Lean to

BullBauld

Hi all

I'm looking for inspiration/ideas on building a lean to attached to the side of my shed. I want to put turf in it instead of taking up most of the shed with it.

It doesn't have to be anything too fancy, just waterproof and sturdy.

Anyone have any ideas of what cost effective materials I could use.

Thanks
Bull

Calahonda52

what is existing shed/
Rural or Urban application?
How many meters cubed of turf have you?
Normally best to shelter from rain but allow wind to pass through

SomeFool

Built one for firewood using pallets for the floor and walls, with polytunnel plastic as a roof, worked a treat to season the timber.

BullBauld

Calahonda52 wrote: »

what is existing shed/
Rural or Urban application?
How many meters cubed of turf have you?
Normally best to shelter from rain but allow wind to pass through

Thanks for the reply

Existing shed is approx 22ft x 11ft with standard A roof.
It's a rural setting.
I'd have around 4 10 x 5 trailer loads of turf!
Ya something that'll for the most part provide shelter but also let some drying in as well.
I'm thinking of running it the back of the shed but bringing it out to one side around 7 or 8 feet to back a trailer in.
I'll try and post a pic of the space.

the_pen_turner

i would build a ean to the full length of the shed but about 6 foot deep. over hang the sheets a foot at each end and the front. put mesh on the ends and a few partitions to devide it up. put a few gates on the front with mesh on it to keeep in the turf. concrete floor with a very good fall (4"over 6 feet) to drain out any water that could get in.
this is the way we have one of our sheds. you will be able to put turf in that isnt fully dry and ready to burn and it will get better. a few years ago we caught with a trailer of turf that got flooded and it was really wet. we debated leaving it in the bog. we left it in on top ofth rest of the turf maybe 12" thick layer.the following summer it dried so much that we burnt it the next winter. the whole shed load of turf dried out and dropped about 12". now anything that is slightly wet like the bottom sods goes in ther on top.

wayoutwest

Hi BullBauld -like Calahonda52 said , you need to know how many cubic metres of space you need. You said the trailers of turf are 10' x 5'......how high are the sides?

BullBauld

wayoutwest wrote: »

Hi BullBauld -like Calahonda52 said , you need to know how many cubic metres of space you need. You said the trailers of turf are 10' x 5'......how high are the sides?

Would be approx 15/16 cubic metres of turf.

NIMAN

Been looking for something similar myself recently.

Had thought about getting someone to come build me one, but I know it wouldn't be cheap.

Then I seen this in Argos

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/2748645


I know it's fairly basic, but might do a job.

wayoutwest

This is my lean-to fuel store, which i put onto the gable end of long shed. Larch 120 x 120mm upright posts sitting on concrete slab, tin iron roof, pallets on floor and pallet/chicken wire walls (managed to get hold of a couple of very close boarded pallets for wind driven south -west entrance side. Holds over 20 cubic metres of turf/wood.20180308_133429.jpg

looksee

NIMAN wrote: »

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/2748645

Not available Southern Ireland. I think you would want to hope there isn't another Ophelia.

That's a nice tidy job wayoutwest.

BullBauld

wayoutwest wrote: »

This is my lean-to fuel store, which i put onto the gable end of long shed. Larch 120 x 120mm upright posts sitting on concrete slab, tin iron roof, pallets on floor and pallet/chicken wire walls (managed to get hold of a couple of very close boarded pallets for wind driven south -west entrance side. Holds over 20 cubic metres of turf/wood.20180308_133429.jpg

Nice job is right. Something along those lines I'd be looking at.
What kind of money did that set you back. Did you do it all yourself?

wayoutwest

Thanks for compliments - yeah, built it myself over 10 years ago so i can't remember how much it cost. Larch posts and facias were cheap enough from local sawmill. The rafters, wall plate and wall ledger are of ordinary treated rough timber. Corrugated tin sheeting is not hugely expensive. Pallets were free. I treat the larch and outer faces of the pallet with a lash of boiled linseed oil every 3 or 4 years to preserve and darken the timber.

randombar

Looking at similar myself for the mother. Have a few telegraph poles for uprights and was going to use panels for the walls.

For 6 foot high posts, how deep into the ground would I have to go? Guessing 1.5 feet bedded into concrete.

k123456

Plenty of vids on youtube,

As outdoor pressure treated wood reccomended, and retreat the parts of the wood where you cut (cresote)

You could face off the structure in pressure treated shiplap

One option for the roof, would be twin wall polycarbonate sheeting, comes in a max sheet size of 7 x 2 metres, , so you could for example order a sheet of 5 x 2, and build your frame to suit the sheet


I ordered mine recently and lots of vids on youtube on how to fit etc

I had made a previous lean to with a ply sheet and mineral felt, the polycarbonate sheeting is much easier to work with, and as its transperent , your woodstore will have natural light