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My skills are not amazing but I appreciate the thought. Yours will be brilliant because its your own design and work, plus you are building it with a more worthwhile purpose in mind. Mine is to be used as a workshop and storage, hence somewhat over built and twice as expensive as I had budgeted...

Yes I am very pleased with it so far, certainly for a first attempt it is pretty good.

I have been informed of Bunny Rabbit Hares fee, obviously it is large but expertise has its costs

There you go, a shed. Big, heavy, very well built and held together with screws, about 250 of them plus nails for the weatherboard and coach-bolts. It took roughly a day per side, so 6 days....base, 4 sides, roof. Just needs weatherproof woodstain to complete the job. Woodstain, ah what an...

Electrics. Suffice to say if you need electrics, find a person that knows what they are doing. Saves killing yourself or burning down your new shed. If you are putting live, fluffy, velvet eared friends into the shed, make sure the little monsters can't reach the wires!!! Lots of sockets and a...

Chunky door, I used 6x2 for cross rails and 4x2 for the uprights. 2x2 sag bars form the diagonals. Note the hinge is to the left, it is important that the sag bars are placed in this pattern. The door will try to droop at the lock side just from sheer weight of wood, the sag bars resist this...

Base done ✅ Walls done ✅ Roof done ✅ Door next

Ok, choices time. Solid wood roof or something a smidge lighter. If you opt for solid you will need decently thick plywood, around 3/4" and roofing felt. It will weigh a hell of a lot and the felt will eventually shrink and fail, can't be avoided sadly. Me? I wanted a workshop, so transparent...

The Roof he said, well he we go... Bit of a 3 in 1 picture. You can see the fillet on the top rail, cut to match the slope of the side wall. Below that is a support for a roof beam, it's top edge is again cut to the roof slope angle and happily sitting on top of it is our first roof beam. So...

A few planks of wood, much heaving and hernia inducing weight produces.... Ooooo nearly looks like a shed A few quick screws to hold the frame in place and then, coach bolts. Only used 2 per corner, feel free to add more if you are bored. Looks nice and neat from the outside You may...

It has been a while since I last posted. Quick reminder, the shed has a sloping, pent roof. Front taller than the back so all that lovely rain water flows onto nextdoors property, well nearly anyway. So obviously the front wall will be taller than the back wall. Because of the slope of the...

Too be fair, MimzMum as you are across the pond, hunt down some Boyds Bears moggies, bit scarce these days but can still be found if lucky. Chester, Miss Pussyfoot with her mouse Mr McNibble Whiskers P Tweeter Sadly Snigglepuss is at mummies and I cant find a photo of him

Never come across Jellycat Kitties? MimzMum you just are going to the wrong adoption centres

A special mention has to go to Bunny Rabbit Hare who taught my sister the correct way to lay concrete, never underestimate the knowledge of our little friends.

You could have a look at my solution for my hutch. Would be easy to copy for a shed, just make sure the window has a lip around it to fit a frame inside that has the plastic/perspex or whatever on it. The green sheet is actually a cut up plastic greenhouse, you can buy replacement covers...

Now, as the weather has been unkind and my sister has my bits in a vice. Another little section on laying concrete for a shed base. Earlier you saw my shuttering that holds back a tonne of concrete while it sets. Ok the next step is you find a slave or someone that absolutely loves trowelling...

Screws for concrete sound better for you? If you are searching for them, look for screw bolts. Pity the poor soul that has to put these in by hand. This will be where my, every home has one, tool idea goes out of the window. It will be pursuaded into place by a battery powered beast that...

Well it is for me to use, so its 2m high at the back and 2.4m at the front. The bunnies will be able to sniff the outside of it and be jealous.

Poor Sooty saw all the bunnies and fainted. As for washing JC furry friends, inside a delicate items bag and minimal wash cycle works...20 mins on refresh I use. But it is bad for the nerves watching faithful companions in a washing machine. Their fur never quite recovers its original...

Weather was absolutely disgusting so, instead of building the front wall it was decided to put up the 3 sides I have made and brace them. Oops forgot, I have put damp proof membrane on the bottom rails, just stapled on. It is the same stuff you see used in house walls, just chopped on half with...