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My floor is laid on brick so I have approx 70mm gap. How far should the cladding go down? To the concrete base with approx 10-20mm gap but then the bottom of cedar will be quite damp from rain drops etc Leave the full 70 mm gap, less chance of cedar getting wet, also more chance of rodents...

Looking at span tables; C24 @ 44 × 95 will give me just under a 2M span. My flat roof is at a 2-degree slope and spanning 3M. I don't want to use 5" or 6" joists because it will take up too much head space in my shed. I've already put in the roof joists and OSB and walking on seems pretty...

Hi all, I'm finally progressing on my build after getting LOTS of help from this forum on how to approach my build. I will first extend my current concrete base with a trench layout and will be following Mike's shed design (I'll be laying down concrete lintels and building from that) The...

Ive read the typical process of laying a concrete slab is Compacted hardcore > sharp sand > DPM > Concrete. How would you incorporate a DPM when extending a concrete slab though? Would you leave the face of the concrete slab that will be in contact with the new slab bare with no DPM (like this...

Im 6ft4 and want to give myself as much headroom as possible in the shed so I stop hitting my head. Raising the floor 150mm off my base would lose me too much. So I'm thinking of flipping a 100x65mm lintel on its shortest side and laying my floor joist on that. The floor would only be 65mm off...

Hi all, have been searching through internet for videos on how to shim a lintel and can't find anything. Would appreciate any advice on how to do this. I'll be laying 1500mm long lintels in rows of 2 to span a total of 3000mm. 1800mm of the lintel will be on a concrete base and the remaining...

Hi all, ive been busy reading up on the many great shed projects here! My current plan is to build a 4m x 1.8m shed. Ideally I'd like a 4mx3m shed. Now to save me digging up a large section of the garden (I don't have the budget for a skip and all that extra concrete. I was wondering if it...