Small Wooden Shed - Buy or Build

lanod2407

I've a smallholding and need to get a small wooden shed that I can keep some poultry in, and also have part of it for keeping young calves while they're fed with milk ........ needs to be located reasonably close to the house for obvious reasons.

I'm thinking of buying the materials myself and building it over a few weekends during the early winter, but want to know if there are any informed opinions out there regarding whether or not it's better / cheaper to buy a ready built unit or build myself from raw materials??

A rough guess, I'd be looking to build 12' x 20', with the calves part of it not totally closed off.

ootbitb

not sure about one that size but the garden sheds on offer for around e400 look extremely flimsy to me so I would be inclined to self build.

Paul Earley

I was looking into building a shed myself, haven't priced around yet.

I saw something interesting on a website, a material called Wind Jammer which is apparently easy to install and cheap.

Has anyone else heard or used this?

1967J

You would most likely get a better shed for the same money if you understand what I am saying

lanod2407

1967J wrote: »

You would most likely get a better shed for the same money if you understand what I am saying

TBH, I'm probably being obtuse, but what do you mean? Better shed for same money - is that by building myself or using the Wind Jammer referenced above?

1967J

1967J wrote: »

You would most likely get a better shed for the same money if you understand what I am saying

Sorry - I was interupted mid flow last time round - no you will get a much more substantial shed for the same money compared to shop bought - You will also get the specific size of shed you want with door layout etc Not usre what the windjammer product is - not heard of it - I suppose it comes down to if you enjoy the build part rather than the putting the hand in the pocket - for me the fun is in the build - all the best

Paul Earley

I agree with 1967J,

If you build, you can plan out everything yourself rather than try to get lucky finding something in a shop which caters for your every need.

This wind jammer must be new considering noboby apparently has heard of it. <modsnip> I'll need to have the shed built myself before the weather gets bad, hopefully the winters wont be as bad as the past few years.

lanod2407

Thanks Paul - much appreciated.

Does anyone have any experience with the WindJammer product ....... certainly looks worth checking out.

Think I'll be going with a 'self-build' ....... more fun and does give you the flexibility to make it very specific to my needs