weegee Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 43 minutes ago, canuckamuck said: I have three. One on the main yard which is an actual workshop. Welders and power tools and a good bench with a vice. On the other yard I have a small one which is now just irrigation storage, and another 5x12 meter shed which is actually split level with a balcony. I did the split level part for the inlaws, whose bamboo shed I knocked downed and burned to build a better one. They were supposed to use the lower level as the kitchen, and the upper balcony for midday sleeping. The back half 5x8 meters high ceiling was all for me. However, I never even got to putting the walls on the back section before they moved into it. It is now hammocks, cooking crap, firewood supply, various agricultural implements. They like the open wall concept and it is a very popular hangout. Seriously, there is always someone there, I don't always know who they are either. The lower area in the front which is supposed to be their kitchen is now jammed full of old timbers and broken stuff. And no one ever seems to use the really nice and scenic 5x4 balcony. I can't even drive my quad in it any more because the midday cooking fire has to be precisely in the place I drive in. Shed No 4 is in the pipeline?... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post agrow Posted April 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2018 us ozzies love our sheds.just putting the final touches to my mancave its 11mt x 9 mt x 6 mt. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tapster Posted April 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2018 My workshop/office/man cave is too messy to post photos of, but I know exactly where everything is! I couldn't live anywhere without an area to tinker and be alone in. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 9 hours ago, Dmaxdan said: I think buying decent wood that is impervious to termites, woodworm or general Thai weather conditions would quite an expensive option which is probably why you don't see many sheds built this way here. A welded steel frame with steel side panels and roof could be a possibility or just one built the usual way with rendered brick or concrete blocks, perhaps painted to match your house. All of them would probably be a bit to hot to hold a social gathering inside, unless you fit aircon of course. Perhaps the newer cement blocks that block the sun and perhaps the steel sheeting with insulation glued on the underside for the roof (it works well to reduce heat). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 13 minutes ago, agrow said: us ozzies love our sheds.just putting the final touches to my mancave its 11mt x 9 mt x 6 mt. Love it, nice space. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithpa Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 2 hours ago, malt25 said: I was wondering why keithpa was polishing the deck himself & not his wife doing the polishing while she relaxed on it. I only give ;my deck a rub when she is away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilot3Boz Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I have a tool/ workshop/storage room off of the garage and a fully outfitted man cave in the house to give me my space and access to what I like to do... Places to go when the family invade for a visit.. My wife was insistent that I have my man cave... great catchthere for sure!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapster Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 It's dick, I tell ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithpa Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, Tapster said: It's dick, I tell ya! 7 minutes ago, Tapster said: It's dick, I tell ya! As with all extensions here, they need protection from the weather, diseases, bugs and the like, I coat mine with a layer of latex. 36 minutes ago, scorecard said: Perhaps the newer cement blocks that block the sun and perhaps the steel sheeting with insulation glued on the underside for the roof (it works well to reduce heat). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboutThaim Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Juan B Tong said: Exactly my situation. Oh! I misread. Its deck not dick, right? Sure its not dick? I'm thinking he's a kiwi. Reminds me of the ad on Aussie TV spoken by a kiwi woman. “Boys and their decks”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapster Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 @keithpa Indeed! Your best bet in a land with so much easily-accessible rubber is to coat yourself with latex. Fully protective, waterproof and can be removed after the inclement conditions have passed, to allow you to polish your deck at your leisure. P.S ..................I'm outta here! I have my own deck to polish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted April 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2018 I'm thinking he's a kiwi. Reminds me of the ad on Aussie TV spoken by a kiwi woman. “Boys and their decks”.Kinda like this one ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acemaker Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 3 hours ago, stropper said: do not muck around with a shed buy an old 6 metre container, totalbly lockable, and you do can any thing with, even acts as a big safe ! Big enough for a Ladyboy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTgrizzly Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 10 hours ago, Rally123 said: I have a man-cave. A place I can go and do my thing listening to farang music and potter about. We all need a bolt-hole. Old Aussie saying.... a mans gotta have a shed I have had one all my life..could live without it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 6 hours ago, BEVUP said: I would be using Insulated colour bond roof & Q Blocks Not as cheap as you may think to build Myself & another Falang have very small garden sheds Mine - 2 mtr x 3 x 3 = 30,000 bht His 2.4 mtr x 1.2 x 3 = 17 - 20,000 very basic B30,000 for a 2x3 shed? Often on TVF people, usually old mongers in Pattaya, complain about being ripped-off by bar girls, etc. B30,000? Did that include a live-in bar girl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb17 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 No shed , no tools, drill, lathe, - nothing. When I moved to Thailand from my old Victorian house which