We've Got an Allotment Shed!

It's not finished, but it's standing and it's got a roof so we've at least got somewhere to leave our tools now!

Allotment shed joy

Needless to say, we knew nothing about building a shed on an allotment, so I did a bit of research about where to start, and about what kind of base would be most practical. I ordered a plastic base off Amazon, and we filled it with 12 large bags of 10mm gravel from B and Q. I'll be adding a blog post with more details shortly as this was a very easy and convenient method which I'd completely recommend!

We knew roughly where we wanted to locate the shed and had spent a couple of days clearing brambles from the relevant area. We didn't bank on torrential rain for the several days leading up to the delivery though, or being caught in a massive thunderstorm partway through laying out the base! We got pretty muddy, quite scratched and very, very tired, but we managed to lay the base for the allotment 22 shed on Saturday, then started the actual construction on Sunday.

We spent around 8 hours at the plot on Saturday (including 30 minutes sheltering in the car after realising hiding under a lofty cherry tree in a massive thunderstorm probably wasn't the best idea), and about the same again on Sunday.

When the heavens open when you're JUST about to
finish laying the shed base after 8 hours...

This week's jobs - weather permitting - are to felt the roof, add the trim, screw the shed onto its base, and to give the whole thing a coat or two of paint. Then all that will remain is to add some shed storage and creature comforts...