Shed Prices And Questions

[Hertz Donut]

Truck with a big hose that can have extensions fitted. From memory, mixer dumps into the pumper, which sends it down the hose into wherever it's going. Only downside is if you have a blow-out it can take a while for the concrete to stop coming through the hose if it's a fair distance.

Edited August 22, 2013 by Hertz Donut

[No Crust Racing]

OK sweet, will mention it to the concreter.

Much obliged gents.

[jiffo]

Two types of pumps. Boom pump or a line pump.

In this case the line pump would be fine, they're also cheaper.

Good thing with any pump is you score an extra man.

Your concretor mate will know a pump operator and will usually organise the whole show.

[JZP]

7.6+ metres?

Don't think too many of you guys have wheeled concrete.

A full to the brim barrow holds 0.2 mtrs, well the first few do after that they hold less and less.

Hold the truck up filling barrows and you're paying waiting time.

Mini mixes, nope, not long enough chutes to do that job, you'll either be shovelling lots or driving on your reo.

Go the pump.

I have wheeled concrete - it's a killer! I did something half the size on a hot day with a couple of blokes. Nearly killed me.

If it is only a small cost for pump - do it! makes life easier.

[No Crust Racing]

Getting close to pull the trigger on the shed kit but thinking about colours.

I assume Cream all round would be the best choice for internal temps, but not sure if this will look funny. This as opposed to cream walls and gray roof, roller doors and flashings.

The other option was cream walls and roller doors, gray roof and flashings if the kit builder allows it, otherwise the doors would be gray too.

Has anyone done a cream on cream garage? Our garden shed is done like this but it's not in eye-sight and it's a smaller shed.

[Cowboy1600]

Hey JZP, whereabouts are you precisely and do you still do sheds?

[JZP]

Hey JZP, whereabouts are you precisely and do you still do sheds?

I just built my own sheds. I'm in kinglake Vic.

[No Crust Racing]

Last two things I'm really tossing up on before I order this arvo.

Window or not.

And colours.

Will be cream walls with gray roof, but I can have the roller door be cream or gray. Gray I assume would radiate more heat.

I will have a whirly bird and roof insulated. Roller door will face Western sun. 5m door.

[No Crust Racing]

Would kind of look like this, but not as steep a roof. Window at the back though.

Edited September 6, 2013 by ActionDan

[No Crust Racing]

Coloured door. Mine wont have the side door.

Edited September 6, 2013 by ActionDan

[boxheadmr]

I like the coloured door and roof. I know others have suggested just insulating the roof but if you can I would do the entire shed, you are in an area that can get very cold and very hot and the last thing you want is to be sweeting it out in summer and freezing fingers in winter. Doing it when you build the shed will save time

[No Crust Racing]

I went cream, choosing function over form.

[NISSAN GTR]

I went cream, choosing function over form.

Love the deep ocean colour roller door and barge , Cream on the walls sticks out a bit have you thought about Gull grey walls i went with gull grey and deep ocean

can send you a pic of what it looks like if you want .

i have a fair amount of experience with concrete, my tip is don't wheelbarrow your concrete in , the different drying layers will cause cracking therefore best way is to

use a pump your concreter will charge about $800 for a line pump .

Painted floors are slippery as f..... when wet and need cleaning all the time i regret doing mine .

[No Crust Racing]

Order is already locked in and paid for.

Cream walls and door, slate gray roof (insulated) as that's what matches the house.

I may insulate the walls yet.

Slan will be helicoptered I think it was, slightly oil resident but not too slippery.

[33GTRV]

Any finish on Crete is fine for a hobby shed. Just let it cure and epoxy it. I did and ill never look back. Went from polished Crete s an oil repellant and I cad add non slip and have it pink if I want!

[89CAL]

Amerlock 400 is the go for the floor

Painted my garage and garden shed slab with it. Dad has had it on the floor in his shed for 14 or so years and we have pulled cars apart on it, dragged gearboxes over it. done all sorts of shit and its barely got a mark on it. It's good stuff

[No Crust Racing]

Is that something that goes on wet concrete or is it painted on?

[89CAL]

Its painted on the slab after its dry. Have to acid wash it first etc.

[No Crust Racing]

So things are progressing, going through the paperwork at the moment and getting permits etc.

Slab should start in a week or two.

Something I am curious about.

See the pic attached.

That's looking at the front of the slab which is 100mm

The green is natural ground level, the black is fill/slab.

On the high side it'll be 300mm above natural ground and on the other side, 50m at the point of the slab but coming forward the ground raises a as per the second pic and wil just reach above the slab height a meter or so out, the second pic shows it side on if that makes sense.

How do the go about pouring an apron in this instance so I can get cars in on both sides?

[Deano 1]

The same way your Concreter is going to pour the slab for shed.

Excavate down, on the high side, and fill the on the low side.

Just insure that the Concreter puts some form of edge beam around the low side edges, or over time the fill will wash away with erosion and you'll have nothing under that side of the slab.