Design
I've made a start at long last!
When I retired in 2016 first on my list of things to do was to build a new shed. Two reasons, first that our 30 year old shed was almost falling down, and too small, and second that our garage was so full of bits and pieces that we can no longer get a car in there!
Now in 2020, partly down to the self-isolation forced on us by the Coronavirus, I have had time to make a start.
During March I started detailed plans using Sketchup (used to be Google Sketchup, but now owned by Trimble. There is still a free PC version, a free web version, and various 'Pro' versions). Simple to use, and quite powerful to do detailed measurements etc.
I should explain the reasoning behind my rather strange measurements! In the UK timber sizes roughly correspond to inches - e.g. 50 x 100mm (4 x 2 inches), and timber is sold in metric lengths roughly corresponding to feet - e.g. 2.4m (8 feet), 3.0m (10 feet), 3.6m (12 feet) etc.
However, sheet materials such as ply and OSB are sold in strange dimensions - 1220 x 2440mm is a full sheet, almost 4 x 8 feet.
But hang-on, you just said 2.4m was 8 feet, and now you're saying 2440mm is 8 feet. Well the sheet measurement is much closer to 8 feet, whereas 2.4m is about an inch and a half short of 8 feet. So you either decide to plan in metric or in imperial feet!
I have a mitre saw so am quite happy cutting timber into lengths, but don't like cutting sheet materials, as I have to use my circular saw (and try to cut along a line). So my idea was to plan my design based on sheet sizes (I'll still have to cut some), which is why my overall dimensions are 10 x 14feet = 3050 x 4270mm.
That was my starting point.
Here are my plans in JPEGS.
What follows is the procedure
When I retired in 2016 first on my list of things to do was to build a new shed. Two reasons, first that our 30 year old shed was almost falling down, and too small, and second that our garage was so full of bits and pieces that we can no longer get a car in there!
Now in 2020, partly down to the self-isolation forced on us by the Coronavirus, I have had time to make a start.
During March I started detailed plans using Sketchup (used to be Google Sketchup, but now owned by Trimble. There is still a free PC version, a free web version, and various 'Pro' versions). Simple to use, and quite powerful to do detailed measurements etc.
I should explain the reasoning behind my rather strange measurements! In the UK timber sizes roughly correspond to inches - e.g. 50 x 100mm (4 x 2 inches), and timber is sold in metric lengths roughly corresponding to feet - e.g. 2.4m (8 feet), 3.0m (10 feet), 3.6m (12 feet) etc.
However, sheet materials such as ply and OSB are sold in strange dimensions - 1220 x 2440mm is a full sheet, almost 4 x 8 feet.
But hang-on, you just said 2.4m was 8 feet, and now you're saying 2440mm is 8 feet. Well the sheet measurement is much closer to 8 feet, whereas 2.4m is about an inch and a half short of 8 feet. So you either decide to plan in metric or in imperial feet!
I have a mitre saw so am quite happy cutting timber into lengths, but don't like cutting sheet materials, as I have to use my circular saw (and try to cut along a line). So my idea was to plan my design based on sheet sizes (I'll still have to cut some), which is why my overall dimensions are 10 x 14feet = 3050 x 4270mm.
That was my starting point.
Here are my plans in JPEGS.
What follows is the procedure
- Base
- Floor structure
- Floor sheeting
- Roof Trusses (I wanted to build these before the walls went up, so they were ready)
- Stud Walls
- Fix roof trusses
- Roof sheeting
- Cladding
- Bits and pieces, such as windows, door, roof felt, soffits and eaves etc.
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