She Shed Build Thread

[Pops 1]

The title has a certain ring to it I think.



So how did this all start…

Mrs Pops has got quite into crafting in the last couple of years, in particular, but not limited to, Card Making and Crochet. This has led to a certain amount of space being taken up by ‘Stuff’. When I say a certain amount of space, I mean LOTS of space!!

Now I normally work away from home but during lockdown I have needed to work mostly from home, and started to work from the dining room table, but found my work stuff being constantly moved to one side as the ever-expanding card making empire grew and grew. I then insisted that space be made for my laptop in what had once been my study but had become the crafting room, but just didn’t have room to move around so something had to give and Mrs Pops suggested I make her a little shed she could work in.

And so began the She Shed project….

 

[Sapper520]

When the kids left home we converted one of our bedrooms into a computer room, come study / man cave and craft room…….guess what’s taking over?

I’ve still got just enough room to sit at my desk….does that give you a clue?

Sewing machine, card making, five draw cabinet full of material, two door cabinet full of glues, pencils, pens, punches……wool and fabrics piling up.

Wouldn’t have it any other way.

 

[Pugsy]

Been there mate , wife now owns her own house and i have been full-timing for 2 years. just saying like, get the she shed built quick.

 

[jessthedog]

My wife dosent need a She shed!
She has everything she needs in the kitchen. A sink, a cooker and a cupboard for the vacume cleaner, iron and ironing board! I know.
I do spoil her

 

[Jenben]

Ahem

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[Pops 1]

I started by finding a suitable place in the garden and cleared plants etc ready for a 12' by 10' shed.
First proper job was to dig out and concrete the footings. Rather than dig full footings which would involve skips and concrete lorries, I went for pile type footings. These are two foot deep by 1 foot square and I topped them with engineering bricks to level them.

On the foundations I laid a frame of 6" by 3" treated timber as the base.

On the base I made a double floor using OSB sheets with a 3" by 2" frame which was then infilled with 3" foil backed insulation. Can't have Mrs Pops getting cold toes can we

 

[Pops 1]

Framing next.

The entire frame is made from 3" by 2" timber and I then wrapped the whole thing in breathable waterproof membrane, topping it off with more OSB sheets for the roof.

 

[Pops 1]

Windows and Doors

Keeping to the theme of keeping Mrs Pops warm I managed to find second hand UPVC windows and patio doors. This has the added benefit of keeping the noise of her music in the shed instead of annoying the neighbors

First fix wiring installed, and then the interior was lined with the same 3" foil backed insulation.

Over the insulation I put 12 mm plasterboard and sealed all the joints with decorators caulk as I intended to paint directly onto the plasterboard. Its only a shed after all

 

[Pops 1]

Cladding

The outside of the frame is now clad in 9 mm ship lap. As a present to myself for building the shed I treated myself to second hand first and second fix nail guns from fleabay, and a nice shiny new sliding compound mitre saw and frame. Both of these saved me a huge amount of time in cutting all the wood and fitting it
Finally, I treated the roof to a covering of the best roofing felt I could buy. It has a 10 year guarantee and better last that long as it was a right pain getting up there to put it on!!

 

[Pops 1]

The interior

Bit of a paint job straight onto the plasterboard which came out better than I expected.
I took a feed from a spare fuse in the house consumer unit to the shed and wired this into its own small consumer unit, taking 5 double sockets and the lighting from it.

Added an electric radiator because... yes you guessed it, Mrs Pops likes to be kept warm

Hard wearing flooring to cover the OSB and stop Mrs Pops getting splinters in her nice warm toes

I then made a bench from some old scaffold boards which I sanded down and treated with Danish Oil. This a full length bench by special request as apparently she has so much 'Stuff' to put on it.

And the finished article

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[Jenben]

Cladding

The outside of the frame is now clad in 9 mm ship lap. As a present to myself for building the shed I treated myself to second hand first and second fix nail guns from fleabay, and a nice shiny new sliding compound mitre saw and frame. Both of these saved me a huge amount of time in cutting all the wood and fitting it
Finally, I treated the roof to a covering of the best roofing felt I could buy. It has a 10 year guarantee and better last that long as it was a right pain getting up there to put it on!!

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Looks lovely , are you sure you don’t just want to claim it as your home office allowing Mrs Pops to extend her craft space into further zones within the house stay where she is ?

 

[Pugsy]

Good job, looks ace..

 

[Pops 1]

Picture taken today and looking very cosy. And guess what.... Mrs Pops has managed to fill it

But on the plus side I've got my study back, just in time for returning to work at the Office

 

[gus-lopez]

And guess what.... Mrs Pops has managed to fill it

Our friend has a craft room in the garden which is approx 8m x 5m & is full.

 

[Snoopy]

How amazing, so lovely, glad your wife will be creating beautiful things in a cosy place, I am just off to poke! Yes poke hubby in the eye!! I Want One!!

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[Eggs]

Picture taken today and looking very cosy. And guess what.... Mrs Pops has managed to fill it

But on the plus side I've got my study back, just in time for returning to work at the Office

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That's a cracking job, well done. I'd have to paint the board the consumer unit is mounted on to match the wall, it would bug me every time I walked in, but that's just me.

 

[Sapper520]

That’s exactly what my wife wants…….not showing her this thread!

 

[Minxy]

That's a cracking job, well done. I'd have to paint the board the consumer unit is mounted on to match the wall, it would bug me every time I walked in, but that's just me.

... and the trunking too ... brilliant job though!

 

[Eggs]

... and the trunking too ... brilliant job though!

Now you've said that I'd paint it white calling it a feature, white trunking, white heater, white consumer unit and board.

 

[Minxy]

Bit of a paint job straight onto the plasterboard which came out better than I expected.

Interesting, I was wondering about doing just that as one of the rooms in our workshop/annexe/pseudo granny flat hasn't been plastered (it was like that when we moved here in 1993 ) so I want to sort it at some point especially now that garden rooms/home office/gyms etc are so popular so that when we do come to try to sell again it'll be an added bonus. I had considered panelling it but seeing the finish you've got I might go down the same route.

Other than caulking did you have to do any other preparation for painting it?

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[Pops 1]

Interesting, I was wondering about doing just that as one of the rooms in our workshop/annexe/pseudo granny flat hasn't been plastered (it was like that when we moved here in 1993 ) so I want to sort it at some point especially now that garden rooms/home office/gyms etc are so popular so that when we do come to try to sell again it'll be an added bonus. I had considered panelling it but seeing the finish you've got I might go down the same route.

Other than caulking did you have to do any other preparation for painting it?

apart from the caulking I just applied a watered down coat of PVA to seal the plasterboard then two coats of paint.

 

[Pops 1]

... and the trunking too ... brilliant job though!

That's a cracking job, well done. I'd have to paint the board the consumer unit is mounted on to match the wall, it would bug me every time I walked in, but that's just me.

Like I say to Mrs Pops when she spots something she thinks I didn’t get quite right. ‘It’s a shed’

 

[Eggs]

Like I say to Mrs Pops when she spots something she thinks I didn’t get quite right. ‘It’s a shed’

It is a shed, and a damn fine one too.