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jomara

Member Since: 26 Oct 2009
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 1790

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

My cousin who owns a groundcare and maintenance business returned from his fortnights holiday last year to find the backs had been cut out of his 3 containers and all his machinery and tools had been stolen. He had an alarm within the yard and stout shrouded locks on the doors but didn't account for the fact the back of the containers were exposed to the waste ground behind the compound.

2014 110 2.2TDCi XS Station wagon
1971 Bowler Tomcat 88 4.2 V8 Auto
2022 110 D250 XS Edition - Gone
2024 110 D250 X-Dynamic HSE

5th Nov 2014 10:56am

Romadog

Member Since: 07 Jul 2011
Location: Powys
Posts: 1749

www.smartbarn.co.uk

Bit big for most gardens !

5th Nov 2014 6:30pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

That's a very smart solution - going to have to store it away fror future reference.

Just needs this doing at one end:

9th Nov 2014 8:18pm

big steve

Member Since: 24 Dec 2009
Location: hertfordshire
Posts: 2456

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Montalcino Red

Depending on what you want it to look like you could use shiplap t+g or featheredge to make look descent both reasonable cheap if you can get from the right place all my sheds are built with 16x125 t+g shiplap

Regards steve 2015 2.2 tdci hardtop xs
3.2 conversion DONE 238bhp and 707nm torque and thats just the start ;-P
hybrid turbo in build -done ready to fit
ashcroft atb in transfer box
6 speed auto in build

9th Nov 2014 9:40pm

ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Santorini Black

Hi All,

My ideas are evolving, I think what I'll do is build it in stages - frame up with 2x4 / 4x4 then use whatever I can for the roof and walls, probably steel profile or the roofing (I've already re-roofed my concrete workshop with this and it was very easy to work with) and whatever I can find for the walls - saw a guy on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces C4 who built a garden room from pallets! just have to get the framing spacing right though. I'm still thinking 20ft container for storage and dry workshop, perhaps alongside the self built vehicle cover - I take the point about container security but it's got to be more secure than anything I could build

Chris 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

18th Nov 2014 6:07pm

diesel_jim

Member Since: 13 Oct 2008
Location: hiding
Posts: 6092

Don't forget a BIG tv, and a decent sound system to while away the hours tinkering!

18th Nov 2014 7:21pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10382

**** WARNING THREAD REVIVAL ****

How did the shed go?

I'm about to look into building my own, roughly 26' x 14'... any fresh ideas?

22nd Oct 2019 10:29am

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