cute wee gem Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 Been meaning to take pics lol (no point updating without pics, right?). I have been slowly chipping away at it when the weather is good. I'll try get some pics up in the next couple of weeks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cute wee gem Posted October 31, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2016 Septic guys came at the worst time possible. Mid winter mud pit Water tank in place Fast forward a few months and I had finally finished the outside, winter definitely killed my motivation so I did minor things inside while the weather was shit. Short days also killed any after work progress. Few inside bits while it was wet Attempting my own plastering.. Had to fix up a few bits lol And a shot of the outside now. Mum offered to buy some trees for my birthday, so I decided on some cherry blossoms for the driveway. Should look good in a few years. Currently laying flooring & painting so will get some pics up nearer christmas when that's all starting to take shape. 36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 bloody awesome! nice work on the tree choice too. they're always a crowd favourite around this time of year for the ladies haha. should look pretty blooming (oh my the pun) awesome in a bout 3 or 4 years! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRge Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 500% jealous. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 LoOk ing mighty fine ! Are you going to get a sweet huge wood burner ? I'm guessing your land is rural one or two so pretty easy to just install any old burner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 I've just got a heat pump going in for the living quaters, but I may eventually bang a fire in the workshop so I can play with cars in the winter time Seriously thinking of batting the workshop too tbh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 Unsure of the legalities for fires, but it is an RD address, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 All that damn land. Sigh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 oh man, looking super great. so envious! you're pretty much nailing alison holsts no-fail recipe for OS life. +1 cherry avenue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRge Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 All that damn land. Sigh I can only reply with a video when I saw your post https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkshjbn8GKc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Gaha. Was wondering where that was going 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddy415 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 @cute wee gem Sweet shed/house do you have any pics of it all finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 hi there , I'm buying a pole shed soon , am planning on putting it up myself with some mates, are they a bitch? or pretty straight forward? do you have any tips? I'm not a builder but am a plumber\roofer by trade. am worried about getting the poles set nice and vertical as i imagine you can't put a level on the poles easy. do they have a bit of allowance in them? as the plan I'm looking at is designed with a dirt floor in mind, I'm guessing that if i pour a floor in before i clad it ,it doesn't have to have as much reinforcing in it as say a house? (except for the hoist) cheers max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I'd still reinforce the floor, probably more than for a house, if I were going to have vehicles driving on it. Suggest 100mm thick slab with 665 mesh centrally located on 100mm well compacted AP40 basecourse as an absolute minimum. I built a pole garage on the home place about thirty years ago by driving in eight foot fence posts with a farm post driver just deep enough so they'd stand unsupported then building around them. Design drawing was a carpenter's pencil sketch on a car bonnet. No site prep whatsoever, just a gravel floor laid over the grass after the poles were in. Rough as guts but it still stands and is in use to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 yeah still keen to use reo mesh , but i just didn't want to engineer the concrete floor ($$$) , work on enough new houses to figure out what would be strong enough i figure. and the pole shed is designed with no concrete floor in mind, kinda wondering if that means i can do what i like in regards with the floor, or do i wait til its signed off then get a concrete pump in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Be the easiest way. Get it signed off then lay the floor afterwards. Don't even tell the council it is going to have a floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I am building my house in one bay of a four bay pole shed currently. I had shed builders do the basic frame (including standing the poles) and heavy joists/rafters. Boring things like screwing on tin I did myself because it's pretty hard to stuff it up. The builders used the rafters roughly nailed together and into the ground to hold them straight when stood up. If doing it again I'd still get the builders in. Once the council gave me the final sign off I did the concrete floor. I saved a fair by by doing all the boring work myself which was essentially me with a shovel and rake for about 3 days straight. I didn't have it perfectly level but I have minimum 6 inches on concrete so I am sweet. Especially as I have tractors and a truck. It used to piss me off not being able to find out costs of these things so hopefully this will help. Rough costs off the top of my head were: 11k for a quins 9X18 four bay pole shed 8k for builders labour. I could have possibly done more but now it's done I'm glad it's finished. 10k for concrete which included 5k for the pouring, 2k for labour to help shovel it around and powerfloat, 1k for beveling the face for roller door and house part for drainage, 1k for mesh and maybe $200 for poly wrap insulation under it all. My neighbour had a compactor so I stole his for a day. I should be able to complete my cabin for under 10k by using second hand windows and doors as well as doing everything myself. I still have three bays for workshop for my shitboxes. I spoke to the council and what I can and cannot do and they said just don't put a kitchen down and it will be considered a sleepout. I'm building to code and using proper framing timber/insulation so I'll be fine. Council have noted it on their file and that's that. I'll retire here so I don't really care about resale. Hope that helps. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Sounds good..Got any pics ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 21 hours ago, oldtimer said: Sounds good..Got any pics ? I assume you mean me. If so, sure: https://imgur.com/a/XLmwT 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 How much have you spent getting the barn/house to where it is so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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