You can get matching foam rubber strips that are designed to close off the corrugated roofing.
You can get matching foam rubber strips that are designed to close off the corrugated roofing.
If the frame is made from x inches square timber, what size of coach bolt can be used? I'm thinking x = 2, but I'm not sure.
Sliding may be impractical: I am shall be working on my own and I am not strong.
Sliding may be impossible: a bought shed will be susceptible to damp too, and I may wish it to go up on to bricks (or blocks of some kind).
Um... the shed will be taller than the fences, so the roof and the parts of the walls immediately below it will be accessible from the other sides of the fences. (Or even from the roof itself, if it's strong enough.)
How long does roofing felt last? And if the answer is 'not long enough', what can I use in its place?
use levers and wedges etc.
yup. I am thinking 'shed' too and a brick plinth THEN DPC THEN timber - and pantiles on the roof, seems to be where its at :).
I am sick of replacing felt..
Cheap stuff 5 years, premium stuff 15 years.
Thanks for all replies so far. For a 6 foot square shed of similar height, which of 2" x 2" and 2" x 4" timber should I use for the frame?
For bracing, I am considering diagonal timbers on either
(i) three walls. The unbraced wall will be that with the door in it. The bracing timber will be 2" x 2" or 2" x 4" as for the frame, I assume. There will be no widow because the roof will be transparent corrugated plastic (sounds tacky, but never mind); or
(ii) two walls. The unbraced walls will be those with the door and windows in them (wooden roof in this case).
Will (ii) be ok?
Second thought: only now, as I have been typing, has it occurred to me that the widow and door could go in the same wall.
It is a well-known fact that the ancient Egyptians had the help of alien spacemen when they needed to move sheds.
The felt on our shed has lost most of it's gravel and has couple of holes after rather too close contact with scaffolding. It could probably do with being replaced. That felt was put on after this:
I think you may be over estimating the quantity of wood used in commercial sheds. Getting them to not blow away is usually more of a problem.
Depends on what you call roofing felt... the thin skimpy stuff called shed felt, nailed on in a single layer - 5 years tops, probably less.
A good quality "torch-on" modified (rubberised) bitumen with 2mm under felt, and 4mm mineral finish cap sheet, at least 20 years.
Yes, I had forgotten that!
The floor boards will be 6' long. Do they need support in the middle?
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