- Plan your shed base
You must have a sturdy base for your shed, otherwise the frame won’t stand properly and could stop the door from opening. Decide whether you’re going to have:
- A concrete base laid on hardcore
- Concrete slabs on sharp sand
- Treated wood beams on hardcore or shingle
- An interlocking plastic system
- Treat wood with preservative To help your shed last as long as possible, you should coat all the wooden parts with timber preservative before you put it together.
- Put the shed floor together Some will need more assembly than others, but you need to make sure that the floor panel is attached to the joists; follow the manufacturer’s instructions for the correct spacing.
- Put up the shed walls
- Mark the centre point of each wall on its bottom edge, then do the same for the shed floor so you can line them up together.
- Stand the gable end on the base and line it up. Check that it’s vertical with a spirit level – you might need someone to support the panel while you do this. Use a temporary holding batten to keep it in place.
- Fix a side panel to the gable end panel with countersunk screws, then add the second side panel in the same way.
- Fit the roof
- If the shed comes with a support bar, put this in position before you put the roof panels in.
- Nail the roof panels in place, ensuring there’s a parallel and equal overlap at each end.
- Roll out some roofing felt from front to back, leaving a 50mm overlap at each side. Secure it with clout-headed felt tacks at 100mm intervals.
- Apply mastic sealant to the outside corners, then fix each corner trim with 30mm nails.
- Add the fascias and finials, predrilling 2mm holes to avoid splitting the wood. Nail them through the felt into the shed using 40mm nails.
- Add the shed windows
- Slide each windowsill into the tongue and groove cut out, then put the window cover strip in position, fixing it to the vertical framing.
- From inside the shed, put the glazing sheets into the window rebates, making sure the bottom edge of the glazing sheets sit on the outside of the sill.
- Fix the window beading on the top and sides with 25mm nails.
- Fix the walls to the floor Before you do anything, make sure you check that the centre marks on the walls line up with the marks on the shed floor. Then fix the wall panels to the floor with 50mm screws, aligning them with the joists. And that’s it! But if you’re not confident in building a shed yourself, there are plenty of professionals available who will be happy to help.
Castle Cary
Castle Cary is a small market community and civil church in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north west of Wincanton as well as 8 miles (12.9 km) south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill and also on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. The Town Council has responsibility for local problems, including setting an annual mandate (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating expense and creating yearly make up public scrutiny. The Town Council reviews local planning applications and collaborates with the local police, area council policemans, and also area watch teams on issues of criminal activity, safety, and website traffic. The Community Council's role additionally includes launching projects for the maintenance and repair of community facilities, in addition to consulting with the district council on the upkeep, repair, and also enhancement of highways, water drainage, walkways, public transportation, and road cleansing. Preservation issues (including trees and noted buildings) and also ecological concerns are the responsibility of the district council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is accountable for regional planning and also building control, regional roads, council housing, environmental health, markets as well as fairs, reject collection and recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest as well as most pricey neighborhood services such as education, social services, collections, main roads, public transport, policing and also fire services, trading criteria, waste disposal and tactical planning. The town remains in the Cary electoral ward. This stretches southern to the North Cadbury parish, and southern west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.