Designing and building a shed

[Alie Barnes]

Hello

I want to build a 4 x 2.5m shed in the back garden with a slanted flat roof. Itll be built on a concrete plinth. i have had a look around the internet but have not been able to find any good books to help with design (especially the roof) and i wondered if anyone can recommend a good book that can help me find the answers im looking for.

Also has anyone any experience of fitting a window and door frame? i imagine the door frame is quite easy but the window will be much more tricky and i have to get hold of one, budget is limited so relying on second hand for that and probably buying the cheapest bricks i can find.

Thanks for your help and i hope people have some experience of this.

 

[marcros]

build-a-shed-mike-s-way-t39389.html

from the master!

 

[finish_that]

Is that a brick built shed? Or dwarf wall shed? If its timber frame/clad then I would do the window afterwards , saves a lot of time , you will be fitting a window mostly from the dry confines of your shed rather than stressing in the rain with no roof on.

 

[Alie Barnes]

Thats probably a little more complicated than i am looking for, i am thinking of a single skin brick workshop/shed, but the roof is causing me consternation as i cannot picture how to build it, it needs to be flat due to the planning limitations of being on the boundary of my neighbours. it obviously needs to have a slant to allow for rainwater to pass over it but other than that i cannot think how to build it.

if anyone has any ideas or pics or basic designs, not looking for complicated just functional.

Thanks

 

[MikeG.]

You think a timber framed shed is more complicated than a brick one? You must be a brickie.....

 

[skipdiver]

You want a pent roof. About as easy as it gets to build. Just google pent roof design or something similar. It's the same whether on timber frame or brickwork.

 

[Shultzy]

Check out my shed build (address in signature). It has a pent roof and is very easy to build.

 

[blades_mad]

As said by skip diver you want a pent roof, very simple just build one side slightly higher to your own spec. google it loads of info. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAuQdQ78mrI

 

[Claymore]

There is a good book called "Workshop Construction" by Jim Forrest and Peter Jennings has some interesting ideas.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Workshop-Const ... ++workshop