Our Garden Shed provides an attractive addition to any backyard landscape with plenty of room for a lawnmower, wheelbarrow, and garden tools. Yet it doesn’t take up much space. It’s 4 feet deep by 10 feet long – just the right size to set at the back of the yard or against the house or garage.
i have a HUGE front garden(fenced) thats wasted space. We want to erect a 30 x 15 wooden shed to house our pool table in. We have asked all nieghbours who look onto the fron garden if they have a problem and all say no. basically they all look at the front of our house(grey roughcast) so with a shed there they would see a dark brown wooden shed.
A WOODEN SHED IS CLASSED AS TEMPORY. THE ONLY REGULATIONS THAT APPLY ARE, AS DAFT AS IT SEEMS, THE SHED SHOULD NOT BE HIGHER THAN THE HOUSE ROOF, NOR SHOULD IT BE BUILT OVER A VICTORIAN SEWER.
An artist thanked the vicar for letting him stay at a garden shed for a short time. The artist was planning to move out and said, “I’ll clear out the shed. Thank you for letting me set up in there.”
I was wondering if what does “set up” mean? Does it mean “stay” or “start his art business”?
Thank you very much
It’s closer to "stay", actually meaning "put up";
"Thank you for giving me accommodation/a place to stay."
"Set up" does mean "to start business", but I don’t think it
was used here in that sense.
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do you need planning permission to build a brick shed , i know for a wooden shed you can just put them up
im sure ther must be a height limit ie 6ft anyone know
i will have to phone the council as the shed the people on the back of me is alfull and must be 12ft high and it stands out like a sore thumb ,its so hard when its neighbours as i dont want to fall out with them but i dont really want to look at a 12ft shed while im in the garden
I have reproduced an answer I gave to a question posted shortly after yours that will give you some idea:
"In England and Wales you can fill half your garden area with outbuildings without the need for planning permission subject to certain restrictions. In outline they are:
Must be more than 5 metres away from the nearest part of the house or they are classed as extensions.
They must not be nearer to a highway than the house, i.e. not in the front garden or in the side garden if you are on a corner plot.
No higher than 4 metres with a ridged roof or 3 metres in any other case.
They must be used for a purpose "ancilliary" to the main house, i.e. for domestic purposes.
You must check whether these rights have been previously removed by the council (rare but can happen) and that there are no restrictive covenants on your deeds.
If you rent the property you must get the consent of the landlord."
If your neighbour has complied with the above then no planning permission would be required whether it is built of wood or brick.
It is possible that they would need Building Regulations approval but some outbuildings are exempt – you would have to check with your Council.
The land is at the bottom of my large garden.
There is already a zinc shed there,but want to re-build it bigger/larger.
in the uk, if it is built out of bricks then yes, if it is out of wood, then no, because wood is classed as temporary building
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I’m planning on building a tool/garden shed in our back yard. Instead of burying posts, I’m planning on building it on skids.
Most of the plans I’ve seen for sheds resting on skids call for an inch or so of gravel under the skids. I assume this is to provide drainage so the skids won’t rot resting on wet ground.
However, we’ve got a lot of decorative quartz garden rock that the previous owner used as ground cover under a ground-level patio. We were planning on just taking that to the dump, but is there any reason not to use that instead of gravel under the skids?
Just to clarify…there’s no slab where the shed will be – there’s just dirt right now.
The previous owners had a ground-level deck in another portion of the back yard which as been removed. Under the decking they had put down plastic and the decorative rock on top of the plastic, presumably to prevent anything from growing.
The decorative rocks are roughly 1/2" x 1" in size – larger than gravel. But I’m wondering if these rocks are small enough still to serve the same function and if there’s any other reason I’m not aware of that gravel would be a better alternative.
Thanks!
Yes your right the shale or gravel, is to help with drainage, this in turn help slowdown the process of rot. but if you use treated timber for your skids then you should not need gravel. If I understand you here you have a slabbed patio area as long as this is level so your shed does not twist once erected you will be fine.
Tantalized timer these days is well protected from water penetration and so it can withstand being out in wet conditions. A shed company I used a few years ago recommend a flat slab for a shed.
If you don’t have a slabbed base then yes you can use a gravel base.
i live with my folks (due to lack of money, not out of want!) and they have quite a reasonable sized garden. however, they are planning to pave most of it, and what areas they don’t pave are going to build sheds and pergolas etc on. i’m getting into nature photography quite heavily, and wanted to attract alot of UK wildlife into our garden, but i’m having trouble finding a way to do this seeing as they’re going to be wiping out most of the nature from our garden!! does anyone have any tips on bringing animals into a garden such as this?
Thought you’d like this video from the BBC about planting flowers to attract birds, butterflies & wildlife. Most flowers that attract birds also attract butterflies & insects:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/gardening/tv_and_radio/gw2006_js_wildlifeborder?size=16×9&bgc=AFD8D0&nbram=1&bbram=1
Native wildflowers that birds are attracted to are berry-bearing plants in winter, such as cotoneasters, holly, pyracantha and skimmia. Also favourites with birds are natives like crab apples, hawthorn, honeysuckle, rowan, and sunflowers."
The BBC recommends : Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus), Globe thistle (Echinops ritro), Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii), Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum), Marigold (Calendula officinalis), Primrose (Primula vulgaris,) Ivy (Hedera helix) – which provides shelter for birds, nectar in winter and berries in spring.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/organic_wildgardens2.shtml
The daisy family contains many plants that are exceptionally good for wildlife, either attracting insects for nectar or birds and small mammals for seeds.
Ways to attract wildlife & Garden Habitats:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/wildlifegarden/
Plant list (click on each name for more info):
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/wildlifegarden/plants.asp
Besides providing native, colorful, nectar filled flowers & berry bushes & nut trees … make certain that there is always fresh water available for drinking as well as for bathing. Wildlife like birds need sunnny areas and they especially need shady areas to perch as well as to build their nests.
Put bird-feeders or bird tables where cats can’t reach. Provide nesting boxes for birds & even bats. These will substitutes for the holes in old trees. Let some of your plants go to seed. Other wildlife will also show up if they have a cozy place to nest along with greens, seeds, berries & water.
Good luck!!! Hope this helps.
A ny gardener will tell you that a good potting bench is essential to keeping a garden looking its best. Usually however, most potting benches are a strictly utilitarian item that gets stuck in an old shed somewhere. That certainly won’t happen to this potting bench. With its gracefully curved
