Melbourne’s Experts in Custom Built Farm Sheds

From hay sheds to stables, livestock shelters to machinery sheds, we have a wide range of farm sheds available for your farming needs. In partnership with Fair Dinkum Sheds, our range of farm sheds can also be custom built to suit your needs. So whether you own a hobby or professional farm, our sheds are built to withstand the harshest elements, including rural winds, rain, hail, and the day to day rigours of farm life.

Features of a farm shed

Fair Dinkum Sheds range of custom built farm sheds come in a number of styles, including open bays, closed bays, roller doors, different heights, spans and lengths to suit whatever you need. However these are common features you will find in a farm shed:

• Generally with a farm shed the aim is to get the most square meters for your money while not compromising in structural integrity and material quality.
• Often a floor is not required in a farm shed and a rock base is sufficient. An infill slab is never recommended for a shed and will most times void your Colorbond warranty. When a shed is built on a slab, sometimes the daylight gap in the sheeting profile (ribs) where the cladding meets the slab is a concern and flashing the void is a much better method than pouring concrete against the wall and will maintains the warranties if installed correctly.
• If building on pad foundations only, it is wise to complete the site cut and installing any rock prior to building the shed, it is easier for the machine operator, easier for the erectors and a better finish overall. The building code states metal cladding should be 70mm or more from ground level on a finished building.  When building on Pad footing only the columns would be supplied 400mm longer than the building actual height so the footing can be kept lower than the wall cladding, usually at ground level with a slight camber to prevent water ponding in the footing. The longer column also can help allow for any site fall if the site cut has not been completed. The installer will cut the columns to suit the required finished floor level.
• Reputable steel suppliers will use the code BMT to describe the material thickness. This stands for Base Metal Thickness. It’s the industry standard, if you see TCT (Total coated thickness) next to a material description it is safe to assume the steel is imported and relying on the coating thickness to make it sound thicker or stronger. Structural capability of metal cladding is a function of the base metal thickness and steel grade whereas corrosion performance is provided by the metallic coating thickness and type. BMT is the relevant measure for structural strength.

• Ensuring your shed is ShedSafe accredited ensures your cladding will be quoted in BMT and also be Australian steel meeting the relevant Australian standards.