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Advice on building a shed

sharondingle · 2009-09-30 11:54:00

Hi there, I'm thinking of building a shed. I don't have very much money but could really do with the extra space a shed would give us. No more tripping over the lawnmower! Does anybody know where I could source cheap building blocks, sand or cement? I've already got a builder who said he'd give me a good deal on laying the…

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30-09-2009 12:54pm

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sharondingle

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Hi there,
I'm thinking of building a shed. I don't have very much money but could really do with the extra space a shed would give us. No more tripping over the lawnmower!
Does anybody know where I could source cheap building blocks, sand or cement?
I've already got a builder who said he'd give me a good deal on laying the blocks...

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#2 30-09-2009 1:32pm
John Mason

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Jumbletown.ie

Freecycle

Dublinwaste.ie (obviously depending in what part of the country you are in)

all of these places have a forum where people give things away of free, you can go on and request what you need.

in the past, i have given away cement, sand and bricks

no harm in trying

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#3 30-09-2009 3:39pm
Xiney

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Have you considered a prefab?

http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=30001&catalogId=1500001801&langId=-1&searchTerms=shed&Submit=GO+%3E

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#4 01-10-2009 10:11pm
Victor

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Basic concrete products are extremely cheap.

Just make sure its done right.

Will I move your thread to here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1245

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#5 03-10-2009 1:00am
southofnowhere

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Check planning regs re maximum size permitted (without application) or you could be paying someone to remove it too.

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#6 03-10-2009 9:36am
gally74

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consider a portal steel shed, lot of these guys are not busy anymore, very quick to put up and you can add 5-6 foot walls once up, add floor when you can, even a load of chips would suffice early on,

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#7 03-10-2009 5:48pm
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http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Planning/FileDownLoad,1586,en.pdf

in the middle of doing the same myself. good luck with it.

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