Spence
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I have recently moved to a mid terrace Malvern, Worcestershire. It's great but the current shed in the garden would have been ideal if not for it being placed on a loose pile of bricks without any maintenance for several years.
It's not very stable and I don't think it would be worth trying to repair or electrify the whole thing when the bones of it are so poor. The house is a typical terrace with a very long, very narrow garden with an easement. I will need to have an armoured cable run up the garden from the house to the shed, I think its about 30 metres or so.
I have toyed with the idea of building my own shed, but I currently have very few tools which would be useful to build a shed with. I mostly do woodturning, and my lathe capacity does not extend to a 10 x 12 shed (if only!).
So with that in mind I have looked in great detail at the sheds sold by local companies and I've noticed that the majority are of very poor quality unless they are very expensive. Most have 12mm T&G which I could need to insulate and then board the interior. I have since seen the Marlborough 10 x 10 28mm T&G shed for roughly the same cost as a 19mm shed from a local guy.https://www.trade-point.co.uk/departments/10x10-marlborough-28mm-tongue-groove-timber-log-cabin/653029_TP.prd
In order to have this summerhouse and use it as a workshop I would need a base, I had calculated the concrete I might need and then realised that access to the rear of the house is a problem and have since looked at the 'Eco-Grids' which are essentially an interlocking grid of plastic trays which are placed over a level gravel base and filled with 10mm pea gravel to allow drainage. I feel that this may be more appropriate for my location, budget and tenancy.
Any ideas or recommendations would be welcome, I'm hoping to begin after Christmas.
It's not very stable and I don't think it would be worth trying to repair or electrify the whole thing when the bones of it are so poor. The house is a typical terrace with a very long, very narrow garden with an easement. I will need to have an armoured cable run up the garden from the house to the shed, I think its about 30 metres or so.
I have toyed with the idea of building my own shed, but I currently have very few tools which would be useful to build a shed with. I mostly do woodturning, and my lathe capacity does not extend to a 10 x 12 shed (if only!).
So with that in mind I have looked in great detail at the sheds sold by local companies and I've noticed that the majority are of very poor quality unless they are very expensive. Most have 12mm T&G which I could need to insulate and then board the interior. I have since seen the Marlborough 10 x 10 28mm T&G shed for roughly the same cost as a 19mm shed from a local guy.https://www.trade-point.co.uk/departments/10x10-marlborough-28mm-tongue-groove-timber-log-cabin/653029_TP.prd
In order to have this summerhouse and use it as a workshop I would need a base, I had calculated the concrete I might need and then realised that access to the rear of the house is a problem and have since looked at the 'Eco-Grids' which are essentially an interlocking grid of plastic trays which are placed over a level gravel base and filled with 10mm pea gravel to allow drainage. I feel that this may be more appropriate for my location, budget and tenancy.
Any ideas or recommendations would be welcome, I'm hoping to begin after Christmas.