Sheds Verboten!

Puff · « **on:** December 28, 2006, 11:30 »

I'm reading with envy posts from allotmenteers with sheds. We aren't allowed any sort of permanent structures on the site at all. Most plot holders just make do with a pile of stuff at the edge of their plot, open to the elements, rotting in the rain and getting blown into the field next to the site.

I'm hunting for some sort of bunker to keep everything but tools in, on site. I've seen horribly expensive plastic ones for sale but I'm not shelling out £60+ for one. Has anyone on the forum got any ideas/plans for building one, using old wood from pallets?

Gwiz · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2006, 19:33 »

have a punt around on freecycle for an old concrete coal bunker, that would do the job nicely

cornykev · « **Reply #2 on:** December 28, 2006, 19:37 »

Hi Puff I'm lucky enough to have a shed, but here's an idea dig a hole in the ground then build yourself a chest type thing out of pallets drop it in the hole and cover with carpet.

richyrich7 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2006, 20:51 »

Bloke down the road from me makes allsorts out of pallets, the trick apparently is to use a large hacksaw to cut between the boards and the frame, cutting the nails from behind so you don't split the wood. Rather then crowbar them apart, like I used to do and end up with a load of cr@p

noshed · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2006, 22:53 »

Maybe a large chest freezer with a padlock on it?

shaun · « **Reply #5 on:** December 29, 2006, 10:17 »

how do you get a rotavator in to a chest freezer

good idea though

Zak the Rabbit · « **Reply #6 on:** December 29, 2006, 10:26 »

I dont know...how do you get a rotivator in a chest freezer?

my crackers had better jokes in...

shaun · « **Reply #7 on:** December 29, 2006, 10:32 »

you have to strip it down into little bits and lable them

what cheese is made backwards ? (cracker joke)

Puff · « **Reply #8 on:** December 29, 2006, 12:21 »

Thanks for the great suggestion folks

The hacksaw is sharpened richy

Rotivators? :roll: Gawd, it's just the power of the spade and fork down here, along with some sweat, the noise of a creaking spine or two and a serious addiction to hot baths, comfrey oil and heat pads

Puff · « **Reply #9 on:** December 29, 2006, 12:23 »

what cheese is made backwards ?

EDAM !

(we must have bought the same crackers)

milkman · « **Reply #10 on:** December 29, 2006, 16:45 »

Ho Ho ho.

mercury · « **Reply #11 on:** December 29, 2006, 20:43 »

Quote from: "richyrich7"

Bloke down the road from me makes allsorts out of pallets, the trick apparently is to use a large hacksaw to cut between the boards and the frame, cutting the nails from behind so you don't split the wood. Rather then crowbar them apart, like I used to do and end up with a load of cr@p

Another trick richyrich, is to leave them outside in the rain for a couple of days, you,ll find you don't split half as many

muntjac · « **Reply #12 on:** December 29, 2006, 23:05 »

can i just say the hacksaw is fine if you dont want to have the wood clean from nails if you do use a brick bolster chizel n a lump hammer as i do for hunderrrrrrrrrrrrrreds of pallets i does every year use the chizel to open the gap n a small jemmy bar to split the planks from the blocks

noshed · « **Reply #13 on:** January 02, 2007, 17:02 »

Yep, a hammer and a crowbar from the 99p shop seems to work. Some have staples instead of nails so they're easier to get out.
If you do it with cold hands (matron!) it's quite easy to hit yourself with a hammer and cause unecesssary pain, as I did yesterday.

supersprout · « **Reply #14 on:** January 04, 2007, 11:02 »

Before I had a shed, I used

a) old doors put upright in a rectangle, held by strong metal stakes, covered with a tarp

b) straw bales made into a rectangular store covered with a tarp, looks just like a compost bin

My neighbours' sheds were broken into during the period without a shed, nothing in my open tool store was touched :shock:

Sheds Verboten!

Gwiz