A nice example of recycled old shed thats being used as a workshop from one of our every increasing international Sheddies.

The Vespiary

Audra Loyal
Missoula, Montana, USA
Workshop

My shed was built over the course of summer 2009. Most of the materials came from the old existing shed, plus materials from Home Resource, a local construction recycling store. Any new material we used, we tried to get local. Most of our wood was locally milled and over half of the insulation is locally grown wool. A good friend of mine was the contractor, and my partner and I were the labor. I learned a ton about construction – everything from permitting to roofing.

I’ve been blogging the process here: http://thevespiary.com/blog/category/remodel/

My shed is the new home of my business, The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery. Before, I was working at my kitchen table. I love this new space. I was able to move my entire library in and now I have a fantastic reading loft. Cup of coffee, good book, cat, snow falling… perfect.

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New user Danny on our shed forum just asked this.

I am building a 1.8m x 2.4m shed on a concrete base. I am using a timber frame made from 100mm x 50mm at 500mm centres. I am using shiplap timber which is 12mm thick and 125mm width and was wondering how many screws should I use when attaching the shiplap to the timbers. Should i also have a timber gravel board around the bottom of the shed, so its eaiser to replace if the bottom board rots .My base is sitting about 80mm above the ground and Ill have guttering to take the water away. thanks in advance

If you can help him then post a comment here or on the forum.

photo credit: meonomous

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The TimesArgus reports

A Montpelier restaurateur whose home overlooks Berlin Pond has been told to move the ornate “garden shed” that he “inadvertently” built on city property about 50 feet from water’s edge earlier this year.

The request to Philip Gentile to move the shed that he mistakenly built on Montpelier property back in May came from Berlin Town Administrator Jeff Schulz.

Schulz, who doubles as Berlin’s zoning administrator, spent the summer gently nudging Gentile and Montpelier, which owns the property the structure is located on, to move the tastefully constructed camp-like structure that faces the pond and features a covered deck, custom woodwork and more windows than your average “garden shed.”

According to Schulz, the shed was built in violation of both its year-old permit and Berlin’s zoning ordinance. Berlin Pond is the source of the public drinking water supply for the state capital.

Based on the permit that was approved last October, Schulz said the shed should have been built on Gentile’s land – perhaps 250 feet from its current location. Instead, he said it was constructed in a wetland, the floodplain and a “buffer area” for a nearby stream that feeds the pond, all in violation of the town’s zoning ordinance

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Well Mrs UW is, so by proxy I am as well – she want’s a extra storage space to fit down the side of the house, then she can have her summerhouse back as it’s being used for storage at the mo while we have garage converted (that’s another story for another day Fume) and then maybe I can use the shed HQ for beer brewing

As you know my DIY skills are laughable I thought I would use my wossname about the sheds to search for one.. using our very own sheds.us (well it has got lots of shed on there, so worth a go)

The issue we have is that the space is very small only about 5ft in width so we are limited trying to install one, so bespoke may be the ideal, but not within our small budget.

Anyway these two are the ones we eying up Billyoh Pathfinder lean To 7 X 5

Treetops Lean-to Tool Store 8×3

Of course if some handy sheddies who want to showcase their building skills are more than welcome to come round or maybe I should get some rammed earth! (of course I am joking Mrs UW would not be that happy with the last two!, sorry sheddies)

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Our friends over at Historicshed have a great set of photos of the whole shed building process they go through for their customers…

The shed is 8×10 and designed to hide pool equipment and also be used as a potting shed.

It is designed to match a house built around 1920 in Tampa near the Hillsborough River, matching the jerkinhead roof and rounded rafter tails. We built it in panels that were reassembled at the site since it was tight access to the back yard.

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