Garden shed Weird shape plot. Pic.

[Bouba]

Wanted to build a small garden shed out of bricks at the end of garden. After clearing all the over grown ivy, i have got a problem with the shape of shed.

Please can anyone advice what to do with the backwall of shed.

Follow the line of plot,then you have problem with flat roof. Do not really want to leave space at the back to make it square.

Any suggestions appreciated.

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[freddiemercurystwin]

A decade or two back I built a shed a bit like this except all four sides were unequal lengths!

All you do is have a single pitched roof, if you build your two parallel lengths of wall first, as you know the heights of each, then you can infill the remaining two sides.

Trying to do a conventional hipped roof would be a bit more challenging.

 

[Bouba]

Thanks freddy. It will be a flat roof. Can you please direct me to a pic or something if possible. I tried to look it up, but no luck.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Obviously heights are just arbitrary

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• freddiemercurystwin
• 29 Oct 2014
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Suggest you start using Sketchup, its free and easypeasy and good fun too.

 

[big-all]

get yourself a block off foam and make your shed as a rectangle with the slope on the roof
then trim to the shape off the plot keeping in mind the water shedding off the roof should discharge on your land which may rot the timbers quite quickly if not directed away from the structure

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

get yourself a block off foam and make your shed as a rectangle with the slope on the roof
then trim to the shape off

You know we’ve got computers nowadays?

 

[big-all]

get yourself a block off foam and make your shed as a rectangle with the slope on the roof
then trim to the shape off

You know we’ve got computers nowadays?

nowt better than an actual solid model -------




---- further hindered by my inability to use a sketchy type thingy

 

[Bouba]

Thanks freddy. Much appreciated.

Bigall: I believe you mean the roof timbers. I am building it out of brick. I will keep it in mind.


I intend to build a small parapet wall on the roof as shown on freddy's pic,and will also leave a bit of overhang on all sides at eaves. This way will be able to divert the rain water easily. I hope it works out fine.

Thanks guys for the help again. Oh btw freddy me a bit old school,even though i have a diploma in computing and I am only 30😃. Nothing like the good old pencil and paper.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Sketchup is ridiculously easy, to think of it as too challenging is just a shame, you’re missing out. It took less than a minute to draw that simple shape. It’s not like many other graphics packages that have a steep learning curve.

Learning Revit when you’ve used AutoCAD for twenty odd years, now that’s challenging!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I intend to build a small parapet wall on the roof

Did you actually mean a parapet wall? Cos there's no requirement for that kind of thing here.

 

[Bouba]

Yes the end of wall at the left of your picture. Raise it maybe by 3-4 courses and use capping. Then can obvoiusly form a gutter from lead and can hopefully avoild the water collecting.

I understand its a bit ott but i have loads of lead and some blue staff bricks left.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Even though the material cost is irrelevant I have no idea why you would do a parapet wall in this situation. And no idea why a simple length of Marley guttering would not suffice on the lower eaves.

 

[jell1234]

What about sticking to a rectangular shape but move the whole thing 2 feet to the right (or 2 feet forward), leaving a path down to useful space for e.g. water butt, bike shed, etc..

 

[Bouba]

What about sticking to a rectangular shape but move the whole thing 2 feet to the right (or 2 feet forward), leaving a path down to useful space for e.g. water butt, bike shed, etc..

Not possible. This side of England,we have thieves who will even steal 1inch of land given the chance. Thats the reason to stick to boundaries.

I had bad experience in past.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

As mentioned building an out of square building is not really a problem.