Free information to save you time and money!

Posted on October 29, 2010 by David - Admin

All the best information you need about buying and building a Steel Shed in one spot.

Shedblog.com.au is a Magazine style site with regular articles to help people make informed  decisions when looking for a Shed, Garage or Carport to buy and also for when you are planning to renovate, upgrade or extend your shed.

  • What you should know about buying a shed.
  • What you should ask before buying a shed.
  • What to watch out for and what do those shed words mean?
  • Finance options for your new shed.

Head to our Shed Products Shop where you can buy all sorts of extras for your steel building including…

  • Insulation,  Shed Windows, Personal Access doors, Purlins & Battens
  • Vermin proofing, Knee & Apex Plates, Roof & Wall Sheeting.
  • Ridgeseal, Retroseal, Eaveseal, Rat proofing,
  • Stable Panels from Equistall, Garden Sheds,
  • Security locks for Roller Doors & more.

We hope that this FREE! site will arm you with the appropriate knowledge when looking to buy a shed and avoid any traps or pitfalls that can occur when buying a shed, garage or carport and help connect you with suitably accredited Shed Sellers.

Please read through the topics and past posts, use the site map, archive, search function or glossary and you may just find the information that you are looking for and if you can’f find the answer to a question please contact us and we shall answer as soon as possible.

If you already have a shed or a friend has then don’t forget to enter our “Shed of the Month” competition.

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Wide Span Shed – Need Windows? Get your Windows Delivered to you

Posted on May 11, 2012 by David - Admin
shed window from inside shed with low profile cladding

An AMIA shed window from the inside.

If you are looking at buying a Wide Span shed, barn or home you’ll notice that Wide Span shed kits do not come with windows which could be a real pain in the glass… except for the fact that we sell AMIA aluminium sliding windows that have been specially designed to work with sheds and steel cladding.

These windows are used by many major shed companies and are well suited to domestic as well as commercial  buildings. They are also available to suit habitable dwellings / Class 1 sheds. Continue reading →

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15% OFF retail for Equistall Stable Panels 2012 Autumn Sale

Posted on April 14, 2012 by David - Admin

buy price quote equistall stable panelsShedBlogs Autumn Stable Panels Sale. 

Real Savings on Panel Kits NOW!!

15% of all Panel Kits* Continue reading →

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What are Private Certifiers and what do they do with Sheds

Posted on April 5, 2012 by David - Admin

inspect shed garage private certifier checks specificationsAccredited Private Certifiers ? Who are they? What do they do when it comes to sheds, garages and carports etc? Why would I need one?

According to the Association of Accredited Certifiers an Accredited Certifier is a private accredited professional, who, depending on their accreditation, can act as a principal certifying authority that can issue Part 4 and 4A certificates under the Environmental Planning and Assessment (EP&A) Act 1979.

certifier inspect job check specificationThis means that when it comes to your Shed, Garage or Carport, they can can issue complying development certificates, compliance certificates, construction certificates and occupation certificates for your building. That is why you might need one.

What should a certifier be looking for when considering my shed?

They first should be checking that the development is Continue reading →

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The ShedSafe Accreditation Program continues to grow strongly

Posted on March 29, 2012 by David - Admin

is it a shedsafe accredited shed safe shedsThe ShedSafe Accreditation program is actively growing and engaging more and more Steel Shed manufacturers, resellers and dealers on a weekly basis. The recently re-branded Shed Boss (previously Garage World) being a recent company to embrace the ShedSafe program.

The ShedSafe website has recently been overhauled to help consumers with their next shed purchase with explanations on the information that they should be receiving on their shed quotes, so that they know that the shed they are being offered is suitable for their site and their intended use for that shed.

ShedSafe being a two part accreditation means that dealers need to do their bit. Just because a manufacturer has had their buildings engineering design concepts accredited does not mean a dealer is ShedSafe. They also need to prove that they know how to specify the right shed for the site and intended purpose.  Continue reading →

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How to join an Annexe Roof onto the side of you Shed

Posted on March 12, 2012 by David - Admin
typical barn or skillion addition apron flashing

Typical apron flashing a skillion roof to a side wall

Join two buildings and get a waterproof seal. There are several ways to do this and until now the most common method to gain the weatherproof seal was to use an apron flashing like this.

  1. Construct new roof adjacent to existing building.
  2. Cut your existing wall sheeting at the appropriate point.
  3. add additional battens intenally to connect wall sheets and an apron flashing too.
  4. insert apron flashing and begin cutting out the individual roof sheet profiles.
  5. Fasten top of apron flashing and refasten wall sheeting along top of apron.
  6. Fasten apron flashing down onto new roof.
  7. Refasten to new batten the wall sheets under the new roof back to existing shed.
  8. make sure to clean up mess from grinder cutting so it doesnt rust the sheeting.

Now you can save time, mess and materials by using Skillion Seal from Campbell Shed Products. Continue reading →

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When is a shed a garage and a garage a shed?

Posted on March 9, 2012 by David - Admin
3 car garage or is it a shed

is this a 3 car garage? or a shed? a shed we think.

The Macquarie Dictionary says that a garage is as follows….

GARAGE = 1. a building for sheltering a motor vehicle or vehicles.
2. an establishment where motor vehicles are repaired, fuel is sold, etc.
3. a type of dance music with vocals, evolving in the US in the late 1970s as a derivative of house.

And, as for a shed, The Macquarie Dictionary says
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Need to seal your Ridge Cap against Embers or Vermin

Posted on March 8, 2012 by David - Admin

Ridgeseal is a great product for sealing your shed or house’s ridge cap against ember attack, vermin, wind and rain. Ridgeseal Shadowline is a great addition to the ridge seal family. Shadowline is great to use when you have a roof colour that has been discontinued or roofing that has faded over time as Shadowline sits in under the lip of your ridge capping in the shadow almost unseen yet quietly doing its job of keeping out the nasties from your roof space.

ridgeseal shadowline buy campbell shed products vermin seal ember sealThis ridge cap is sealed off with shadowline, its almost impossible to see but it’s there. For more information and pricing click here.

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