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Posted 06 February 2015 - 02:35 AM
Cost me $12,000 for a 24 metre x 10 metre slab 8 years ago,
which is only 70mm thick, reinforced.
They took the day to do the job,
as I had all the form-work and the site prepared level, and shed column pot-holes done.
If that is any help, which I thought was expensive at the time. 
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Posted 06 February 2015 - 09:33 AM
I used to do small concreting jobs about 10 years ago.
100mm slab with reinforcing was around 60 bucks a square metre.
So $12000 for 24m by 10m is around the right money.
Only did the concrete because experience had shown that the concretors we used couldnt get the slab to our requirements.
Was building Aluminium Caravan Annexes.
All we wanted was a slab that was square to the Caravan and the edges level. Didnt care about the rest as long as it was reasonable.
The slabs were never square and had sometimes up to 50mm deviation from level on the edges.
Profit was good on the jobs.
Made enough on the first slab to pay for all required tools and formwork as well as making a nice profit on the day.
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Posted 07 February 2015 - 03:11 AM
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Posted 07 February 2015 - 05:24 AM
Looking good Jake. You definitely save a fair bit doing most of it yourself. I got a quote of $8,500 to do my slab (7.5x12), but by organising it all myself & paying an hourly rate to contractors & paying for materials directly like mesh & polythene, it'll come in at about $4,200.
I've finally got my boxing done, now I've just gotta dig the slab thickenings (500x500x200 deep x 10) for the portal legs & roller door openings this weekend for the inspection already booked for Monday morning! Fun tImes! 
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Posted 02 March 2015 - 12:08 PM
Cheers, my shed is only 6.5x7m I was going to go 70mm reinforced and I'll do all the prep work so they only need to pour it.. This is where I'm at now
Did you find someone to pour it for you? I used John from Darlington Concrete. Good bloke, professional and quick. Allowed me to do all prep work.
About to get him back and concrete out the front of my shed too. The Grass is just a pain. haha
John Bennett
Darlington Concrete
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43 Padbury Road, Darlington, WA
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Posted 02 March 2015 - 12:17 PM
About to get him back and concrete out the front of my shed too. The Grass is just a pain. haha
Yeah especially when it turns into sand.
I got my driveway extended all the way through, usually have the boat on there but it also doubles as a basketball court, cycle path, cricket pitch for the kids.
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Posted 02 March 2015 - 12:56 PM
Yeah especially when it turns into sand.
I got my driveway extended all the way through, usually have the boat on there but it also doubles as a basketball court, cycle path, cricket pitch for the kids.
Thats the plan.
Cant roll anything out on the grass cause its hard to push, cant roll the engine crane out the front with a motor on it, cant do anything! haha
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Posted 02 March 2015 - 01:14 PM
Thats the plan.
Cant roll anything out on the grass cause its hard to push, cant roll the engine crane out the front with a motor on it, cant do anything! haha
True.
Bit of advice, and something I didn't think of before I did mine, make sure you have some drainage along the front of your shed so water running down the driveway gets collected before it runs into your shed.
The guy who did my concrete left a gap so I could put in some drainage but I ended up having to trim it to get some in and it was a pain and not too pretty.
I still get some water in when its really heavy, but thats just from one spot that I have to sort out.
Best to put in a drain before the concrete goes down.
Better to do it beforehand I reckon.
_j.e.d._
Posted 03 March 2015 - 03:17 PM
Bit of progress with mine..
Slab done..
Structure up..
Wall cladding done..
And roof on as of Saturday just gone..
I've started setting up the roller door frames & hope to get that done along with the rest of the front wall cladding by the weekend..
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Posted 03 March 2015 - 03:28 PM
Very Nice Jase,
Sky lights too. 
3 metre wall is a good height.
Edited by NA-PWR, 03 March 2015 - 03:33 PM.
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Posted 03 March 2015 - 03:35 PM
Cheers mate. Yup, 3m eave, 4m apex height which is just right for a hoist..not getting any younger 
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Posted 03 March 2015 - 04:00 PM
Just got 6 kW of Solar Panels ( 24 ) put on the north facing roof on the 19-02-2015:-
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runs a 5 kW Growatt inverter, grid connected.
Produces up to 39.6 kW per day, ATM.
On the right ( west ), is the approaching 1/4 past 5pm shadow,
which cuts the power from 3000 watts to 600 watts as soon as a couple of panels are affected.
everyone needs a Hoist
_j.e.d._
Posted 03 March 2015 - 05:14 PM
Good stuff Dave - wouldn't mind solar for the house one day..will have to look into it
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 03:36 AM
Nearly done, just flashing & gutters to do, & I'll be painting the floor this weekend I hope..
My new project looks a little tiny in the shed!
I'll started a project thread on this if anyone's keen to see - it's a '73 Kingswood Deluxe. Just a little different as the original owner ticked all the boxes for all the badges & trim he could get from the factory I think
Edited by j.e.d., 11 March 2015 - 03:37 AM.
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 05:06 AM
Nice roller doors Jase,
Soon you will be working on the Monaro.
_j.e.d._
Posted 11 March 2015 - 05:46 AM
Thanks Dave 
You read my mind too.. that's one of the car's I'd like to get my hands on - similar to the one Brad just picked up. That will be a while off though as they don't come up much & when they do it's $$$$ time! 
I've sold off all my other projects except for the hatch & this HQ I just picked up. Plan is to get this on the road by the end of the year so I have something classic to drive round in while I work on the hatch..that's the plan anyway. 
Will start a thread in a few weeks when the shed is all set up 
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Posted 16 March 2015 - 08:40 PM
Something shed related reading through this topic, we had our ahead already when we bought our place, nice big sucker in backyard, two 3m wide by 3.5m high doors giving access only to two bays but the other end only had a little window and a privacy door
We gave the old shed a makeover cut in 2 new 2.4m by 2.1 high doors into dead end replaced the old doors so had 4 new doors ordered
Next we ordered new sheets of colourbond and ran them horizontal giving a new façade, so many people now turn up and are amazed how great and fresh it looks, some thinking its a new shed
Inside we have lined the walls with new galvanized zinc sheets vertically, these attached to the C sections giving the walls a clean finish no more spider webs, nasty vermin traps, etc, under the sheets e sheeted it with plywood first to absorb some noise and heat
Seems even the sheds can get a restoration
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Posted 16 March 2015 - 08:44 PM
What a cool difference.
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Posted 23 March 2015 - 10:46 AM
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Posted 23 March 2015 - 10:52 AM
Excellent stuff Tim - what was the size of your shed again?
Edited by j.e.d., 23 March 2015 - 10:52 AM.
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Posted 23 March 2015 - 11:52 AM
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Posted 24 March 2015 - 02:50 AM
Haha, yea, mine's 7.5m deep too & you can see on the pic above the room in front of the HQ! More than enough I reckon
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Posted 27 March 2015 - 07:33 PM
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Posted 31 March 2015 - 12:50 PM
Got my new workbench sorted. I have the same doors for it that are used on the cabinets above. Will be mounting those after some small changes to the legs near the vice.
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Posted 31 March 2015 - 11:41 PM
Great job Phil, plenty of space there for stuff
I like the idea of a PC in the shed too.
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