I've bought a shed ...

TBH I was convincing myself it was a Shed whilst asking for planning permission. Now I've got that I'm puffing up my chest and calling it a Barn!

Going to have a think this week and start work next I reckon.

Planning to dig 6" footings for the surround [i.e. where there is load bearing] and 4" for the rest of the raft. Reckon to use 6 strips of concrete - so shutter and lay alternate 3 first, then once they have gone off a bit use them as the level for the other 3.

Then its just a question of standing the walls back up and banging a few nails in!

It turns out that it was built by a carpenter (rather than coming as a kit, or from a shed-seller) and the high build quality did slow down the de-construction a bit. All the weather boards are attached with ring-shank nails, and oversized screws and bolts abound, so it should be a bit of a bargain once I've got it back up.

Going to use the opportunity of having some concrete on site to put in the footing for the Pergola Project at the same time. That has 16 "legs" and I've got to make a second row to support it with, so that's 32 "legs", and each of which is a pair of 3"x2" with some trellis in-between - and I reckon they are two wide to put a single joint-footing in, so could be 64 tubes of concrete :(

 

We really need photos inside and out to give an opinion on that. Particularly the roof.

I'd ask for something in writing from the planning people, a lot of it is down to perception and another officer in the same building might see it differently.
Whatever you do, don't start until everything is in place as far as the council are concerned. They get really miffed if you start without putting them in the picture, they can then get bloody minded.
I agree, normally planning permission isn't necessary for "temporary buildings" but that means they could in principle be picked up and moved.
There may be problems with one of that size, how close it is to your house, the road and whether any neighbours "who could see it standing on a chair and looking out of their bathroom window" and decide to object.

 

I've got some hardcore lying around (more boys-toys work to move it too :D) so was planning to use that. Was planning to get reinforcing fibres in the concrete too - which I gather is the equivalent to using rebar - without the cost and effort of using steel?

Planning to use a mix-on-site outfit, so I can have just as much as I need, rather than having half a redi-mix load left over and dumped on the lawn!

I did think about earth under the wood store, but at the end of the day I reckon I'll regret it long term if the shed uses changes in the future

 

Thanks for that John, I'll check up with the Concrete people

 

No matter how big your shed is... you will fill it with loads of stuff that you don't need, the bigger the shed, the more stuff you will dump in it.... just in case!