Building a shed using cavities, with a tiled roof

needaholiday

I`m starting to build a shed. It`s going to be roughly around 4m x 3m. I have the foundation in for the walls and i was planning to build it out of cavity blocks. (which is better, solids or cavities?)
Just looking for some advice for some of the build.

1. Is it ok to have just 1 row of solids on the flat for the floor level or is it better to have 2 rows of solids. (looks like a big step into the shed with the 2)

2. When you lay the damp course, do you just put the door frame straight on this or do you cut space for the it.

3. What do I do around the window. Do you have to seal under the sill with damp course. Is it ok to fix directly onto the cavity and is it ok to cut cavity in half if I have to.

4. Also I`m planning to have a slight tilt on the roof. I`m planning to top the cavities of with a row or 2 of solids on their flat. The question is what to do after that. Do I try to get the angle of the roof by cutting the angle in the blocks on their flat or do I get it from the timber. Also what space is needed for the joices as I`m hoping to tile it.

Any other heads up would be appreciated, I`m going to go straight at it as soon as the weather gets better. Would hate to be half way through, then find out that i did something drastically wrong.

Cheers:D

mossfort

needaholiday wrote: »

I`m starting to build a shed. It`s going to be roughly around 4m x 3m. I have the foundation in for the walls and i was planning to build it out of cavity blocks. (which is better, solids or cavities?)
Just looking for some advice for some of the build.

1. Is it ok to have just 1 row of solids on the flat for the floor level or is it better to have 2 rows of solids. (looks like a big step into the shed with the 2)

2. When you lay the damp course, do you just put the door frame straight on this or do you cut space for the it.

3. What do I do around the window. Do you have to seal under the sill with damp course. Is it ok to fix directly onto the cavity and is it ok to cut cavity in half if I have to.

4. Also I`m planning to have a slight tilt on the roof. I`m planning to top the cavities of with a row or 2 of solids on their flat. The question is what to do after that. Do I try to get the angle of the roof by cutting the angle in the blocks on their flat or do I get it from the timber. Also what space is needed for the joices as I`m hoping to tile it.

Any other heads up would be appreciated, I`m going to go straight at it as soon as the weather gets better. Would hate to be half way through, then find out that i did something drastically wrong.

Cheers:D

id say you should buy a homebond manual.;)

needaholiday

Thanks, I`ll take that into consideration.:p

gman2k

Have you ever laid blocks before?
Since it's a small job, and you don't seem to know much about standard construction details, my best advice is to get a local blocklayer to build the shed for you. It'll be surprisingly cheap, good quality (hopefully) and done very quickly.

needaholiday

Cheers gman, I`ll look into that aswell. This is some pretty good advice so far. Just wondering if I would of got better answers from the 'sunshine,lollipops and rainbows' thread.:rolleyes:

Keep them coming, i`m intrigued.

mossfort

needaholiday wrote: »

Cheers gman, I`ll look into that aswell. This is some pretty good advice so far. Just wondering if I would of got better answers from the 'sunshine,lollipops and rainbows' thread.:rolleyes:

Keep them coming, i`m intrigued.

you better post it there so because no one here has the energy to explain it from the start for you.:pac:

muffler

I see no point in prolonging the agony. Thread locked.