| What | | | | say. No problem, I will put in an expanding plug which |
| "What" or more accurately, "What do I want to have | | | | will open up in the original hole, take the screw easily, |
| in my shed" may seem an easy choice. | | | | and give strength to the supporting brackets. |
| I mean we have the gardening tools, the dirty boots, | | | | So you mark out the height of the shelf. Place the |
| the paint brushes, the paint, the wallpapering | | | | markings for the screw holes on the shed wall |
| equipment, The paste table, the overalls, the pinny, | | | | (watch for ribbed/ channelled panels as you have to |
| the dirty gardening boots, the dirty football/rugby | | | | allow for the depth otherwise you brackets will not |
| boots and balls, the yard brush, the hand brush, the | | | | stick out enough.) |
| hand shovel, the nails, the screws, the picture | | | | Right. |
| hangers, the seeds, the | | | | Shed position marked |
| HEY, WHERE HAS THE FLOOR GONE | | | | Hole positions marked |
| Yes. A big mistake that many people make. Lack Of | | | | Holed drilled. |
| Forethought | | | | Expanding plugs installed |
| As a designer, when facing a new project I find that | | | | Support brackets Screwed on. |
| it is always easier to START at the END. Now that | | | | Shelf attached. |
| may not make a lot of sense to you all, but if I have | | | | Hey presto. One shelf installed. Place dangerous items |
| designed something, and it has been manufactured, | | | | on shelf.Big pat on the back time. |
| and then those who ordered it cannot use it properly | | | | So you have done it. You have installed the first |
| then there are going to be some very unhappy | | | | shelf, so you go outside and lean on the shed wall |
| people around. | | | | with a smug look on your face. |
| Grouping What We Want In Our Shed | | | | "Ouch" You have now got a deep bleeding hole in |
| Now, if we relate back to our earlier article on Who | | | | your hand because there is one inch of each screw |
| will Access Our Shed, we categorized our users. This | | | | sticking out through the thin shed wall and you have |
| does help us in our prospective contents list. | | | | just leaned against it. |
| Recapping, we have: The Kids: Our Wife, Husband or | | | | So to put in shelving if you are not having a thick |
| Partner: Mum, Dad, Relatives: Neighbours and other | | | | walled wooden shed then try placing a board on |
| Visitors: | | | | which the shelf can be attached on the inner wall, |
| Let's start with The Kids. | | | | and screw/ bolt that to the shed wall from the |
| If we have children, they do have a tendency to | | | | outside where only screw/ bolt heads will be seen. |
| have toys, games, paddling pools, footballs, hockey | | | | Next. Our Wife, Husband or Partner: |
| sticks and the like. If we allow them to keep them in | | | | Do you want your beauties delicate hands and |
| our shed, do we also want them to be able to get at | | | | varnished fingernails being ripped to shreds by your |
| them themselves. If the answer is yes, then it is no | | | | saws as they try to get to the washing basket or |
| good putting little Jimmies' football at the back behind | | | | clothes prop. No you do not, so think on the overall |
| those dangerous sharp or toxic objects, or up high | | | | layout for easy access. |
| where he cannot reach. OK you say, We put it low | | | | Are there items that we need to keep away from |
| and at the front. | | | | prying eyes (I mean we could be talking birthday |
| GREAT. | | | | present) If the answer is yes then we are now |
| Wait a moment. Did we say dangerous sharp or toxic | | | | talking cupboard, toolbox, bookcase or even old |
| objects. Mmm! but if we put those at the back but | | | | wardrobe. |
| low, then little Jimmy may still be able to get them | | | | So, we have put in some type of storage unit listed |
| and hurt himself. | | | | above. It may require a lock, it may not. We have |
| I know, let's put them up high. | | | | stored our bits and pieces. |
| FANTASTIC. You have engaged the brain and found | | | | In 4 weeks time, we open our cupboard, wardrobe |
| a solution. However you have hit on a design | | | | or similar, and guess what. We find Mould and or |
| problem. | | | | damp. What we have done is placed our shed on the |
| Shed MATERIAL. | | | | grass, Mud, sand or even concrete, but it does NOT |
| Many sheds are made of Galvanised material. They | | | | have its own floor. Believe me, if you are serious |
| are quite sturdy, relatively easy to assemble and are | | | | about safety of stored items, then get a floor panel, |
| cheaper but have a tendency to have thin walls. The | | | | separate flooring blocks/ slabs or even a shed with a |
| first time you think that you will put a shelf up, you | | | | built in floor. It will save a lot of grief later. |
| will find that a straight screw in the supporting | | | | This should keep you thinking so. |
| brackets will strip the hole you have drilled for it, and | | | | Bye for now. |
| become loose. The shelf will not stay up. Aha you | | | | |