All Australian boy's need a shed.

Sounds good Steve.

How will you go for ventilation and lighting?

At chez Sigmund there's a two car garage (end-on) that I split with a stud wall. One part is a workshop for my wood lathe, bandsaw etc. This is insulated and lined. I put a couple of lengths of clear polycarb in among the corrugated iron in the roof but that lets way to much heat in during the summer so I've put some f/glass sheets over them.

To make it usable year-round I installed a reverse cycle air con.

The other half stores the inevitable gardening and camping gear and household overflow (which seems to migrate there without any effort on my part, darnit) as well as the pushbikes, my motorbike and piles of turning timber.

There appear to be some laws with sheds ...

1. Stuff expands to fill the space available
2. and then exceeds it.
3. Once you're all set up and using it, you immediately discover how the space could have been arranged better.
4. The time needed to find an item increases exponentially as the number of items increase.
5. Power points for electric tools are also subject to laws 1 and 2
6. The only countervailing force in the universe to these laws is a well-stocked fridge.

I miss my big shed. Since we moved to a bigger lot, I got a smaller shed, and it is crap

Can I ask how much?

Trying to get one for my football club at the moment if Council approves the placement, about a month ago were offered a "good condition" 20ft one for $1900. I think the way things are going might be able to pick up a better deal in brisbane ports.

Mind you I will be careful of ones with traces of ammonia nitrate in them ... (ie our local oil spill disaster(

Hi Steve

Hope it doesn't sink in the wet of 2009 :-)

We have a 2 car garage with electric doors(real flash), with bench space on one side, racks of steel piping, iron and pvc pipes and offcuts, a far wall for sheets of timber and a 3 tiered toolboxes stand. I have spanners, sockets and screwdrivers and everything else in and on the workbenches and another set in the 4by. There's enough to keep me busy in the shed. Unfortunately it isn't always tidy lol


Cheers

Hey Steve,

As you probably know we sold the house and are travelling Aust, we too purchased a 20 foot shipping container to store our furniture in (cost about $2300 - storage was going to cost heaps more than that) we have it up at Matt's parents house till we get back.

Matt is looking forward to doing it up when we finally (if we) settle as a "boys shed".

Cheers
Caroline

G`day Steve,
A mate I go fishing with has a 5 acre getaway block on the river, he stores his boat & trailer and Grey Fergie tractor in a container on the block. He had a problem with condensation (rust) until he cut air vents in the sides at the top . These have a "cowl or cover" to prevent rain entering.

Cheers,

Scrubby.

Gday Steve,
Yeah..Im a shed pig! LOL
They are never big enough!
Mine is divided into three rooms, this is my favourite bit...18mx8m all up.
Cheers
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"I went to the tip and found some 6 mtr lengths of C channel some lengths of angle "

Wha! Tha?

We haven't been able to scavenge at a local tip around here for about 16 years!

IF... there happens to be anything of any interest, you have to pay for it.... IF you can find the tip open.... where you pay to deposit stuff.

Ah.... the days when I could go with a half-full trailer to the tip and return home with a full one.