could lift it with hiab and take it away

It wasnt my name on the hire ticket so not my problem other than it was in my garden. I did offer help but was told to leave it alone

Gave builder second chance but he made such a balls up i told him to pack up and fudge off.

Notice the shed base is poured in 2 layers base was 4" out of square. Had more fall one end than other and timber shuttering was warped so over the 16ft length you had a dip of 1 1/2" in the middle and similar the other way. Towards the end he had also ran out of mix so it was bad in every which way you looked at it.

I ended up pouring 2" on top myself after making my own square frame and packing it up so was level according to a cheap laser i bought

In a way the extra 2" was a good thing as it sits lower than patio anyway. Loads of nice top soil and some turf hides it all. And shed fitted perfectly with no packers under its base at all.