Log cabin to replace garden shed

[Bebee]

Steve Campbell said:

'a knackered old ship-lap shed'

Have four pints, say quickly 20 times.............

[Tumbler]

Bought this from http://www.tuin.co.uk/home.php 3 years ago, 28mm and took 2 people 2 days to put up, which included painting all the boards prior to erecting.

[eniacs]

Thats a beautiful garden. All of it is very nicely done, like your choice of well everything!

I think I'm gonna go for the 19mm. Still havent found a similar size cabin for anything less than 500 extra in the larger thickness wood. Like has been said, I'm just looking to go for better than my previous cheap rubbish shed. I'll do a thread for the shed when it arrives and show how it was put together!

Thanks all.

[V8RX7]

kryten22uk said:

I just finished building mine. Its a 3m x 4m logcabin, using 44mm logs.

I didnt even use 19mm for my floor, I spec'd 28mm flooring

In a modern house you will have 18mm chipboard flooring an older one will be 20mm floorboards so why does your cabin need 28mm ?

What are people using these log cabins for ?

I can see the appeal if you need a home office but otherwise why do you want to be in a shed rather than your house ?

[Tumbler]

V8RX7 said:

What are people using these log cabins for ?

I can see the appeal if you need a home office but otherwise why do you want to be in a shed rather than your house ?

Mine is primarily used as somewhere to smoke cigars, it also acts as storage for the garden furniture over winter, the terrace is used all year round as it's heated and is a nice place to enjoy the garden from.

[J4CKO]

We have one of these,

http://www.simply-summerhouses.co.uk/solid/28mm_si...

Its been great, 28 mm and feels pretty sturdy, been up for like 8 years now and is lasting well

[singlecoil]

These all seem like quite nice sheds or cabins, but where are the logs? Is the idea to store logs inside?

[eniacs]

Little update, the new shed is here and the old shed needs to go.

(I'll post the photos day by day to give a little interesting story for the week rather than beast them all out of the way in one day)

Old shed will be put on gumtree as free to collector along with the cuttings from the tree. I had intended on processing the cuttings into firewood, but never did The old shed looks good on the inside, but the outside is shot. Having no roof for the last 3 years will do that to a shed lol.

[eniacs]

Well after an unbelievable response on gumtree the shed is gone. I had to bag up the wood in builders bags though and then the same person that took the shed returned to take the wood as well. Definitely a bearded hippy type with lots of good ideas of what to do with free stuff, but i was happy as he took it away for free! Shame you cant find people to take rubble for free as well.

[eniacs]

A day of excavating. Doesnt look much but its actually filled a full 2 cubic meter skip. My estimate was less than this, but apparently soil expands when you dig it up so suppose that would account for the differences

[Welshbeef]

Enjoy the new one.




Honestly the old one new roof felt £10 then 1 can of brown or green garden shed and fence paint rehang door/square it up it would look like new. Did that once to a shed we had at a house we bought - but found felt in the reduced but for £1 plenty to do it and the previous owner left half a tub of garden paint in the garage so a good days graft it turned what visually looked tatty into a nice shed. It's lasted 6 years with needing nothing since which is great. Fancy an upgrade though.

[eniacs]

I know what you mean welshbeef, it wouldnt have cost much to get it in a more presentable state. But I was fairly certain I didnt want the tiny little shed as soon as I had moved in, and plans began to formulate to replace it.

I am one of the (possibly daft) diy types that enjoys reading about, thinking about and then actually improving something. I do not think my house or garden will ever be finished and I even look at a more expensive house and one of my first lines of reasoning is that our current house is nearly done and I will enjoy doing up the new one to my standards and making it my own.

[eniacs]

Small amount of work today, only the foundations. Poored and then waiting for them to set.






Oh and the bricks have been delivered too!

Mixed up the foundations in a builders bucket with a paddle mixer i use for plastering. Was quite easy, glad i didnt bother with a cement mixer.

[Welshbeef]

http://m.tigersheds.com/log-cabins/?gclid=CJn43P2m...

I've been looking at these 44mm large cabins look very nice. Then insulate lighting and plaster internally.

Thinking an American pool table 9foot, big sofas for family board games and TV for sports events & also home office meaning I've peace and quiet from the wife and kids.

Surprised at the value to be honest especially when a 10'x8' conservatory is £7k upwards these things are multiples of the size and it's a "Man cave"

[eniacs]

Personally given that I've built this one up, I wouldnt bother with a kit shed again. I would just (if you feel you can handle it diy) buy the timber and build a 2x4 or 2x6 frame, then clad the exterior in a nice cladding, insulate in the frame and plaster internally. Probably a similar price, much stronger than these flimsy sheds and will look way better. This sort of shed and be an extension of the house, suitable for use all year round, rather than just a shed for storing garden junk.

[muppetdave]

I built http://www.buyshedsdirect.co.uk/garden-buildings/g... last year as a new office. Really really pleased with it; fully wired/IT etc. We've left the walls and roof internally bared (used conduit for the wiring). Really wish I'd done it a long time before.

[magooagain]

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Nearly finished mine. Just the steps and balustrade to construct. It started as a 4x4m kit cabin.

I built a raised insulated deck. Then built said kit shed. 10cm of kingspan on the out side then cladding.

Recycled oak planks for veranda and old oak beams for the exposed timber roof


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Edited by magooagain on Thursday 29th October 16:42

[eniacs]

Magoo thats an interesting construction there!

Time to build a wall for me.








This was a hell of a day for me. Started at 7am and finished at 5pm. Hard work all day battling the rain and trying to get it as straight as possible. Im pretty happy with the work!

[Welshbeef]

Great work - get that well deserved beer now .


To be honest I initially thought hmm this might be a botch job - totally incorrect it's progressing well and you should be proud. Have you built anything before ?

[magooagain]

Good job ,nice and tidy well done.