Home made log store

[GordonRochdale]

hello all,

 

thought id share some photos of my log store, I built it yesterday after being put off by the price of log stores.

 

In total the store cost £150, the price included all the wood which is treated, the OSB for the roof and the screws.

 

Yet to finish the roof, just need to trim and tack the sides of the felt. The store has been completed to a high standard - I like to think - and took all day 1000-1800 to complete.

 

Well happy with the result, as a store a quarter the size would have cost £170 - £200 depending on location (up north / down south)

 

Yet to measure the volume of the store, will post that up later in the day.

 

Thank you for reading, any comments / questions / criticism are all welcome, just go easy on the criticism

[Farmerdowling]

Looks good - I still havent got round to finishing (starting) mine! Planning on having a clear perspex roof instead of felt though and possibly using decking boards as they are always on special at Wickes.

[GordonRochdale]

Cheers mate, well I'd check your local timber merchant first, as the materials were going to cost another £100 from B&Q, may save that bit extra from your local merchant. Good luck with the build

 

 

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[teepeeat]

nice one, although a couple of things to consider

1 - unless the paving drains really well I'd put bricks under all the bearers to preserve the wood a bit longer. this will also improve air flow underneath.

2 - I'd have an overhang on the roof all round to help keep the rain out a bit better ?

3 - might be wrong, but roof seems quite low which means a lot of bending to put wood in and take it out. For the same volume might be better to go taller but narrower?

 

Just my opinion of course - others may disagree

terry

[Axholme]

nice one, although a couple of things to consider

1 - unless the paving drains really well I'd put bricks under all the bearers to preserve the wood a bit longer. this will also improve air flow underneath.

2 - I'd have an overhang on the roof all round to help keep the rain out a bit better ?

3 - might be wrong, but roof seems quite low which means a lot of bending to put wood in and take it out. For the same volume might be better to go taller but narrower?

 

Just my opinion of course - others may disagree

terry

 

Agree with all that. It looks good though and you've made it to your requirements.

It's a good price if you've added in your labour?

[GordonRochdale]

Cheers terry, yeah I did consider putting it on bricks and maybe putting a damp proof course type material on the bricks, as for the height, I'm 6ft, and the front comes to the bottom of my ribs, was going to put it on hinges but meant that when the roof was up I couldn't lean very far into the store because of the front support bar. As for the option to go taller and narrower I suppose I was a bit lazy and based all the measurements around the 2.4m lengths on timber lol.

 

Thanks for the feedback

 

 

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[GordonRochdale]

Well to be honest Axholme I'm between work at the moment looking for work experience before I get my cs30/31/38/39/50 starting next month, so I'm living off savings and the last army pay check until I get a job between courses, so labour wasn't an issue, but yeah it would have been a full days work

 

 

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[Axholme]

Well to be honest Axholme I'm between work at the moment looking for work experience before I get my cs30/31/38/39/50 starting next month, so I'm living off savings and the last army pay check until I get a job between courses, so labour wasn't an issue, but yeah it would have been a full days work

 

 

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Ok, so my prices aren't too far out when you add labour and profit.

 

Please don't think I'm being critical or trying to hijack your thread, I'm just trying to work out costs for mine as a retail product. It shows how expensive wood, etc. can be and the differences of making a living out of it.

[Monikieman]

Just my OCD (no criticism) but could you turn round the slates on the side that have the writing on them.

 

I would also go for taller. My first log shed was just 6 foot but not quite tall enough for my head to slip under. Yes, it happened many times!!.... and I had to start wearing a tammy to get logs.

 

Good effort for £150 though.

[GordonRochdale]

Lol yeah I see what you mean about the writing on the timber but I'm not bothered about that too much.

 

No worries Axholme, the thought never crossed my mind, however whilst making it I did think I could make them for a living, in sure a profit could be made if you got the timber delivered to the customers address and build on site? When you look at the cost of small wood stores, considering that only cost £150 to make could there be a potential £100 profit?

 

 

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