I had renovated over the years - I put everything on EBay as a job lot - would have a fortune to buy everything new. Sold to a very pleasant Polish guy who was setting up his own decorating / renovation business - it’s was good to help out. I own 3 screwdrivers - that’s it- the point of retirement was to never to see a pasting brush etc etc never again. Of course it’s horses for courses , so no shed for me Are sheds a British thing? Some friends back home in Yorkshire have 2 or 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, peterb17 said: No shed , no tools, drill, lathe, - nothing. When I moved to Thailand from my old Victorian house which I had renovated over the years - I put everything on EBay as a job lot - would have a fortune to buy everything new. Sold to a very pleasant Polish guy who was setting up his own decorating / renovation business - it’s was good to help out. I own 3 screwdrivers - that’s it- the point of retirement was to never to see a pasting brush etc etc never again. Of course it’s horses for courses , so no shed for me Are sheds a British thing? Some friends back home in Yorkshire have 2 or 3. So what are the screwdrivers for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakename Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Why are there no basements here? I love a cool basement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb17 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, grollies said: So what are the screwdrivers for? Well the other day I bought a new fan and had to screw the base on- so was quite pleased I had a screwdriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Why are there no basements here? I love a cool basement!Maybe they would either fill with water or float the house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb17 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 13 minutes ago, fakename said: Why are there no basements here? I love a cool basement! Quite a few of the houses in the village where I live have vast basements- usually if foreign owned have a gym etc- Thai owned - you can’t move for rubbish. Not too sure they are cool here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nanglong218 Posted April 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2018 Outside Geelong in Victoria, Australia is a place called Lovely Banks. You couldn't make that up. One guy lives there in a very small house on a large plot of land. Next to the house is huge steel shed, what he does in it I don't know. Small house, big shed. Proper Aussie. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 21 hours ago, Rally123 said: I have a man-cave. A place I can go and do my thing listening to farang music and potter about. We all need a bolt-hole. I gave my Mrs one and now I got the house to myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAFO Posted May 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2018 12 hours ago, Tapster said: I couldn't live anywhere without an area to tinker and be alone in Absolutely!. I have mine as part of my car park area off the main house. I have a big compressor and plumbed a line to a wall mounted hose reel out in car area to use my air tools when messing around on my truck, car and motorcycle. Inside the shop I have my big roll around mechanics tool box, welder. power hand tools, work benches etc. I have Wi-Fi in shop so I can browse internet if I am looking for something. I have fans on walls which keeps it cool. I also have a small stereo where I listen to my music when I want. My FIL shares a part of it. My wife and friends laugh when they come in it. They see my FILs stuff and say Low Tech side versus Hi Tech side. I definitely need my shop sanctuary to play around. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEVUP Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, grollies said: B30,000 for a 2x3 shed? Often on TVF people, usually old mongers in Pattaya, complain about being ripped-off by bar girls, etc. B30,000? Did that include a live-in bar girl? That's ligit That's an estimate on mine as other things were done But I know for sure my English mate & wife paid 17-20 for theirs as they were checking & buying everything, & just paying for labour I'm sure it's 2.4 x 1.2 x 3 The builders up here get 500 bht p/day Edited May 1, 2018 by BEVUP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 11 hours ago, peterb17 said: Are sheds a British thing? Some friends back home in Yorkshire have 2 or 3. Indeed they are and an intrinsic part of British history extending well beyond Yorkshire to all corners of the British empire. Do you think the Aussies came up with the idea all on their tod? Here's a good idea as to how seriously the British maintain this cornerstone of tradition. Now, anyone here got an allotment? And how about that undeniable, in-your-face, uniquely British statement of an individuals high net worth, the shed built on the allotment? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 17 hours ago, keithpa said: You must mean in the shed, if she was on your deck, you would know. yes, a shed - I was responding to the OP - - but sure, who doesn't like a nice deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superal Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 16 hours ago, agrow said: us ozzies love our sheds.just putting the final touches to my mancave its 11mt x 9 mt x 6 mt. That must have cost a pretty penny ? what will the floor layout plan be like ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby and Puppy Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 On 30/04/2018 at 9:02 AM, malt25 said: Only small... but it's mine. This my ‘shed’, similar to yours in a way. Behind is my bike racks, work-stand etc. love my mancave...I can actually find where I put stuff...lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapster Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 @NanLaew Good points. Allotments aren't about net worth, though. They're given free, aren't they, after maybe years waiting for some old codger to die. A shed on an allotment is essential or you have to bring your tools and everything each time you visit. Someone may break in though. A workshop isn't a uniquely British thing, for sure, but the garden shed, being a haven of maleness is certainly a British meme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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