Hey Guys and Girls,
I have been doing up some plans for a shed on my allotment and I thought I would share what I am going to do.
I had thought of just buying a small shed to keep bits and bobs in, but the cost of sheds (over in NI anyway) is the guts of �200 so I had thought of building one and while I am at it I thought I may as well make something that looks cool so I started drawing up plans for the TARDIS.
Here is the first model I made in Sketchup
Now this was just a shell and really I could have just copied one from the internet but I wanted to get an idea of how exact the spacing of the panels needed to be to look good, what I found was there is plenty of room for error with this and it will still look good.
So I started planning out the top
With this I went back an forward about how large I wanted the tiers but I settled for a shallow roof just to keep the profile low to help mitigate the top heaviness of the shed.
I then mocked up the side panels, these took a few tries to get correct so that I can just slot them into the frame and fasten them to the main post.
Lastly I made up the base and frame for it all to come together
The main thing to note about the frame is that the posts on the corners come down about 700mm, this is because we are not allowed to build permanent structures on the allotment so I cannot put concrete down as a foundation so My plan is to stake it down with the posts so that it should stand up to a bit wind.
I have done a very rough working out of the wood I need and without any deals or shopping around the wood will cost around �300 ( I will be doing my utmost to not pay that much), this is giving plenty of room for error as there will be a lot of spare wood left over which I do not mind as it wont go to waste.
I am in the process of making the 3D models into proper plans so that if anyone wants to make something like this then they will have something to follow.
I hope this was interesting to someone out there and I will update when I get plans ready and when I start building
I have been doing up some plans for a shed on my allotment and I thought I would share what I am going to do.
I had thought of just buying a small shed to keep bits and bobs in, but the cost of sheds (over in NI anyway) is the guts of �200 so I had thought of building one and while I am at it I thought I may as well make something that looks cool so I started drawing up plans for the TARDIS.
Here is the first model I made in Sketchup
Now this was just a shell and really I could have just copied one from the internet but I wanted to get an idea of how exact the spacing of the panels needed to be to look good, what I found was there is plenty of room for error with this and it will still look good.
So I started planning out the top
With this I went back an forward about how large I wanted the tiers but I settled for a shallow roof just to keep the profile low to help mitigate the top heaviness of the shed.
I then mocked up the side panels, these took a few tries to get correct so that I can just slot them into the frame and fasten them to the main post.
Lastly I made up the base and frame for it all to come together
The main thing to note about the frame is that the posts on the corners come down about 700mm, this is because we are not allowed to build permanent structures on the allotment so I cannot put concrete down as a foundation so My plan is to stake it down with the posts so that it should stand up to a bit wind.
I have done a very rough working out of the wood I need and without any deals or shopping around the wood will cost around �300 ( I will be doing my utmost to not pay that much), this is giving plenty of room for error as there will be a lot of spare wood left over which I do not mind as it wont go to waste.
I am in the process of making the 3D models into proper plans so that if anyone wants to make something like this then they will have something to follow.
I hope this was interesting to someone out there and I will update when I get plans ready and when I start building
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