So I am thinking of building a shed - well two sheds really, possibly three ...

The first will be up close to the house. Very close - like about a 900mm clearance from the back corner. My local council hates ordinary colourbond sheds and is likely to want it to have a steeper pitched roof and corro walls (or timber or whatever, anything but ordinary colourbond sheds). So I will need custom-built (unless anyone knows a Tasmanian Shed supplier who can do something appropriate).

The shed will house the workshop (woodworking tools - table saw, other sorts of electric tools as well as hand tools), then there will be a separate shed for garden tools and beekeeping kit- only two hives, but spinners, spare frames, tools, wax melting stuff etc. The third section of the shed will be for firewood storage - around 9 tonne at the beginning of winter.

Due to planning permission and Miss Congeniality next door I am limited to the 1.5 metre boundary setback so I don't have to advertise, futilely as she will object. That leaves me 3 metres before the edge of the trench the pipes run in which it is presumably a bad idea to bury under a concrete slab. So the dimensions are fairly well predetermined as being 3 metres by around 10 metres long all up. An open bit between a couple of these uses would also be helpful for the barby and outdoor furniture store.

So. What do I want from you lot?

Suggestions on shed suppliers
thoughts on whether to go custom design from a shed manufacturer or build it myself (i.e. pay someone local to do that)
Ideas on amount of space to allocate to all those separate functions.

Should I go the whole hog with a slab or would a crusher-dust floor suffice?

Look forward to your thoughts.


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