Self build sheds

[Pebd99]

With the price of new sheds always climbing I wondered on building my own. Got all the facilities and good welders on hand. Is there a booklet or information available anywhere for steel sizes and pitch for various sheds? Might be going up to 100’ spans so not wanting to get the wrong size steel for rafters and legs. Or is it a case of an engineers drawing for it?

 

[farmgineer]

Not found a book for it, probably be an engineer job if you want to get through CE marking?

Bending moment calculations and the second moment of area are the key bits to working out what size steel to go for. I'm not sure how to find what roof loading you need for snow.

 

[Skintagain]

With the price of new sheds always climbing I wondered on building my own. Got all the facilities and good welders on hand. Is there a booklet or information available anywhere for steel sizes and pitch for various sheds? Might be going up to 100’ spans so not wanting to get the wrong size steel for rafters and legs. Or is it a case of an engineers drawing for it?

Just copy a good example nearby go have a look with your tape measure

 

[Lakesdigger]

Not found a book for it, probably be an engineer job if you want to get through CE marking?

Bending moment calculations and the second moment of area are the key bits to working out what size steel to go for. I'm not sure how to find what roof loading you need for snow.

If you fab the building on site it doesn't come under CE.

 

[benny6910]

 

[serf]

With the price of new sheds always climbing I wondered on building my own. Got all the facilities and good welders on hand. Is there a booklet or information available anywhere for steel sizes and pitch for various sheds? Might be going up to 100’ spans so not wanting to get the wrong size steel for rafters and legs. Or is it a case of an engineers drawing for it?

@Hilly

 

[B R C]

I would get someone to draw it for you then you have drawings for every component, would save a lot of time and brain ache

 

[eloog]

Probably best find a shed that was recently put up by a reputable contractor and go take a few measurements. You don't want it falling down after spending all that money on it.

 

[designanddetail]

As BRC says, get it drawn by someone who does sheds... then work from the plans.

 

[Rich_ard]

100 foot span fair take on for a first shed on your own. Make sure you use a good structural engineer. They have adopted an insurance policy and massively over spec beams. On a big shed it can add up to a few tons of steel

 

[Hilly]

@Hilly

Just get quotes and copy

 

[goldeneagle]

Structural engineers are not as expensive as everyone thinks, some are quite reasonable when you consider the value they can provide whether that be reduced steel usage or a stronger design etc.

As always though a design on paper is a starting point and takes a lot of the guess work away.

We have used MacLeod and Jordan in Aberdeen in the past for speccing a mezzanine and then checking a 2nd mezzanine that i drew which had a reduced span.

 

[upnortheast]

For a one off shed I reckon there will be no saving making it yourself.

Savings would come by shed number 3 when you have everything figured out

 

[Hilly]

For a one off shed I reckon there will be no saving making it yourself.

Savings would come by shed number 3 when you have everything figured out

 

[Rich_ard]

For a one off shed I reckon there will be no saving making it yourself.

Savings would come by shed number 3 when you have everything figured out

Some kit sheds are cheap, put them up yourself. Depends if you want to spend ages welding one up or not.

 

[Hilly]

Some kit sheds are cheap, put them up yourself. Depends if you want to spend ages welding one up or not.

They are crap though.

 

[Rich_ard]

They are crap though.

In what way? I remember when kit sheds were 203 legs and 178 rafters timber purlins. 40 feet wide they are still standing.

 

[Hilly]

In what way? I remember when kit sheds were 203 legs and 178 rafters timber purlins. 40 feet wide they are still standing.

Usually lot of extras missing sheds ised to be light as feather steel , some still standing some not , steel is not as good quality now and needs to be bigger , lots of little extras can make them strong ive seen cheap sh!t kits with no wind braces and wood eves beams honestly alot of them are junk .5 roof sheets are good one for a start

 

[Rich_ard]

Usually lot of extras missing sheds ised to be light as feather steel , some still standing some not , steel is not as good quality now and needs to be bigger , lots of little extras can make them strong ive seen cheap sh!t kits with no wind braces and wood eves beams honestly alot of them are junk .5 roof sheets are good one for a start

Put up some from ghc been happy with them. Yes it's light pipes etc but eves ties and the like never was needed so as long as it has bracing it's fine. Steel sizes are usually fine.

 

[BRB John]

Some kit sheds are cheap, put them up yourself. Depends if you want to spend ages welding one up or not.

Is there really that much welding though? Weld a plate top and bottom and your basically good to go... it's more handling the beams safely would be my concern.

I'd still much rather support a local business though.
If a jobs worth doing it's worth doing right.