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Simon [Member] — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:15:10 +0000

Hi Howard, thanks for the compliments. I've wondered about wattle and daub too, but our soil doesn't have a lot of clay and I think that's necessary isn't it?

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Howard [Visitor] — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:54:48 +0000

A great shed. I was considering wattle and daub walls using lots of local coppice wood but pallets are just as "green" if not more so. Love the door!

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Simon [Member] — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:08:10 +0000

Hi Alex, thanks for the appreciation. If I did it again I'd try and use a power saw - it took hours just for the sawing by hand.

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Alex [Visitor] — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:01:30 +0000

That's a brilliant result! Great use of free materials and a very unique looking shed. I bet it'd take less than half the time to make another!

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Karen [Visitor] — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:23:53 +0000

That's fabulous. The shed's absolutely beautiful. You were lucky to find pallets in reasonably good condition. I tried to salvage lumber from pallets used to deliver stone for my patio, pond, etc., but it was nearly all in terrible shape and it's something of a miracle that the pallets didn't fall apart under the weight of the stone!

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Simon [Member] — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:26:37 +0000

Hi Rhys

Thanks. I know what you mean. I built myself a nice garden shed a while back which cost me about £300 for the timber, etc; it was more expensive than the cheapest B&Q/Wickes shed I could buy but for a shed of the quality of the one I built I'd have had to pay £500. If you can afford the time then the pallet-shed is a good option being very cheap, green and mostly good quality if you're a bit picky with the pallets - they use all sorts of timber and it's not all necessarily durable.

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Rhys [Visitor] — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:47:24 +0000

That shed looks great. I need a shed for the garden and looking for inspiratin for an alternative to buying a shabby one for £100+ from somewhere like B&Q or Wicks