Building a Shed out of Pallets

Hello there,

Here is some pic's of My current project.
I have no carpentry skill's and the only powertool I have ever used before this was a drill and a Screwdriver.

Hopefully when it's finished I'll be able to put My home brew in there with the odd tools etc.

It started because of an argument, Basically someone was saying that there shed was £700 ish. I said I bet I could make one for less than that. I mentioned using pallets and I was laughed at and told it could never be done.
Well I wanted to prove it can be done and I thought I shall share it with everyone who thought "Could I ?"

Deus

Thats brilliant mate

keep posting pictures as it goes up and finished

thats a good start m8, how are you going to do the roof?

Deus that looks solid mate just watch the height and check with the neighbours that everything is ok because some can be fussy so and so,s.Its only a bit of advice Deus thats all mate.

Thats a cracking idea, i need to build a shed in the summer. Where did you source the pallets from and how much?

cracking mate, cant wait to see the finished article!

Rat said:

Thats brilliant mate

keep posting pictures as it goes up and finished

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I will do Dude.

huggi said:

thats a good start m8, how are you going to do the roof?

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I was thinking of a standard roofs. You know the pointy one's
I have some two by fours that may do the trick

miggy said:

Deus that looks solid mate just watch the height and check with the neighbours that everything is ok because some can be fussy so and so,s.Its only a bit of advice Deus thats all mate.

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Advice Noted Thankyou Miggy
On the good note I have some good neighbours. At first they didn't believe it could be done. Now they like the idea of a brewery Nextdoor to them lmao

anderjay said:

Thats a cracking idea, i need to build a shed in the summer. Where did you source the pallets from and how much?

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So far it's cost Me around £10. Basically nails and the odd bracket from Wilkos.
The pallets were from Industrial estates. Most places were more than happy to get rid of them. But a bulk of them was with a help of a transit and a trip to Ascot drive in Derby.

One piece of advice though, Don't take any blue ones as they are owned by some company.

Deus

I looks like a normal sized shed so i wouldn't image there being any planning permission issues.

What are you going to skin it with, sheet ply or something like shiplap.

Also you planning on putting some windows in there ?

oneman said:

I looks like a normal sized shed so i wouldn't image there being any planning permission issues.

What are you going to skin it with, sheet ply or something like shiplap.

Also you planning on putting some windows in there ?

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I'm going to try to make sure it's under 6 foot ish.
I was planning on lining it with polythene then wack some plywood onto it.
Or stick with the polythene and shiplap it (That is the layered effect I presume)
with more pallet strips.

Then I will have to treat it. (Probably a spoons meal of something )
What would You suggest?

Deus

you should be able to build upto 2.5m to the apex of the roof so 6ft would not be a problem. I would put ply on it first if you have any laying around and then shiplap it, that would make it pretty sturdy. You shouldn't need any polythene.

For roof, 2x4 will be fine. Then ply sheeting and then felt to finish it. There is a simple guide here,

An Illustrated Guide To Building A Shed Roof

oneman said:

you should be able to build upto 2.5m to the apex of the roof so 6ft would not be a problem. I would put ply on it first if you have any laying around and then shiplap it, that would make it pretty sturdy. You shouldn't need any polythene.

For roof, 2x4 will be fine. Then ply sheeting and then felt to finish it. There is a simple guide here,

An Illustrated Guide To Building A Shed Roof

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Thankyou roud: That guide will be a big help.
I was going to do the roof tomoz but I have the dentist I bloody hate dentist grrrrrrr

Any news or pictures on the shed yet Deus?

Not yet. Misses has told Me I have to move the shed up the garden as she wants to start using the built in BBQ.

Honestly women roud:

Nice one Deusevil, I am going to watch this thread intently

will probably be stronger than most of the crap stores sell

How are you getting on with the shed deus any news for us.

yeh wheres the shed looked good roud: nice and solid.

As an Update.

Started on the roof today. The shed got bent during transport so it's slightly out at the mo. But as long as the roof stays on I don't care roud:

I've kinda cheated and put a pre-made pallet as the roof so at the mo it's a slanted flat roof. But I had constructed a pointy roof the other day but it got broken in a builders rage ( No cup of tea in the morning)

I'll be posting New picks soon.

Take care and I'll update again soon.

Deus

Excellent thread m8, very intresting

cant wait to see this finished, love seeing owt like this take shape!