Free shed plans wanted please

agirlsbestfriend

I am looking for free downloadable plans, amount and size of material required and instructions to build a garden shed about 8x6 or 10x8

I have found a very old post but some of the threads are so old they no longer exist.

New sheds are flimsy and expensive. I haven't found a comprehensive book and Free plan searches usually lead to sites that are not free or requiring you to register, with all the scams about I am too worried to do this

Any help would be appreciated

EssexExile

Find a shed you like, take lots of measurements & photos. Copy it.

EachPenny

agirlsbestfriend wrote: »

New sheds are flimsy and expensive.

Timber is very expensive, especially for the amount you'll need to build a shed.

My approach would be to buy a shed and add extra timber into it to strengthen. I did this for a friend and a 4'x6' shed that cost about £200 needed an extra £100 of wood.

The key thing to add is diagonal bracing as most sheds don't have this - hence after a few years they start to go wonky.

A purchased shed will usually come with a 9mm chipboard floor. I'd change that to an 18mm OSB floor and use the 9mm chipboard supplied as bracing instead (cut into strips approx 100mm wide). Likewise for the roof - add a piece of wood running the length of the shed to support the ridge.

agirlsbestfriend

Thank you for your suggestions,

I have a plan from a previous link that helps.
I also registered with a free recycle website and low and behold someone has one free. Just need a man to help me!
If anyone has plans please let me know

gamston

as said sheds are not cheap to make,
I've made 2 for myself, one standard 12 X 8, the other built to fit into a corner I've got
think they cost around £800 mark
made from 4x2 posts, 19mm loglap, plywood roof covered with EDPM rubber and trimmed with their trim (so it lasts and looks good
windows & doors are UPVC off ebay
Loglap from ebay, place near Doncaster (think it was westwoodside) they delivery all over the country
if the corners are square its easy enough to design, if its an odd shape you will need to trim the corner post so its square each each way
also think about posts for shelfing
I built both of my ones on hardcore concrete base with 1 level of brick course (bricks turned on their sides so they stand long edge ), resting the posts on the bricks with the lowest loglap overlapping the brick course so the loglap allows the rain water to roll off and drop to the ground

gamston

another thing
on the corners I put a strip of 20mm thick X 44 mm wide timber (over lapping the post by 20 mm then run the loglap both side) up to the etcedges of these timber strips gives a good finish on the corner and protects the ends of the loglap being brashed by my mower handles or wheelborrow

sevenhills

http://www.ana-white.com/2012/04/plans/small-cedar-fence-picket-storage-shed

agirlsbestfriend

EachPenny wrote: »

Timber is very expensive, especially for the amount you'll need to build a shed.

My approach would be to buy a shed and add extra timber into it to strengthen. I did this for a friend and a 4'x6' shed that cost about £200 needed an extra £100 of wood.

The key thing to add is diagonal bracing as most sheds don't have this - hence after a few years they start to go wonky.

A purchased shed will usually come with a 9mm chipboard floor. I'd change that to an 18mm OSB floor and use the 9mm chipboard supplied as bracing instead (cut into strips approx 100mm wide). Likewise for the roof - add a piece of wood running the length of the shed to support the ridge.

Thank very much we do intend to use your knowledge thank you

gamston

there are lots of places that sell secondhand timber or building sites that will sell the wood/shuttering boards when they finish the job
maybe worth looking, every if only for strengthening or for the shelfing