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Hi

I was hoping for some advice...

I took on my 2nd allotment earier this year and have finally admitted defeat in my head that I don't have the time for both, which is exactly what everyone's been telling me the whole way along.

On this second lottie we built a new shed and I'd like to try and move it to the allotment were are keeping but have no idea where to start. Has anyone tried moving one before? It's made of that ship lagging stuff (I think it's called that) and has a corrugated bitchumen roof. The floor can be easily unscrewed I think..

Also, even though we built and paid for the shed, am I allowed to move it or does it actually belong to my plot now? So should I be speaking to the groubd steward first? I plan to keep it going until the rent is up so that I can get my crops off it, and then move the shed in November when there will be little left in the ground of the other one so we will do mininmal damage where we move it too....

Advice greatfully recieved

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Shortie

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

Depends how far you have to move the shed and how big it is. 4 of us have lifted up a 10x8 shed and moved it to another plot by screwing a 2.4m timber across each end, a person on each corner and lift away, normally a shiplap shed is not terribly heavy. otherwise obviously it would have to be dismantled and shifted bit by bit.

You own what ever is on a plot, so if you want to take the shed and it wasn't provided by the site owners, then take it away.

Sorry the timbers must have been 3.6m because they stuck out each side, looked like a really big sedan chair

It'd be a bit lighter if you could take the roof off first, then move it "Sedan Stylee".

Of course it's your shed, not the plot's.

I moved mine by knocking out all the nails, and ended up with 4 walls, a roof, and a floor.
Mark the inside before you dismantle it: a short horizontal line in marker pen where each part meets another, so you can line it up exactly when you rebuild it.

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Helped TwoSheds move her shed. Basically they consist of a roof, four walls, and a floor. All come apart, usually held together with bolts or long screws. A lot depends on how far you have to move it. If it's from one part of a site to another you might get away with taking off the roof and moving the rest of it complete (with a lot of help). If you have to move it farther, then take off the roof, separate the sides and the floor and JOLLY GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

Ta guys. Thinking on the sedan chair idea, I have a feeling the shed is a bit too wide go down the foot path... It might have to be dismantled after all. We'll be traipsing it from one end of the lottie to the other (I know, it would have been fab if I could have had my 2nd one much closer to my first but hey ho)

I'm going to try out a day off next week if the weather holds out to see how much I can get done in 1 whole day every few weeks (i.e I'll stretch my holiday entitlement as far as I can) and 2 mornings at the weekend as I don't want to give it up if I don't have to (hence not mentioning it to anyone else yet - the true 'point of no return' if you know what I mean?). I actually got a bit upset about it when I got home and told Mr Shortie my plans. Odd how it seems more 'real' when you say it out loud And then I started having to think of what I'd have to sacrifice from my next years growing plans... ... .. ...

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Shortie

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

If you can lift of the shed pull out the base and set that up on new site - having this well prepared and levelled is the most important bit - then follow with rest of shed. If it was screwed or bolted together. and not nailed. it should come apart fine if necessary. Borrow a decent battery drill. or invest in one - invaluable tool to keep in the shed!

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